Provisions
I.10 proposed for 1870 • Right to assemble and petition.
REJECTED
The Text
No law shall be passed abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government or any department thereof.
A Few Facts
• Has 22 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1869
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• Been in Article I:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-I.10
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