Ballot Questions
1901
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change III.18 - to prohibit the state legislature from making a private or local law to give private individuals or companies either the right to lay down railroad tracks or an exemption from taxation on real or personal property.
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
|
53.44% |
|
354,881 New Yorkers voted Yes |
||
NO |
46.56% |
|
|
309,245 New Yorkers voted No |
||
664,126 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
We found out how every county voted on this ballot question, and mapped it!
Visit this page on a large screen and you'll find our map. Click on a county to see how its voters stood on this questionThis BQ Amended
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.18 proposed for 1902
Article III: The Legislature • Section 18: Cases in which private and local bills shall not be passed ; restrictions as to laws authorizing street railroads.
The Legislature shall not pass a private or local bill in any of the following cases: Changing the names of persons. Laying out, opening, altering, working or discontinuing roads, highways or alleys, or for draining swamps or other low lands. Locating or changing county seats. Providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal cases. Incorporating villages. Providing for election…
Read more