On Election Day Tuesday, November 4, voters in New York State will vote on three ballot proposals when they go to the polls.

Here's a preview of those proposals:

Proposal One: Revising the State's Redistricting Procedure:

This proposal will reform the process of establishing state legislative and congressional district lines required by the Constitution every 10 years.

If the proposal is approved, a redistricting commission will be established to determine lines for legislative and congressional districts, subject to adoption of the commission?s plan by the Legislature and approval by the Governor.

Under the current provisions of the Constitution, the Legislature is the entity responsible for establishing these lines.

The proposed amendment would establish principles to be applied in creating districts, which must be drawn consistently with the requirements of the federal and state constitutions and federal statutes. These principles include:

No district lines may result in the prohibited denial or abridgement of racial or language minority voting rights. Districts cannot be drawn to have the purpose of or result in the denial or abridgement of such rights.

To the extent practicable, districts must contain as nearly as may be an equal number of inhabitants. The commission must provide a specific public explanation for any deviation that exists.

Each district must consist of contiguous territory and be as compact in form as practicable.

Districts cannot be drawn to discourage competition or for the purpose of favoring or disfavoring incumbents or other particular candidates or political parties.

Maintenance of cores of existing districts, of pre-existing political subdivisions, and of communities of interest must be considered.

Proposal Two: Permitting Electronic Distribution of State Legislative Bills:

This proposal will allow electronic distribution of a state legislative bill to satisfy the constitutional requirement that a bill be printed and on the desks of state legislators at least three days before the Legislature votes on it.

Proposal Three: The Smart Schools Bond Act Of 2014:

This proposal would allow the state to borrow up to two billion dollars to provide money to schools to improve learning and opportunities for public and private students in New York.

The borrowed money would be used to make technological upgrades to classrooms with equipment like interactive whiteboards, computers and computer servers, as well as installing high-speed internet.

For more information on all three Proposals visit the New York State Board Of Elections website.

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