Ballot Questions
1995
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change II.1, II.5, II.6, II.8
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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57.10% |
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974,206 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
42.90% |
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731,999 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,706,205 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
We found out how every county voted on this ballot question, and mapped it!
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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
II.1 proposed for 1996
Article II: Suffrage • Section 1: Qualifications of voters
Every citizen shall be entitled to vote at every election for all officers elected by the people and upon all questions submitted to the vote of the people provided that such citizen is eighteen years of age or over and shall have been a resident of this state, and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next preceding…
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Article II: Suffrage • Section 5: Registration and election laws to be passed
Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established, and for the registration of voters; which registration shall be completed at least ten days before each election. Such registration shall not be required for town and village elections except by express provision of law.
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Article II: Suffrage
We’re still sourcing the text of this provision – check back soon!II.8 proposed for 1996
Article II: Suffrage • Section 8: Bi-partisan registration and election boards
All laws creating, regulating or affecting boards or officers charged with the duty of qualifying voters, or of distributing ballots to voters, or of receiving, recording or counting votes at elections, shall secure equal representation of the two political parties which, at the general election next preceding that for which such boards or officers are to serve, cast the highest…
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