New York voters did the conventional thing Tuesday, voting down a
referendum calling for a state constitutional convention, just as they
did 20 years ago and 20 years before that.
The latest proposal to redraw state government through a constitutional convention failed by a wide margin. With 77 percent of precincts reporting, the measure trailed, 28.3 percent to 71.7 percent against.
Meanwhile, voters considered two other statewide referendums:
• They voted, by a margin of more than two to one, to allow judges to reduce or take away the state pensions of government officials who have been convicted of crimes while in office.
• Voters appeared ready to approve a referendum that would allow the state to create a 250-acre land bank in the Adirondacks and the Catskills while giving local communities more flexibility in making infrastructure improvements. That referendum had a 2.6 point lead with 77 percent of precincts reporting.
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Source: The Buffalo News (via The Empire Report)
The latest proposal to redraw state government through a constitutional convention failed by a wide margin. With 77 percent of precincts reporting, the measure trailed, 28.3 percent to 71.7 percent against.
Meanwhile, voters considered two other statewide referendums:
• They voted, by a margin of more than two to one, to allow judges to reduce or take away the state pensions of government officials who have been convicted of crimes while in office.
• Voters appeared ready to approve a referendum that would allow the state to create a 250-acre land bank in the Adirondacks and the Catskills while giving local communities more flexibility in making infrastructure improvements. That referendum had a 2.6 point lead with 77 percent of precincts reporting.
Click here for the full article.
Source: The Buffalo News (via The Empire Report)
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