New York Proposition 1, State Debt for Temporary Relief Bond Measure (1933)
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Origin |
New York Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a bond issue in New York on November 7, 1933. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported creating a $60 million state debt for temporary emergency relief. |
A "no" vote opposed creating a $60 million state debt for temporary emergency relief. |
Election results
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1,669,801 | 84.50% | ||
| No | 306,341 | 15.50% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 1 was as follows:
| “ | Shall chapter two hundred and sixty of the laws of nineteen hundred and thirty three, authorizing the creatino of a state debt, to the amount of sixty million dollars to provide funds, to be available from November fifteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-three to February fifteenth, nineteen hundred thirty-five, 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 the granting of aid to municipalities for such purpose, through such agencies and by such ways and means as the legilsature shall have prescribed or hereafter may prescribe for the administration and distribution of temporary emergency relief and the cost thereof, 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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