Ballot Questions
2013
Question #3
State Constitutional Amendment
NYS were asked if they wanted to pass an amendment to the NYS constitution,
to change VIII.5
as proposed by the NYS Legislature
And the voters said: Yes!
How We Voted
YES |
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62.27% |
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1,497,865 New Yorkers voted Yes |
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NO |
37.73% |
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907,731 New Yorkers voted No |
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2,405,596 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
VIII.5 proposed for 2014
Article VIII: Local Finances • Section 5: Ascertainment of debt-incurring power of counties, cities, towns and villages; certain indebtedness to be excluded
In ascertaining the power of a county, city, town or village to contract indebtedness, there shall be excluded: A. Certificates or other evidences of indebtedness (except serial bonds of an issue having a maximum maturity of more than two years) issued for purposes other than the financing of capital improvements and contracted to be redeemed in one of the two…
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