Ballot Questions
1874
Question #10
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to add XV.1, XV.2, XV.3, XV.4 - to criminalize bribery by or of an official, and address district attorneys who fail to adequately prosecute such crimes
as proposed by the NYS Legislature, based on a state commission's recommendation
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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66.41% |
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351,693 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
33.59% |
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177,923 New Yorkers voted No |
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529,616 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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XV.1 proposed for 1875
• Section 1: Bribery of public officers.
Any person holding office under the laws of this State, who, except in payment of his legal salary, fees or perquisites, shall receive or consent to receive, directly or indirectly, any thing of value or of personal advantage, or the promise thereof, for performing or omitting to perform any official act, or with the express or implied understanding that his…
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• Section 2: Bribery, how punished.
Any person who shall offer or promise a bribe to an officer, if it shall be received, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and liable to punishment, except as herein provided. No person offering a bribe shall, upon any prosecution of the officer for receiving such bribe, be privileged from testifying in relation thereto, and he shall not be…
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• Section 3: Accused a competent witness in his own behalf.
Any person charged with receiving a bribe, or with offering or promising a bribe, shall be permitted to testify in his own behalf in any civil or criminal prosecution therefor.
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• Section 4: Delinquent district attorney may be removed from office.
Any district attorney who shall fail faithfully to prosecute a person charged with the violation in his county of any provision of this article which may come to his knowledge, shall be removed from office by the Governor, after due notice and an opportunity of being heard in his defense. The expenses which shall be incurred by any county, in…
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