Ballot Questions
1918
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VII.7 - to allow the state to construct a particular highway in the Adirondacks, as an exception to the provision that forest preserves be kept forever wild
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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69.18% |
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756,894 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
30.82% |
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337,257 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,094,151 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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VII.7 proposed for 1919
Article VII: State Finance; Forest Preserve; Canals • Section 7: Forest preserve.
The lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed. Nothing in this section shall prevent…
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