Ballot Questions
1905
Question #5
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to add VII.12 - to allow the state to take on debt for highway improvements
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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76.58% |
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383,188 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
23.42% |
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117,181 New Yorkers voted No |
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500,369 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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VII.12 proposed for 1906
Article VII: State Finance; Forest Preserve; Canals • Section 12: Improvement of highways.
A debt or debts of the State may be authorized by law for the improvement of highways. Such highways shall lie determined under general laws, which shall also provide for the equitable apportionment thereof among the counties. The aggregate of the debts authorized by this section shall not at any one time exceed the sum of of fifty millions of…
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