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In addition to candidates running for local and county offices, Tuesday's ballot also contains three state propositions.
You will find these on the back of your ballot.
• All voters in the Town of Monroe have a fourth proposition regarding the separation and creation of the new Town of Palm Tree.
• And Monroe voters within the boundaries of the Monroe Free Library (largely all of the town except the Village of Kiryas Joel) will have an opportunity to vote on a fifth proposition regarding the library's budget.
You will also find these on the back of your ballot. Here's what you will see:
Proposition No. 1Constitutional Convention
Shall there be a convention to revised the (NYS) Constitution and amend the same?
Yes
No
Proposition No. 2Allowing the complete or partial forfeiture of a public official's pension if he or she is convicted of a certain type of felony.
The proposed amendment to section 7 of Article 2 of the State Constitution would allow a court to reduce or revoke the public pension of a public officer who is convicted of a felony that has a direct and actual relationship to the performance of the public officer's existing duties.
Shall the proposed amendment be approved?
Yes
No
Proposition No. 3Authorizing the Use of Forest Preserve Land for Specified use.
The proposed amendment would create a land account of up to 250 acres of forest preserve land eligible for use by towns, villages and counties that have no viable alternative to using forest preserve land to address specific public health and safety concerns; as a substitute for the land removed from the forest preserve, another 250 acres of land will be added to the preserve, subject to legislative approval. The proposed amendment would also allow bicycle trails and certain public utility lines to be located within the width of specified highways that cross the forest preserve while minimizing the removal of trees and vegetation?
Shall the proposed amendment be approved?
Yes
No
Proposition No. 4Alterations to Town Boundaries Pursuant to Town Law, Article Five
Division of the Town of Monroe, County of Orange, New York
Shall the Town of Monroe be divided to create the Town of Palm Tree (with lands generally described in abstract) and the Town of Monroe?
Yes
No
Proposal No 5Proposition to increase town board budgetary allocation for Monroe Free Library
Shall the annual contribution to the Town of Monroe for the operating budget of the Monroe Free Library be increased by forty five thousand (45,000) dollars to the sum of one million three hundred and nine thousand three hundred and twenty five (1,309,325) dollars annually.
Yes
No