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Flip over that ballot for two constitutional questions
Voting this fall begins Oct. 28 and Alex Gault at Johnson News Service reports there are two constitutional amendments on the back of this year’s ballots. Both questions only ask about minor changes to already established rules. One asks voters if they support a technical change to the constitutional debt limits set for small city school districts and the other is an extension to a change made for debt limits on local sewer projects. Hudson has the most at stake locally as proposal one asks voters if they support a change to the state constitution for small city school districts, and Hudson is one of the few in New York. Currently Hudson schools, with a total taxable value of $1.016 billion, have a debt limit of abut $50.8 million. A yes vote on proposal one would allow the school to double that, to the same percentage as most other schools around the state. The two questions are the only statewide issues on the ballot this fall that is crowded with many local elections. With limited locations and hours, voting begins Oct. 28 throuh Nov. 5, and then expands to all precinct locations on Nov. 7. Read more about this story at HudsonValley360.com.