Ballot Questions
1919
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change II.1.a - to allow absentee voting
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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59.70% |
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791,860 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
40.30% |
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534,452 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,326,312 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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II.1.a proposed for 1920
Article II: Suffrage • Section 1: Absentee voting.
The legislature may, by general law, provide a manner in which, and the time and place at which, qualified voters who may, on the occurrence of any general election be unavoidably absent from the state or county of their residence because their duties occupation or business require them to be elsewhere within the United States, may vote, and for the…
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