1912 ballot measures

1913 → ← 1911

Arizona

See also: Arizona 1912 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Questions 101 and 102	Recall	Provides the right to recall officials in elective offices	a
LRCA	Questions 103 and 105	Business	Allows the state and municipalities to engage in industrial pursuits	a
LRCA	Questions 105 and 106	Taxes	Allows the method and mode of accessing, equalizing, and levying taxes to be set by law	a
LRCA	Questions 107 and 108	Gov't Finances	Sets limits on how much debt counties and school districts can take on	a
CICA	Questions 300 and 301	Suffrage	Provides suffrage and the right to hold public office to women	a
VR	Questions 302 and 303	Business	Creates liens on mines and mining rights for labor and materials used at the mine	a
VR	Questions 304 and 305	Business	Regulates the number of employees allowed on trains and engines	a
VR	Questions 306 and 307	Business	Requires headlights on trains	a
VR	Questions 308 and 309	Business	Sets experience qualifications for train engineers and train conductors	a
VR	Questions 310 and 311	Business	Places limits on the number cars a train can have	a
VR	Questions 312 and 313	Business	Regulates the rates for passengers on trains	a
VR	Questions 314 and 315	Wages and pay	Provides for semi-monthly paydays	a
VR	Questions 316 and 317	Hunting	Regulates the hunting of birds and animals	a

California

See also: California 1912 ballot propositions

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1	Public finance	Deposit of moneys belonging to the state	a
LRCA	Proposition 2	Education	Boards of Education and free textbooks	a
VR	Proposition 3	Elections	County Registrars of Voters	d
VR	Proposition 4	Salaries	Salaries and fees of officers in third class counties	d
VR	Proposition 5	Municipal governance	County officers	d
CICA	Proposition 6	Municipal governance	How to consolidate city/county governments	d
CISS	Proposition 7	Gambling	Prohibiting bookmaking, setting up horse racing commission	d
CICA	Proposition 8	Taxes	Altered method of determining municipal taxes	d

Colorado

See also: Colorado 1912 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Measure 1	Prohibition	Statewide prohibition on alcohol	d
CISS	Measure 2	Prohibition	Enforcement of prohibition through search and seizure	d
CISS	Measure 3	Labor	8-hour workday for women	a
CISS	Measure 4	Business Regulation	Regulation of public service corporations	d
CISS	Measure 5	Admin. of gov't.	Establish a state fair	d
CICA	Measure 6	Immigration	Special funds for state immigration bureau	d
CISS	Measure 7	Administration of Government	Reduce publishing costs associated with constitutional amendments	d
CICA	Measure 8	Admin. of gov't.	Home rule to cities and towns	a
CICA	Measure 9	Admin. of gov't.	Laws governing recall of politicians	a
CISS	Measure 10	Elections	Amending election laws	d
CICA	Measure 11	Administration of Government	Proposal to hold special elections for I&R measures	d
CICA	Measure 12	Court Definition	Definition of contempt of court	d
CICA	Measure 13	New Court	Establish court to deal with public utilities	d
CISS	Measure 14	Elections	Amend election law to create a "headless ballot"	a
CICA	Measure 15	Education	Popular control of schools	d
CICA	Measure 16	Juvenile Court	Create juvenile courts in cities, counties over 100,000	a
CISS	Measure 17	Welfare	Aid to dependent children	a
CISS	Measure 18	Administration of Government	Amendment of civil service law	a
CISS	Measure 19	Labor	Eight hour work day for miners and other underground laborers	a
CISS	Measure 20	Transportation	Funds for state highway commission	d
CICA	Measure 21	Transportation	Bonds for state highways	d
CISS	Measure 22	Transportation	Construction of tunnel through James Peak	d

Maine

See also: Maine 1912 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Ballot Boxes Veto	Elections	Uniform ballot boxes veto vote	a

Missouri

See also: Missouri 1912 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Issue 1	Taxes	Tax increase to support public utilities	d
	Issue 2	Taxes	Abolish the Board of Equalization	d
	Issue 3	Taxes	Tax increase to support public education	d

Montana

See also: Montana 1912 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	IR 300-301	War & Peace	Regards the organization of the state militia	d
CISS	I 302-303	Elections	Provides for party nomination by direct vote	a
CISS	I 304-305	Elections	Creates campaign spending limits for public office candidates	a
CISS	I 306-307	Elections	Instructs legislature to vote for U.S. senators based on popular referendum rather than by party	a
CISS	I 308-309	Elections	Provides for direct presidential preference primaries	a
LBM	State Bond	Welfare	Issues a bond of $533,000 to buy property for a mental health facility	a

Nebraska

See also: Nebraska 1912 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Direct democracy	Establishes citizen initiative and referendum in Nebraska	a
LRCA	Question 2	Legislature	Sets a two year term of office, and salary of $600	a
LRCA	Question 3	Admin of Gov't	Creates the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions	a
LRCA	Question 4	Elections	Establishes biennial elections in the state	a
LRCA	Question 5	Administration of government	Authorizes cities with more than 5,000 people to create their own city charter	a

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1912 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ConCon	Amendment 1	Judiciary	Relates to Reform in Civil Jury System	a
ConCon	Amendment 2	Death Penalty	Relates to Abolition of Capital Punishment	d
ConCon	Amendment 3	Judiciary	Relates to Depositions by State and Comment on Failure of Accused to Testify in Criminal Cases	a
ConCon	Amendment 4	Judiciary	Relates to Suits Against the State	a
ConCon	Amendment 5	Tort	Relates to Damage for Wrongful Death	a
ConCon	Amendment 6	Direct Democracy	Relates to Initiative and Referendum	a
ConCon	Amendment 7	Legislature	Relates to Investigations by Each House of General Assembly	a
ConCon	Amendment 8	State Exec	Relates to Limiting Veto Power of Governor	a
ConCon	Amendment 9	Labor	Relates to Mechanics' and Builders' Liens	a
ConCon	Amendment 10	Labor	Relates to Welfare of Employes	a
ConCon	Amendment 11	Labor	Relates to Workmen's Compensation	a
ConCon	Amendment 12	Resources	Relates to Conservation of Natural Resources	a
ConCon	Amendment 13	Labor	Relates to Eight Hour Day on Public Work	a
ConCon	Amendment 14	Gov't Acc	Relates to Removal of Officials	a
ConCon	Amendment 15	Judiciary	Relates to Regulating Expert Testimony in Criminal Trials	a
ConCon	Amendment 16	Property	Relates to Registering and Warranting Land Titles	a
ConCon	Amendment 17	Labor	Relates to Abolishing Prison Contract Labor	a
ConCon	Amendment 18	Legislature	Relates to Limiting Power of General Assembly in Extra sessions	a
ConCon	Amendment 19	Judiciary	Relates to Change in Judicial System	a
ConCon	Amendment 20	Judiciary	Relates to Judge of Court of Common Pleas for Each County	a
ConCon	Amendment 21	Judiciary	Relates to Abolition of Justices of the Peace in Certain Cities	a
ConCon	Amendment 22	Judiciary	Relates to Contempt Proceedings and Injunctions	d
ConCon	Amendment 23	Suffrage	Relates to Woman's Suffrage	d
ConCon	Amendment 24	Suffrage	Relates to Omitting Word "White"	d
ConCon	Amendment 25	Elections	Relates to Use of Voting Machines	d
ConCon	Amendment 26	Elections	Relates to Primary Elections	a
ConCon	Amendment 27	Education	Relates to Organization of Boards of Education	a
ConCon	Amendment 28	Education	Relates to Creating the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to Replace State Commissioner of Common Schools	a
ConCon	Amendment 28	Transportation	Relates to Extending State Bond Limit to Fifty Million Dollars for Inter-County Wagon Roads	d
ConCon	Amendment 30	Insurance	Relates to Regulating Insurance	a
ConCon	Amendment 31	Admin of Gov't	Relates to Abolishing Board of Public Works	a
ConCon	Amendment 32	Taxes	Relates to Taxation of State and Municipal Bonds, Inheritances, Incomes, Franchises and Production of Minerals	a
ConCon	Amendment 33	Business	Relates to Regulation of Corporations and Sale of Personal Property	a
ConCon	Amendment 34	Banking	Relates to Double Liability of Stockholders and Inspection of Private Banks	a
ConCon	Amendment 35	Legislature	Relates to Regulating State Printing	a
ConCon	Amendment 36	Civil Rights	Relates to Eligibility of Women to Certain Offices	d
ConCon	Amendment 37	Admin of Gov't	Relates to Civil Service	a
ConCon	Amendment 38	Business	Relates to Out-Door Advertising	d
ConCon	Amendment 39	Constitutions	Relates to Methods of Submitting Amendments to the Constitution	a
ConCon	Amendment 40	Local Gov't	Relates to Municipal Home Rule	a
ConCon	Amendment 41	Constitutions	Relates to Schedule of Amendments	a
ConCon	Intoxicating Liquors	Alcohol	Relates to License to Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors	a

Oklahoma

See also: Oklahoma 1912 ballot measures

August 6:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CISS	State Question 41	Elections	Direct election of U.S. Senators	a

November 5:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	State Question 38	Admin of gov't	Creation of the State Board of Agriculture	a
CICA	State Question 40	Admin of gov't	Move the State Capitol to Guthrie	d

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1912 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Measure 1	Suffrage	Equal Suffrage Amendment	a
LRCA	Measure 2	Lt. Gov	Creation of the Office of Lieutenant Governor	d
LRCA	Measure 3	Taxes	Separation of state from local taxation	d
LRCA	Measure 4	Taxes	Different tax rates on classes of property	d
LRCA	Measure 5	Taxes	Repeal of county tax option	a
LRCA	Measure 6	Direct democracy	Majority rule on constitutional amendments	d
LRCA	Measure 7	Regulations	Double liability on bank stockholders	a
VR	Measure 8	Utilities	Referendum on regulation of public utilities	a
CISS	Measure 9	County governance	Creation of Cascade County	d
CISS	Measure 10	Taxes	Millage tax for University and Agricultural College	d
CICA	Measure 11	Direct democracy	Majority rule on initiated state statutes	d
CISS	Measure 12	Transportation	County Bond and Road Construction Act--Grange Bill	d
CISS	Measure 13	Transportation	Creation of a State Highway Department (Grange Bill)	d
CISS	Measure 14	Admin of gov't	Effective date of Office of State Printer legislation	d
CISS	Measure 15	Admin of gov't	Creation of an Office of Hotel Inspector	d
CISS	Measure 16	Labor	Eight-hour day for public work	a
CISS	Measure 17	Regulation	Blue Sky law	d
CISS	Measure 18	Law enforcement	Employment of State Prisoners	a
CISS	Measure 19	Law enforcement	Employment of county and city prisoners	a
CISS	Measure 20	Bonds	Bonds for roads	d
CICA	Measure 21	Transportation	Limitation on maximum permissible amount of state road indebtedness	a
CISS	Measure 22	Bonds	County Bonding Act	d
CICA	Measure 23	Transportation	Set a maximum permissible debt level for borrowing money to build county roads	a
CISS	Measure 24	County governance	Method for consolidating cities and creating new counties	d
CICA	Measure 25	Taxes	Income Tax Amendment	d
CISS	Measure 26	Taxes	Tax Exemption on Household Effects	a
CISS	Measure 27	Taxes	Tax Exemption on Moneys and Credits	d
CISS	Measure 28	Taxes	Revision of inheritance tax laws	d
CISS	Measure 29	Transportation	Freight Rates Act	a
CICA	Measure 30	Bonds	Bond act governing bonds for county road construction	d
CICA	Measure 31	Legislature	Abolition of the Oregon State Senate; adoption of the "U'Rren Constitution"	d
CICA	Measure 32	Taxes	Statewide single tax with graduated tax provision	d
CISS	Measure 33	Criminal justice	Abolition of the death penalty	d
CISS	Measure 34	Labor	Prohibition of boycotts and pickets	d
CISS	Measure 35	Labor	Permit required for gatherings on public property in cities with over 5,000 population	d
VR	Measure 36	Education	Appropriation for the University of Oregon	d
VR	Measure 37	Education	Appropriation for the University of Oregon	d

South Dakota

See also: South Dakota 1912 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CSS	Richard's Primary Election Law	Election reform	Richard's primary law.	a
CA	Corporation Taxation	Taxes	Uniform taxation of corporations.	a
LR	Locomotive Headlights	Transportation	Require headlights on locomotives.	a
LR	Animal Trespass Damages	Property rights	Damages for trespass of animals.	a
LR	County Seat Regulation	Administration of government	Prescribe how county seats may be removed.	a

Washington

See also: Washington 1912 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 7	Direct democracy measures	Right to Initiative and Referendum	a
LRCA	Amendment 8	Recall	Recall of Officials	a
LRCA	Amendment	Admin of gov't	Time for Laws to go into Effect	a
LRCA	Amendment	Term Limits	County Official Term Limits	d

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1912 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Finance	Extends the time cities and counties must repay debt for land from 20 to 50 years	a
LRCA	Question 2	Forests and parks	Allows the state and cities to acquire land for public purposes	a
LRCA	Question 3	Judiciary	Allows the legislature to determine the pay periods of judges on the supreme and circuit courts	a
LRSS	Question 4	Suffrage	Extends the right to vote in the state to women	d