Provisions
II.5 proposed for 1916 • Election to be by ballot.
REJECTED
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
• Has 42 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 4 of 1915
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1916
• Been in Article II: Elective franchise
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-II.5
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