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California

See also: California 1896 ballot propositions

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Exempts mortgages from taxation	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Elections	Authorizes elections by ballot	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Business Reg	Limits the liability of stockholders of corporations	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	Local Gov't	Relates to laws for incorporated cities and towns	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Elections	Provides for the election of county officers in cities and towns	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Suffrage	Grants women the right to vote	d

Florida

See also: Florida 1896 ballot measures

October 6, 1896

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Justices of the Peace Amendment	Amend provisions relating to the authority of Justices of the Peace	a	8,327 (95%)	459 (5%)
LRCA	Legislative Proceedings Amendment	Amend provisions relating to legislative proceedings	a	7,786 (92%)	688 (8%)
LRCA	November General Elections Amendment	Establish November as the month for general elections	a	8,389 (84%)	1,645 (16%)
LRCA	Pardon Powers Amendment	Amend provisions relating to pardons	a	7,352 (93%)	586 (7%)
LRCA	Publication of Laws and Opinions Amendment	Amend provisions relating to the publication of laws and Supreme Court opinions	a	8,870 (93%)	667 (7%)

Idaho

See also: Idaho 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	HJR 10	Local Gov't	Removes the election requirement for township, precinct and municipal officers	a
LRCA	SJR 2	Suffrage	Extends the equal right of suffrage to women	a
LRCA	SJR 5	Local Gov't	Removes the Office of the District Attorney and created the Office of the County Attorney	a

Illinois

See also: Illinois 1896 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Illinois Gateway Amendment	Legislature	Shall the general assembly be able to modify up to three articles of the constitution per session?	d

Minnesota

See also: Minnesota 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Law enforcement	Confers pardoning powers to a pardon board	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Suffrage	Prohibits aliens from voting	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local gov't	Authorizes home rule for cities	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Property	Requires compensation for property damaged for public use	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Gov't finances	Permits cities to borrow school and university funds	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	Provides a system for taxing large corporations	a

Montana

See also: Montana 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Suffrage	Relates to voting qualifications	d

Nebraska

See also: Nebraska 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Judiciary	Sets Supreme Court justice term limits	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Judiciary	Sets guidelines for compensation of judges	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	State exec	Sets guidelines for compensation of state officers	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	Judiciary	Vests judicial power in Supreme Court and lower courts	d
LRCA	Amendment 5	Judiciary	Allows an increase in number of judges in state courts	d
LRCA	Amendment 6	Trials	Requires a five-sixths jury verdict	d
LRCA	Amendment 7	State exec	Provides term limits for state officers	d
LRCA	Amendment 8	State exec	Provides guidelines for increasing the number of state officers	d
LRCA	Amendment 9	Education	Relates to the investment of educational funds	d
LRCA	Amendment 10	Elections	Requires questions of merging governments to be submitted to voters	d
LRCA	Amendment 11	Elections	Provides for methods of voting	d
LRCA	Amendment 12	Elections	Requires questions of donations for internal improvements to be submitted to voters	d

New Hampshire

See also: New Hampshire 1896 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Constitutional Convention	Con Convention	Shall a convention be convened to amend the constitution?	a

New York

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Forests & Parks	Relates to the forest preserve	d

South Dakota

See also: South Dakota 1896 ballot measures

November 3, 1896

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Abolish Regents' Board of Trustees Amendment	Local government; Public education governance	Repeal the Regents' Board of Trustees and establish an appointed board to govern all state educational institutions	a	31,061 (72%)	11,960 (28%)
LRCA	Civil Township Debt Limit Amendment	Debt limits	Limit local government debt, with exceptions for water projects with voter approval	a	28,290 (66%)	14,789 (34%)
LRCA	Prohibition of Monopolies Amendment	Business	Prohibit monopolies and anti-competitive agreements that fix prices, limit production, or regulate transportation to suppress competition	a	36,763 (80%)	9,136 (20%)
LRCA	Prohibition Repeal Amendment	Alcohol	Repeal prohibition on alcohol	a	31,901 (56%)	24,901 (44%)

Texas

See also: Texas 1896 ballot measures

November 3, 1896

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Public School Fund Investment Amendment	Budgets; Prison funding	Authorize investment of the public school fund in agricultural lands to benefit the penitentiary system		101,121 (35%)	188,574 (65%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Citizenship voting	Require foreign-born persons to declare their intent to become U.S. citizens at least six months before an election in order to be eligible to vote	a	268,262 (84%)	51,649 (16%)

Washington

See also: Washington 1896 ballot measures

November 3, 1896

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	English Language Requirement for Voting Amendment	English; Voting requirements	Require individuals to be able to read and speak English in order to vote	a	28,019 (70%)	11,983 (30%)

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1896 ballot measures

November 3, 1896

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Remove the salary limit for the state superintendent of education		38,752 (41%)	56,506 (59%)

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