Ballot Questions
1905
Question #4
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change XII.1 - to allow state government to set wages, hours, and protections for those working as employees, contractors, or subcontractors of the state or local governments within the state
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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71.70% |
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338,570 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
28.30% |
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133,606 New Yorkers voted No |
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472,176 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
XII.1 proposed for 1906
Article XII: Cities and Villages • Section 1: Organization of cities and villages.
It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments, and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations; and the Legislature may regulate and fix the wages or salaries,…
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