Provisions
II.2 of 1847 • Exclusion from right of suffrage.
APPROVED
The Text
Laws may be passed, excluding from the right of suffrage all persons who have been or may be convicted of bribery, larceny, or of any infamous crime; and for depriving every person who shall make, or become directly or indirectly interested in, any bet or wager depending upon the result of any election, from the right to vote at such election.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1847
• In Article II:
• Has 61 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1846
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1822-II.2
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