Ballot Questions
1921
Question #7
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VII.8.version2 - to allow the state to sell parts of canals, as an exception to the prohibition against sale of the state's canals
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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58.57% |
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781,665 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
41.43% |
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552,994 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,334,659 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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VII.8.version2 proposed for 1922
Article VII: State Finance; Forest Preserve; Canals • Section 8.version2: Canals, not to be sold; not applied to certain canals; disposition of funds.
The legislature shall not sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the Erie canal, the Oswego canal, the Champlain canal, the Cayuga and Seneca canal, or the Black River canal; but they shall remain the property of the state and under its management forever. The prohibition of lease, sale, or other disposition herein contained shall not apply to the canal known…
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