Ballot Questions
1993
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VIII.2
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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50.50% |
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1,139,532 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
49.50% |
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1,117,137 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,256,669 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
VIII.2 proposed for 1994
Article VIII: Local Finances • Section 2: Restrictions on indebtedness of local subdivisions; contracting and payment of local indebtedness; exceptions
No county, city, town, village or school district shall contract any indebtedness except for county, city, town, village or school district purposes, respectively. No indebtedness shall be contracted for longer than the period of probable usefulness of the object or purpose for which such indebtedness is to be contracted, or, in the alternative, the weighted average period of probable usefulness…
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