Provisions
II.5 of 1895 • Election to be by ballot.
APPROVED
The Text
All elections by the citizens, except for such town officers as may by law be directed to be otherwise chosen, shall be by ballot, or by such other method as may be prescribed by law, provided that secrecy in voting be preserved.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1895
• In Article II: Suffrage
• Has 42 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1894
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1847-II.5
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