Provides for initiative and referendum in New York State for the People as electors to propose or reject laws and submit amendments to the state.
The bill amends the New York State Constitution to establish the initiative and referendum process. It allows electors to propose laws and constitutional amendments, and to approve or reject statutes or parts of statutes. Initiative measures require signatures from a certain percentage of voters in the last gubernatorial election, and referendum measures require signatures from a certain percentage of voters in the last gubernatorial election. The Attorney General must prepare a title and summary for each initiative or referendum measure.
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