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This page provides a list of statewide ballot measures that appeared before voters in 1906.

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List of ballot measures by state

Arkansas

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September 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA		Public education funding; Taxes	The measure increased the state school tax from two to three mils and increased the maximum school district tax allowed from five to seven mils.	a

Colorado

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure 1	Election administration and governance	Authorize the use of voting machines at elections.	a	27,460 (72%)	10,467 (28%)

Delaware

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Initiative and Referendum Advisory Question	Initiative and referendum process	Advise the Delaware General Assembly to pass legislation providing for an advisory initiative and referendum process	a	17,248 (89%)	2,162 (11%)

Florida

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amending the State Constitution Amendment	Constitutional wording changes; State constitutional conventions	Revise the process for amending the state constitution	d	5,322 (36%)	9,436 (64%)
LRCA	Board of Drainage Commissioners Amendment	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Flood infrastructure and management	Create a Board of Drainage Commissioners to manage swamps and overflowed lands	d	8,787 (37%)	14,771 (63%)
LRCA	Court of Record in Escambia County Amendment	State judiciary structure; State judicial authority	Establish a Court of Record in Escambia County	d	5,577 (39%)	8,806 (61%)
LRCA	Criminal Courts of Record Judicial Salaries Amendment	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary structure	Set the salaries of judges of Criminal Courts of Record	d	6,265 (39%)	9,729 (61%)
LRCA	Salaries of Judicial Officers Amendment	State judiciary structure; Salaries of government officials	Set the salaries of Supreme Court justices and Circuit Court judges	d	6,752 (38%)	10,830 (62%)

Idaho

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	HJR 5	County and municipal governance	d	16,203 (40%)	24,138 (60%)
LRCA	HJR 5	Bond issues	d	13,330 (34%)	25,836 (66%)
LRCA	SJR 1	County and municipal governance	d	16,330 (39%)	25,642 (61%)
LRCA	SJR 4	County and municipal governance	d	16,413 (43%)	21,774 (57%)
LRCA	SJR 5	Taxes; Transportation	d	8,641 (21%)	31,687 (79%)
LRCA	SJR 6	Taxes	a	20,973 (51%)	20,005 (49%)

Illinois

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Sell Canal Lands Proposition	Public land policy	This measure proposed to sell the Illinois and Michigan canal lands to the highest bidder.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it was not adopted because, at the time of the vote, Illinois required that a measure receive approval from a majority of those voting in the election to be adopted. This measure did not meet that standard.	d	313,297 (53%)	282,980 (47%)

Michigan

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April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	State constitutional conventions	Call a state constitutional convention	a	196,780 (61%)	127,189 (39%)

Minnesota

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes		a	156,051 (77%)	46,982 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes; Transportation		a	141,870 (74%)	49,232 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Food policy; Agriculture policy; Constitutional rights	Creates a state constitutional right to sell produce from one’s garden or farm without a license	a	190,897 (85%)	34,094 (15%)

Montana

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Initiative and Referendum Amendment	Initiative and referendum process	Establish the initiative and referendum process in the state	a	36,374 (85%)	6,616 (15%)

Nebraska

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Railways; Administrative powers and rulemaking; Administrative organization	Create the Board of Railway Commissioners and provide for the duties and six year terms	a	147,472 (94%)	8,896 (6%)

Nevada

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Property taxes	Require patented mines be taxed at a minimum of $500, with exemptions for mines with $100 in labor, and maintaining uniform property tax rates.	a	5,450 (80%)	1,359 (20%)

Oregon

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June 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Measure Nos. 300-301	Public education funding; Higher education funding; Prison and jail funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; School choice policy	Uphold an act that appropriated funds to maintain psychiatric hospitals; deaf, mute, and blind schools; penitentiaries; universities; agricultural colleges; and other schools	a	43,918 (62%)	26,758 (38%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	36,902 (44%)	47,075 (56%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 304-305	County and municipal governance; Alcohol laws	Allow voters in dry counties to vote on the legality of liquor in their local municipalities.	d	35,297 (44%)	45,144 (56%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 306-307	Transportation	Allow the state to purchase the Mount Hood and Barlow Road Tolls and abolish the tolls upon purchase.	d	31,525 (41%)	44,527 (59%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Ballot measure process	Provide rules for amending the state constitution.	a	47,661 (72%)	18,751 (28%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 310-311	County and municipal governance	Empower voters of every city and town to enact and amend their municipal charters.	a	52,567 (73%)	19,852 (27%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Salaries of government officials	Allow the state legislature to regulate the compensation of the State Printer.	a	63,749 (87%)	9,571 (13%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Initiative and referendum process; County and municipal governance	Create a referendum and initiative process for local and municipal laws.	a	47,678 (74%)	16,735 (26%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Business regulations; Ethics rules and commissions	Prohibit public firms from issuing any free or discounted pass, ticket, or service that is not also available to the general public.	a	57,281 (77%)	16,779 (23%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 318-319	Taxes; Transportation	Provide a three percent license fee on the gross earnings of sleeping car, refrigerator car, and oil companies.	a	69,635 (92%)	6,441 (8%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 320-321	Taxes	Provide a three percent tax and a two percent tax on the gross earnings of express companies and telephone and telegraph firms.	a	70,872 (92%)	6,360 (8%)

South Dakota

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Assessments for Agricultural Drainage Amendment	Water irrigation policy; Agriculture policy	Recognize agricultural land drainage as a public purpose, and allow the legislature to fund and organize drainage projects and districts	a	31,151 (62%)	18,799 (38%)
LRCA	Municipal Courts in Larger Cities Amendment	Local government organization; State judiciary structure	Allow the Legislature to establish municipal courts, as an alternative to police magistrates, in cities with a population greater than 5,000 inhabitants	a	29,417 (61%)	18,755 (39%)
LRCA	Superintendent of Schools Qualifications Amendment	State legislative authority; Public education governance	Allow the legislature to set extra qualifications for superintendents of schools	a	35,806 (69%)	15,971 (31%)
LRCA	Twine Plant at Penitentiary Amendment	Prison and jail funding; Property taxes; Prison work regulations	Allow the Legislature to levy a tax to establish and maintain a hard fiber twine and forage plant at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota	a	33,285 (63%)	19,895 (37%)

Texas

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Taxes; State judiciary	Authorize a property tax of up to $0.15 per $100 valuation to provide for the compensation of jurors	a	44,936 (52%)	42,144 (48%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Taxes; Education	Provide for property tax exemptions for endowment funds of institutions of higher learning and religion	a	58,125 (65%)	31,674 (35%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Salaries of government officials	Set maximum legislator salary at $1,000 for odd-numbered years, per diem at $5 for special sessions in even-numbered years, and mileage reimbursement at $0.03 per mile.	d	27,354 (33%)	55,808 (67%)

Utah

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education funding	Permit the use of state revenue to fund public high schools	a	19,402 (67%)	9,684 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property tax exemptions	Make mortgages exempt from property taxes	a	19,713 (74%)	6,853 (26%)

Washington

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Allow Eminent Domain for Right-of-Ways in Timber, Lumbering, and Mining Operations Amendment	Mineral resources; Eminent domain policy; Forestry and timber	Expand the power of eminent domain for right-of-ways for logging, timber, milling, mining, manufacturing, and other operations	d	15,257 (42%)	20,984 (58%)
LRCA	Water Deemed Public Use for Irrigation, Mining, Manufacturing, and Timber Removal Amendment	Eminent domain policy; Forestry and timber; Water irrigation policy	Declare the use of state waters for irrigation, mining, manufacturing, and timber removal as a public use	d	18,462 (48%)	20,258 (52%)

Wisconsin

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April 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Election administration and governance	Allow pocket ballot and coupon voting systems	d	45,958 (29%)	111,139 (71%)

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