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1894 ballot measures
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By state
Arkansas
See also: Arkansas 1894 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRCA | Quorum Courts to Tax for Local Improvements Amendment | Taxes | Allows quorum courts to tax for local improvements |  |
| LRCA | Vacancies in Local Offices Amendment | Local Gov't | Empowers the governor to fill vacancies in township and county offices |  |
Florida
See also: Florida 1894 ballot measures
October 2
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRCA | Amendment 1 | Trials | Relates to the payment of trial costs | |
| LRCA | Amendment 2 | Suffrage | Relates to the right and eligibility to vote | |
| LRCA | Amendment 3 | Education | Relates to the division of the State School Fund | |
Idaho
See also: Idaho 1894 ballot measures
November 6
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRCA | HJR 3 and HJR 4 | Local Gov't | Separates the offices of Probate Judges and county Superintendents of Public Instruction | |
Illinois
See also: Illinois 1894 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRCA | Illinois Labor Law Amendment | Legislature | Shall the legislature have the right to govern relations between corporations and their employees? | |
Michigan
See also: Michigan 1894 ballot measures
November 6, 1894
| Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allow Veterans in Soldiers' Homes to Establish Residency for Voting Amendment | Allow those living in soldiers' homes to vote in the location where the home is located |
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127,758 (81%) |
29,607 (19%) |
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| Remove Suffrage for Noncitizens with Citizenship Intent Amendment | End the practice of allowing foreign-born male residents who had lived in Michigan for at least two-and-a-half years and declared their intent to become citizens to vote |
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117,088 (79%) |
31,537 (21%) |
Minnesota
See also: Minnesota 1894 ballot measures
November 6
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRCA | Amendment 1 | Taxes | Authorizes an inheritance tax | |
New Hampshire
See also: New Hampshire 1894 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABR | New Hampshire Constitutional Convention Question | Con Convention | Shall a constitutional convention be convened? |
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New York
See also: New York 1894 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 1 | Con Language | Revises the constitution | |
| LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 2 | Legislature | Relates to legislative apportionment | |
| LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 3 | Water | Relates to canal improvements | |
| LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 4 | Judiciary | Relates to county judges and court of sessions in Kings County | |
| LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 5 | Judiciary | Relates to additional justices of the supreme court | |
South Dakota
See also: South Dakota 1894 ballot measures
November 5, 1894
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homesteads Exempt from Court Orders Amendment | Civil trials; Banking | Require the legislature to define by law the value and size of homesteads exempt from court-ordered seizure or sale, with exceptions, and to provide an exemption for a reasonable amount of personal property |
|
10,733 (27%) |
29,315 (73%) |
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| Superintendent of Schools Successive Term Limit Amendment | Term limits; Public education governance | Allow the Superintendent of Schools to hold office for more than four years in succession |
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11,241 (29%) |
27,705 (71%) |
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| Women's Suffrage in School Affairs Amendment | Sex and gender; Suffrage | Provides for women's suffrage in elections related to school affairs |
|
17,010 (43%) |
22,682 (57%) |
Texas
See also: Texas 1894 ballot measures
November 6, 1894
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 1 | Veterans | Authorize the establishment and maintenance of a home for "indigent and disabled Confederate veterans" |
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192,033 (71%) |
79,718 (29%) |
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| Proposition 2 | Elections | Authorize the election of railroad commissioners with six-year term limits |
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221,918 (83%) |
46,358 (17%) |
Washington
See also: Washington 1894 ballot measures
November 6, 1894
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment of Permanent School Fund in School District Bonds Amendment | Public education funding; Budgets | Allow the permanent school fund to be invested in school district bonds |
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18,884 (77%) |
5,598 (23%) |
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