Ballot Questions
1959
Question #8
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change III.22
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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63.26% |
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1,616,812 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
36.74% |
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939,003 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,555,815 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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III.22 proposed for 1960
Article III: Legislature • Section 22: Tax laws to state tax and object distinctly; definition of income for income tax purposes by reference to federal laws authorized
Every law which imposes, continues or revives a tax shall distinctly state the tax and the object to which it is to be applied, and it shall not be sufficient to refer to any other law to fix such tax or object. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this constitution, the legislature, in any law imposing a tax…
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