Ballot Questions
1927
Question #3
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VII.14 - to address how the state legislature and local governments repay debts re railroad crossings
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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77.13% |
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1,339,332 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
22.87% |
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397,205 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,736,537 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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VII.14 proposed for 1928
Article VII: State Finance; Forest Preserve; Canals • Section 14: Legislature may provide for debt to eliminate railroad crossings.
The legislature may authorize by law the creation of a debt or debts of the state, not exceeding in the aggregate three hundred million dollars, to provide moneys for the elimination, under state supervision, of railroad crossings at grade within the state, at the expense of the state, railroad companies, counties and cities, as hereinafter provided. Of the expense of…
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