Ballot Questions
1846
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change II.1 - to extend the vote to all black male citizens over 21, regardless of whether they own property
as proposed by the most recent NYS Constitutional Convention
And the voters said: No!
How We Voted
YES |
27.59% |
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85,306 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
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72.41% |
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223,834 New Yorkers voted No |
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309,140 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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Note: When voters approved of provisions, the new changes take effect on January 1st of the year after the question's appearance on the ballot
II.1 proposed for 1847
• Section 1: Qualifications of voters.
We’re still sourcing the text of this provision – check back soon!II.1.alternate proposed for 1847
• Section 1.alternate: Qualifications of voters.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment for 1847: Colored male citizens, possessing the qualifications required by the first section of this article, other than the property qualification, shall have the right to vote for all officers that now are, or may be, elective by the people after the first day of January 1847. The full provision would have included both the amendment and…
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