1934 ballot measures

1935 → ← 1933

Arkansas

See also: Arkansas 1934 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Act 280	Taxes	A bill to reduce the penalty on tax delinquent real estate and to extend the time for redemption.
VR	Act 78	Education	Whether or not to abolish the state board of education.

California

See also: California 1934 ballot propositions

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 1	Bonds	$30 million in bonds for veterans to aid in purchasing homes and farms	a
CICA	Proposition 2	Alcohol	Rules for where intoxicating liquors can, and cannot, be sold and consumed	a
CICA	Proposition 3	Judiciary	Method of choosing California's state supreme and appellate court judges	a
CICA	Proposition 4	Executive branch	Powers, responsibilities and salary of the Attorney General of California	a
CICA	Proposition 5	Judiciary	In criminal cases, court may comment to jury on defendant's failure to explain evidence	a
CICA	Proposition 6	Judiciary	Defendants charged with felonies can plead guilty before a committing magistrate	a
CICA	Proposition 7	Labor	State civil service	a
LRSS	Proposition 8	Constitution	Shall there be a state constitutional convention?	a
CISS	Proposition 9	Healthcare	Amendment of the Chiropractic Act to create a State Chiropractors Association	d
LRCA	Proposition 10	Admin of gov't	Treatment of claims against, and budgets of, state agencies	a
CICA	Proposition 11	Education	Make State Board of Education elective; abolish Superintendent of Public Instruction	d
LRSS	Proposition 12	Regulations	Establish permissible rates of interest on loans	a
CICA	Proposition 13	Alcohol	Establish the "local option" with respect to legality of alcohol sales	d
LRCA	Proposition 14	Judiciary	Method of filling Superior Court judicial vacancies	d
LRCA	Proposition 15	Judiciary	There must be at least one Superior Court judge in every county	d
LRCA	Proposition 16	Judiciary	A chartered city or county with more than 40,000 residents must have a Municipal Court	a
CISS	Proposition 17	Healthcare	Establish the Naturopathic Association of California for regulation of naturopathic medicine	d
LRCA	Proposition 18	Utilities	Development of public water and electrical utilities; eminent domain authorized	d
LRCA	Proposition 19	Budget	State can't borrow more than $300,000 without a vote of the people	d
LRCA	Proposition 20	Water	Fifth and sixth class cities allowed to hold stock in mutual water companies	a
LRCA	Proposition 21	Eminent domain	How eminent domain works when applied to acquisition of land for reservoirs	a
LRCA	Proposition 22	Local governance	Method by which political subdivisions may enter into agreements for joint exercise of powers	d
LBM	Proposition 23	Labor	$24 million in bonds for unemployment relief	a

Colorado

See also: Colorado 1934 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Issue 1	Taxes	Taxation of petroleum and registration of motor vehicles, using the money for roads	a
CISS	Issue 2	Admin. of gov't.	License fees for chain stores	a
CICA	Issue 3	Taxes	Limiting gas tax to 3 cents per gallon	d
CICA	Issue 4	Taxes	Gives the people power over excise taxes	d

Maine

See also: Maine 1934 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Question 1	Alcohol	Relating to transportation of intoxicating liquor	a

Massachusetts

See also: Massachusetts 1934 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Question 1	Hunting	Pertaining to regulations on animal trapping	d

Missouri

See also: Missouri 1934 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Issue 3	Admin of gov't	States the Constitution of Missouri shall not be construed to not prohibit payments from any public fund or funds, for benefits, upon retirement, disability or death, to persons employed and paid out of any public fund	d

Nevada

See also: Nevada 1934 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CISS	Question 1	Hunting	Put bounties on predatory animals	a

North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 1934 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CI	School Taxes Issue	Education	Setting the maximum amount of levy of school taxes	d
CI	Legal Liquor Selling Issue	Alcohol	Legalizing the sale of liquor by any individual sale or business	d
CI	Liquor Regulation Issue	Business Regulation	Legalizing and regulating the sale of intoxicating liquor in drugstores, hotels, restaurants, and clubs, creating the office of Liquor Control Commissioner and giving a portion of the taxes to school districts	d
CI	Prohibition Repeal	Alcohol	Repealing all state prohibition laws	d
CI	Sunday Motion Picture Issue	Rules about Sunday	Permitting the operation of motion picture theaters on Sunday after 2:00 p.m	a

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1934 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Initiated Issue 1	Taxes	Prohibit the taxation as property of motor vehicles on which license taxes have been imposed and paid	d
CICA	Initiated Issue 2	Taxes	Require motor vehicle fuel excise taxes to be measured by a sum for each gallon	d

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1934 ballot measures

May 18:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Public finance	County Indebtedness and Funding Bond	d
LRCA	Measure 2	Judiciary	Criminal trials without a jury; non-unanimous verdicts	a
LRSS	Measure 3	Healthcare	Tuberculosis hospital in Multnomah County	a
LRSS	Measure 4	Healthcare	"Insane hospital" in Multnomah County	d
VR	Measure 5	Taxes	Sales tax increase with revenues to go to education funding	d

November 6:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Measure 1	Utilities	Grange Power Bill	d
CICA	Measure 2	Taxes	Limits of taxation on taxable property	d
CICA	Measure 3	Healthcare	Regulations governing the healing arts	d

Washington

See also: Washington 1934 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITP	Initiative 77	Hunting	Fish Traps and Fishing Regulations	a
ITP	Initiative 94	Taxes	40 Mill Tax Limit	a
VR	Referendum 18	Energy	Electric Energy for Cities and Town	a
LRCA	HJR 12	Taxes	Uniform Taxes	d
LRCA	HJR 14	Taxes	Regulation of Taxes	d

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1934 ballot measures

April 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
AQ	Question 1	Pension	Advises the legislature to create a state pension system	a

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Suffrage	Officially gives women the right to vote according to the state constitution	a