Ballot Questions
1899
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change III.26 - to allow cities, where counties are wholly within them, to establish their own types of legislatures
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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69.21% |
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325,181 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
30.79% |
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144,667 New Yorkers voted No |
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469,848 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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III.26 proposed for 1900
Article III: The Legislature • Section 26: Boards of supervisors.
There shall be in each county, except in a county wholly included in a city, a board of supervisors, to be composed of such members and elected in such manner and for such period as is or may be provided by law. In a city which includes an entire county, or two or more entire counties, the powers and duties…
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