Ballot Questions
1920
Question #1
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VII.2, VII.4, VII.5, VII.11, VII.12 - to address state debt
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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63.94% |
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1,117,546 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
36.06% |
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630,265 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,747,811 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
VII.2 proposed for 1921
Article VII: State Finance; Forest Preserve; Canals • Section 2: State debts, power to contract.
The state may contract debts in anticipation of the receipt of taxes and revenues, direct or indirect, for the purposes and within the amounts of appropriations theretofore made; bonds or other obligations for the moneys so borrowed shall be issued as may be provided by law, and shall with the interest thereon be paid from the taxes and revenues within…
Read moreVII.4 proposed for 1921
Article VII: State Finance; Forest Preserve; Canals • Section 4: Limitation of legislative power to create debts.
Except the debts specified in sections two and three of this article, no debt shall be hereafter contracted by or in behalf of this state, unless such debt shall be authorized by law, for some single work or object, to be distinctly specified therein. On the final passage of such bill in either house of the legislature, the question shall…
Read moreVII.5 proposed for 1921
Article VII: State Finance; Forest Preserve; Canals • Section 5: Sinking fund, how kept and invested.
The sinking funds provided for the payment of interest and the extinguishment of the principal of the debts of the state heretofore contracted shall be continued; they shall be separately kept and safely invested, and neither of them shall be appropriated or used in any manner other than for such payment and extinguishment as hereinafter provided. The comptroller shall each…
Read moreVII.11 proposed for 1921
Article VII: State Finance; Forest Preserve; Canals • Section 11: Payment of State debts.
The legislature shall annually provide by appropriation for the payment of the interest upon and instalments of principal of all debts created on behalf of the state except those contracted under section two of this article, as the same shall fall due, and for the contribution to all of the sinking funds heretofore created by law, of the amounts annually…
Read moreVII.12 proposed for 1921
Article VII: State Finance; Forest Preserve; Canals • Section 12: Improvement of highways.
Debts hereafter authorized for the improvement of highways shall be created only in the manner provided in section four of this article. No provision of this article shall be deemed to impair the validity of any debt of the state heretofore contracted or any right or obligation heretofore created between the state and any of its civil divisions.
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