Ballot Questions
1985
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change X.8
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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68.24% |
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1,426,326 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
31.76% |
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663,891 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,090,217 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
X.8 proposed for 1986
Article X: Corporations • Section 8: Liability of state on bonds of a public corporation to finance new industrial or manufacturing plants in depressed areas
Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other article of this constitution, the legislature may by law, which shall take effect without submission to the people, make or authorize making the state liable for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds of a public corporation to be created pursuant to and for the purposes specified in the…
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