A New York Constitutional Convention Question
was on the November 4, 1997 ballot
in New York
, where it was defeated.
The issue at hand was whether to approved holding a constitutional convention to consider and propose changes to the New York Constitution.
Section 2 of Article XIX of the New York Constitution requires that a question as to whether to hold a constitutional convention is automatically placed on the New York general election ballot every twenty years, starting in 1957.
The 1997 vote was the third such vote. The fourth vote will take place in 2017.
| Constitutional Convention Question|
|Yes|| 929,415|| 37.05%|
Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?