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Arkansas

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 2	Transportation	Implements rail rate regulations	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	Levies a 3-mil county road tax	a

Florida

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November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bonds	Relates to guaranteeing bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Judiciary	Relates to limiting the establishment of judicial courts	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Legislature	Relates to impeachment of members of the Legislature and succession of officers	a

Idaho

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November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	HJR 8	Property	Prescribes property qualifications for the division and creation of counties	a
LRCA	HJR 10	Gov't Salaries	Provides compensation to County officers through salaries and necessary expenses	a

Illinois

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	General Banking Law Amendment	Banking	Shall the general banking law be amended?	a

Michigan

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November 8, 1898

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	Hold a state constitution convention		162,163 (56%)	127,147 (44%)

Minnesota

See also: Minnesota 1898 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Suffrage	Permits women to vote for library boards	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Constitutions	Changes the process for amending the Constitution	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local gov't	Amends the home rule for cities section	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Transportation	Provides the state road and bridge fund	a

Montana

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November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local gov't	Relates to the election of county commissioners	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Judiciary	Relates to the use of district court judges	a

South Dakota

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November 8, 1898

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Initiative and Referendum Process Amendment	Initiative process	Provides for the initiative and referendum process in the state constitution	a	23,816 (59%)	16,483 (41%)
LRCA	State Control of Liquor Amendment	Alcohol; Business	Establish the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors to be under state jurisdiction	a	22,170 (52%)	20,557 (48%)
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Sex and gender; Suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution		19,698 (46%)	22,983 (54%)

Texas

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November 1, 1898

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Veterans	Authorize direct aid to disabled and dependent Confederate veterans and their widows	a	56,913 (52%)	53,074 (48%)

November 8, 1898

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Salaries	Extend the $5 per diem compensation of legislators to the first 100 days of a session and increase the per diem for the remainder of the session to $3		35,901 (12%)	255,121 (88%)

Utah

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November 8, 1898

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Judiciary; State executive	Alter the powers of the governor to appoint state judges and officials		7,397 (41%)	10,510 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public education funding	Permit counties to institute a tax on first and second-class cities to fund public schools		11,008 (50%)	11,081 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Legislative processes	Make every act of the legislature evidence of its due enactment if overseen by the Secretary of State		5,846 (39%)	9,068 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Judicial authority	Allow an appeal of any ruling of a district court		5,365 (37%)	9,282 (63%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Tax exemptions	Create a property tax exemption for household furniture with a value up to $200		7,474 (47%)	8,297 (53%)

Washington

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November 8, 1898

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Municipal Property Tax Classification Amendment	Taxes; Property; Local government	Allow municipal governments, with voter approval, to choose which classes of property to tax for local purposes, provided the tax is applied uniformly		15,986 (32%)	33,850 (68%)
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Sex and gender; Suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution		20,658 (40%)	30,540 (60%)

Wisconsin

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November 8, 1898

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Approve revised banking laws passed by the legislature		86,872 (48%)	92,607 (52%)

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