Ballot Questions
1918
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VII.4, VII.11 - to mandate that in order for the state to take on debts, the legislature must pass specific bills outlining the purpose, get approval by voters via ballot question, and provide for the repayment of the debt via tax and/or budget appropriation
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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73.17% |
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780,099 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
26.83% |
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285,977 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,066,076 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
VII.4 proposed for 1919
Article VII: State Finance; Forest Preserve; Canals • Section 4: Limitation of legislative power to create debts.
Except the debts specified in sections two and three of this article, no debts shall be hereafter contracted by or in behalf of this state, unless such debt shall be authorized by law, for some single work or object, to be distinctly specified therein. No such debt hereafter authorized shall be contracted for a period longer than that of the…
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Article VII: State Finance; Forest Preserve; Canals • Section 11: Payment of State debts.
The legislature may appropriate out of any funds in the treasury, moneys to pay the accruing interest and principal of any debt heretofore or hereafter created, or any part thereof and may, if such debt be payable otherwise than in annual instalments, set apart in each fiscal year, moneys in the state treasury as a sinking fund to pay the…
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