New York Proposition 1, Bond for Emergency Relief Proposition (1935)
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Origin |
New York Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a bond issue in New York on November 5, 1935. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported issuing a $55 million bond for emergency relief from 11/15/1935 through 2/15/1937. |
A "no" vote opposed issuing a $55 million bond for emergency relief from 11/15/1935 through 2/15/1937. |
Election results
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1,204,698 | 69.28% | ||
| No | 534,107 | 30.72% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 1 was as follows:
| “ | Shall chapter five hundred and five of the laws of ninteen hundred thirty-five, entitled "An act authorizing the creation of a state debt to the amount of fifty-five million dollars to provide funds, to be available from November fifteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-five to February fifteenth, ninteeen hundred thirty-seven, to relieve the people of the state from the hardships and suffering, caused by unemployment, and the effects thereof on the public health and welfare, including for such purpose the construction of buildings, works and improvements for the state in an amount not exceeding twenty million dollars thereof and the granting of aid to municipalities through such agencies and by such ways and means as the legislature shall have prescribed or hereafter may prescribe for the administration and distribution of temporary emergency relief and the cost thereof, and providing for the submission to the people of a propsition of question therefor to be voted upon at the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred thirty-five" be approved? | ” |
Path to the ballot
According to Section 11 of Article VII of the New York Constitution, the state's general obligation bonds require voter approval, except for certain short-term debts; debts to "repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the state in war;" and debts to suppress wildfires.
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the New York State Legislature to place a bond issue on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 126 votes in the New York State Assembly and 32 votes in the New York State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Bonds require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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