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Although this is a local election year, the ballot has many candidates on it and some very important choices for voters.
In addition to our two candidates for Town Board, County District Attorney, two County Judges, County Coroner and three NY State Supreme Court Justices on the front of the ballot, there are two proposals to amend the NY State Constitution on the back of the ballot. See below.
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FRONT OF THE BALLOT
BACK OF THE BALLOT
Turn over your ballot and vote YES on
BOTH PROP #1 AND PROP #2
Proposition 1: Removal of Small City School Districts from Special Constitutional Debt Limitation - (read Ballotpedia)
BALLOT LANGUAGE - "The proposed amendment to Article 8, section 4 of the Constitution removes the special constitutional debt limitation now placed on small city school districts, so they will be treated the same as all other school districts. Shall the proposed amendment be approved?"
DESCRIPTION - The State Constitution limits how much debt a small city (a city with less than 125,000 people) school district, can incur. State law says their debt cannot be greater than five percent of the value of taxable real property; all other school districts’ debt cannot be greater than ten percent. If this Constitutional Amendment passes, small city school districts would be eligible to have the same debt limit as other school districts as determined by state law.
Proposition 2: Extending Sewage Project Debt Exclusion From Debt Limit - (read Ballotpedia)
BALLOT LANGUAGE - "The proposed amendment to Article 8, section 5 of the Constitution extends for ten years the authority of counties, cities, towns, and villages to remove from their constitutional debt limits debt for the construction of sewage facilities. Shall the proposed amendment be approved?"
DESCRIPTION - The State Constitution limits the debt counties, cities, towns, and villages can incur. This debt limit has an exception to not include debt for sewage treatment and disposal construction projects. The current sewer debt exception expires on January 1, 2024. This amendment extends the sewer debt exception for ten more years until January 1, 2034.
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