Ballot Questions
1869
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change the whole NYS constitution, except for certain provisions with separate ballot questions - as proposed by the 1867 NY constitutional convention
as proposed by the most recent NYS Constitutional Convention
And the voters said: No!
How We Voted
YES |
43.53% |
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223,935 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
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56.47% |
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290,456 New Yorkers voted No |
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514,391 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
XIV.5 proposed for 1870
• Section 5: When Constitution to take effect.
This constitution shall be in force from and including the first day of January next after its adoption by the people, except as herein otherwise provided.
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• Section : Signature
Done in convention, in the city of Albany, the twenty-eighth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-second. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names. WILLIAM A. WHEELER, President, and Delegate at Large. Luther Caldwell, Secretary.
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