Ballot Questions
2009
Question #2
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change III.24
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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68.11% |
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998,829 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
31.89% |
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467,679 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,466,508 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
III.24 proposed for 2010
Article III: Legislature • Section 24: Prison labor; contract system abolished
The legislature shall, by law, provide for the occupation and employment of prisoners sentenced to the several state prisons, penitentiaries, jails and reformatories in the state; and no person in any such prison, penitentiary, jail or reformatory, shall be required or allowed to work, while under sentence thereto, at any trade, industry or occupation, wherein or whereby his or her…
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