New York Amendment 3, Increasing the Terms of Senators and Assemblymen to Four Years Amendment (1965)

New York Proposed Amendment No. 3
Election date November 2, 1965
Topic State legislative term limits
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

New York Proposed Amendment No. 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in New York on November 2, 1965. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amending the New York Constitution to increase the term length of state senators and assemblymen from two years to four years, starting in 1966.

A "no" vote opposed amending the New York Constitution to increase the term length of state senators and assemblymen from two years to four years, starting in 1966.

Election results

New York Proposed Amendment No. 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,221,793	40.35%
No		1,806,245	59.65%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposed Amendment No. 3 was as follows:

“

Shall the proposed amendment to Article III, §2 of the Constitution, increasing the terms of Senators and Assemblymen to four years commencing with those elected in 1966, be approved?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the New York Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the New York State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment 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. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1965 Measures

• 1965 Measures
• State legislative term limits on the ballot
• 1965 legislative sessions

New York

• New York ballot measures
• New York ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
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External links

• New York Constitutional Amendments