Ballot Questions
1833
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VII.10 - to let the legislature reduce salt duties (aka taxes), to no less than 6 cents per bushel
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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92.22% |
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93,260 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
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7.78% |
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7,865 New Yorkers voted No |
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101,125 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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VII.10 proposed for 1833
• Section 10: Common school funds; canals; salt springs; Duties on salt.
1833 Constitutional Amendment: That the duties on the manufacture of salt, as established by the act of the fifteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and by the tenth section of the seventh article of the constitution of this state, may at any time hereafter be reduced by an act of the legislature of this state, but shall…
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