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Arkansas

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Quorum Courts to Tax for Local Improvements Amendment	Taxes	Allows quorum courts to tax for local improvements	d
LRCA	Vacancies in Local Offices Amendment	Local Gov't	Empowers the governor to fill vacancies in township and county offices	a

Florida

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October 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Trials	Relates to the payment of trial costs	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Suffrage	Relates to the right and eligibility to vote	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Education	Relates to the division of the State School Fund	a

Idaho

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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	a

Illinois

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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?	d

Michigan

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November 6, 1894

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	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	a	127,758 (81%)	29,607 (19%)
LRCA	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	a	117,088 (79%)	31,537 (21%)

Minnesota

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Authorizes an inheritance tax	a

New Hampshire

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ABR	New Hampshire Constitutional Convention Question	Con Convention	Shall a constitutional convention be convened?	d

New York

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Con Language	Revises the constitution	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Legislature	Relates to legislative apportionment	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Water	Relates to canal improvements	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Judiciary	Relates to county judges and court of sessions in Kings County	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Judiciary	Relates to additional justices of the supreme court	a

South Dakota

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November 5, 1894

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	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%)
LRCA	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		11,241 (29%)	27,705 (71%)
LRCA	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

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November 6, 1894

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Veterans	Authorize the establishment and maintenance of a home for "indigent and disabled Confederate veterans"	a	192,033 (71%)	79,718 (29%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Elections	Authorize the election of railroad commissioners with six-year term limits	a	221,918 (83%)	46,358 (17%)

Washington

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November 6, 1894

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	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	a	18,884 (77%)	5,598 (23%)

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