Ballot Questions
1915
Question #6
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to add X, X.1, X.2, X.3 - to provide for taxation
as proposed by the most recent NYS Constitutional Convention
And the voters said: No!
How We Voted
YES |
27.28% |
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346,922 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
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72.72% |
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924,571 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,271,493 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
X.1 proposed for 1916
Article X: Taxation • Section 1: Power of taxation.
The power of taxation shall never be surrendered, suspended or contracted away, except as to the securities of the state or a civil division thereof. Hereafter no exemption from taxation shall be granted except by general laws and upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house.
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Article X: Taxation • Section 2: Purposes of taxation.
Taxes shall be imposed by general laws and for public purposes only. The legislature shall prescribe how taxable subjects shall be assessed and provide for officers to execute laws relating to the assessment and collection of taxes, any provision of section two of article thirteen of this constitution to the contrary notwithstanding. The legislature shall provide for the supervision, review…
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Article X: Taxation • Section 3: Assessment of real property.
For the assessment of real property, heretofore locally assessed, the legislature shall establish tax districts, none of which, unless it be a city, shall embrace more than one county. The assessors therein shall be elected by the electors of such districts or appointed by such authorities thereof as shall be designated by law. The legislature may provide that the assessment…
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