Ballot Questions
1927
Question #9
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to add XII.8 - to require a referendum before a city's property is annexed
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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68.46% |
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1,144,872 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
31.54% |
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527,388 New Yorkers voted No |
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1,672,260 votes determined the outcome of this ballot question.
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XII.8 proposed for 1928
Article XII: Cities and Villages • Section 8: Annexation of territory.
No territory shall be annexed to any city until the people of the territory proposed to be annexed shall have consented to such annexation by a majority vote on a referendum called for that purpose.
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