Provisions
II.5 proposed for 1870 • Elections to be by ballot.
REJECTED
The Text
All elections shall be by ballot, except for such town officers as may by law be directed to be otherwise chosen.
A Few Facts
• Has 21 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 II:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-II.5
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