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This page provides a list of statewide ballot measures that appeared before voters in 1908.

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List of ballot measures by state

Alabama

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Section 93, Article IV. The amendment proposed that the state would not undertake internal improvement nor lend money for such improvement; the state would not be interested in any private or corporate action, provided that the state may under appropriate laws cause the net proceeds from the state Convict Fund to be applied to the construction, repair and maintenance of public roads and the legislature may also make additional appropriations for that purpose.	a	45,794 (64%)	25,806 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Section 48. The amendment proposed that the legislature meet biennially on second Tuesday in January following their election and shall remain in session for not more than 50 days.	d	27,915 (43%)	37,351 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	County and municipal governance	The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Article XIX. The amendment proposed that new counties may be formed from pre-existing counties, provided that 1) 500 electors vote on the whether the land shall be taken from their county, 2) the removal of land from a pre-existing county does not reduce the population to below the threshold for the right to have a state representative, 3) the value of taxes of either county, old and new, does not drop below a million, 4) the counties’ total area remain within the constitutional limit, and 5) the new boundaries do not run within seven miles of the court of the old county, unless a county should have two court houses, in which case, one may be cut off into the new county. The vote should be held during the general election.	d	40,379 (47%)	45,281 (53%)

Arkansas

September 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA		County and municipal governance; Bond issues	The measure regarded local bond issues.	a
LRCA	Amendment 9	Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements	The measure implemented a poll tax.	a

California

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The measure would have provided for separate state and local taxation.	d	87,977 (44%)	114,104 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Salaries of government officials; State legislatures measures	The measure provided for biennial sessions of the legislature and for a commencement date of the first Monday after the first day of January.	a	116,600 (63%)	68,902 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Administrative organization; Public education governance	The measure would have related to boards of education.	d	67,497 (39%)	107,613 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	Property	The measure would have repealed the section of the constitution that required the assessment of a mortgage deed of trust, contract or other secured debt and the taxes due upon such assessment.	d	90,061 (50%)	90,896 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	State executive official measures	The measure related to the approval and return of bills by the governor, as well as gubernatorial veto power.	a	122,362 (71%)	50,979 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 29	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The measure prevented the legislature from creating any debt greater than $300,000 except in cases of war to repel an invasion or suppress an insurrection.	a	97,237 (61%)	63,465 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Elections and campaigns	The measure allowed the legislature to enact laws related to electing delegates to political party conventions and providing for the direct nomination of candidates by voters or political parties.	a	152,853 (77%)	46,772 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 31	Business regulations	The measure allowed a corporation to extend its terms of existence for up to 50 years prior to the expiration of the current term, by consent of two-thirds of the stockholders.	a	115,412 (59%)	81,849 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 32	State legislatures measures	The measure limited expenditures by legislators for employees to $500 per day while in session.	a	135,113 (74%)	48,144 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 33	Business regulations	The measure provided that a stockholder be liable for a proportion of a corporation's debts contracted during the time he was a stockholder.	a	103,025 (59%)	70,575 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 34	Gambling policy; Business regulations	The measure prohibited the fictitious sale of shares of capital stock of corporations. The measure also prohibited the legislature from authorizing lotteries and prevented the sale of lottery tickets.	a	96,235 (53%)	84,778 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Jury rules	The measure regulated the compensation of grand and trial jurors and provided that said compensation not exceed three dollars per day plus mileage expenses.	a	107,244 (61%)	69,479 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public education governance	The measure provided that the public school system include day and evening elementary schools, secondary schools, normal schools and technical schools.	a	97,763 (53%)	87,584 (47%)
LRSS	Proposition 1	Administration of government; State capitals	The measure would have relocated the seat of government from the city of Sacramento to the city of Berkeley.	d	87,378 (35%)	165,630 (65%)
LRSS	Proposition 2	Bond issues	The measure would have provided for the issuance of bonds to fund the construction of wharves, piers, seawalls, railroads, spurs and appurtanances in the city and county of San Francisco.	d	92,532 (49%)	96,963 (51%)
LRSS	Proposition 3	Bond issues	The measure would have provided for the issuance of bonds to pay the indebtedness incurred for the acquisition of an area for a tidal basin to extend the area of the India basin on the water front of the city of San Francisco.	d	84,526 (44%)	105,478 (56%)
LRCA	SCA 14	Salaries of government officials; State executive official measures	Increase salaries of state officers	a	92,558 (50%)	92,556 (50%)

Colorado

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure 1	Bond issues; Restricted-use funds	Authorize up to $873,457.94 in registered, interest-bearing bonds to fund and retire outstanding state warrants.	d	26,254 (49%)	27,352 (51%)
LRCA	Measure 2	Salaries of government officials	Increase executive and judicial pay by setting fixed annual salaries for the Governor, Supreme Court judges, and district court judges.	d	16,088 (30%)	37,753 (70%)
LRCA	Measure 3	Salaries of government officials; State legislative authority	Allow the legislature to classify counties by population and set officers’ salaries and fees accordingly.	d	18,558 (39%)	29,022 (61%)

Florida

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Additional Judicial Circuits Amendment	State judicial authority; State judiciary structure	Amend provisions relating to allowing for additional judicial circuits	d	6,150 (47%)	6,850 (53%)
LRCA	Judicial Salaries Amendment	State judicial authority; Salaries of government officials; State legislative authority	Establish that the Legislature shall set judicial salaries	d	6,835 (48%)	7,469 (52%)
LRCA	Tax for State Educational Institutions Amendment	Restricted-use funds; Property taxes; Higher education funding; Public education funding	Provide for a 1 mill tax to support and maintain certain state educational institutions	d	6,961 (48%)	7,477 (52%)

Idaho

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November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	HJR 10	Administration of government; County and municipal governance	a	33,449 (55%)	26,901 (45%)
LRCA	HJR 3	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary structure; State judicial authority; State judicial selection	a	28,050 (52%)	25,598 (48%)

Illinois

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	General Banking Law Amendment	Banking policy	This measure proposed various amendments to the general banking law.	a	473,755 (81%)	108,533 (19%)

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Deep Waterway Amendment	Bond issues	It proposed a bond issue to fund a waterway project.	a	692,522 (78%)	195,177 (22%)

Iowa

See also: Iowa 1908 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administration of government; Utility policy	The measure permitted the construction of drains, ditches and levees for agricultural, sanitary or mining purposes and organized for the organization of drainage districts. The measure also allowed for the condemnation of real estate needed for the construction or maintenance of such drains, ditches or levees.	a	194,251 (65%)	105,720 (35%)

Maine

See also: Maine 1908 ballot measures

September 15

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Initiative and Referendum Amendment	Initiative and referendum process	Establish an initiative and referendum process in Maine	a	53,785 (69%)	24,543 (31%)

September 14

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Constitutional Revision Election Amendment	Ballot measure process	Change the date as to voting upon constitutional amendments	a	47,981 (67%)	23,132 (33%)

Michigan

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Constitution Revision Measure	State constitution ratification; Initiative and referendum process	Ratify the Michigan Constitution of 1908	a	244,705 (65%)	130,783 (35%)
LRCA	Taxation of Property by a State Board of Assessors Amendment	Tax and revenue administration; Property taxes	Revise amendments to the constitution relating to the taxation of property by a state board of assessors	a	227,899 (62%)	137,500 (38%)

Minnesota

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	d	134,141 (67%)	65,776 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Transportation; Taxes	d	154,226 (73%)	56,557 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Insurance policy; Taxes; Agriculture policy; Storm infrastructure	d	137,710 (69%)	61,084 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public education governance	d	169,785 (80%)	42,114 (20%)

Missouri

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Increase the pay of General Assembly members to $750 per annum	d	147,679 (46%)	176,766 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property taxes; Highways and bridges; Local government finance and taxes	Authorize county courts and township boards to levy a special tax of up to $0.25 cents per $100 valuation for road and bridge improvements	a	178,861 (53%)	159,271 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Initiative and referendum process	Create an initiative and referendum process in Missouri	a	177,615 (55%)	147,290 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary structure	Establish a new division in the Supreme Court, increase the number of judges from seven to nine, and raise the salaries of Supreme Court and Kansas City Court of Appeals judges to $5,500	d	142,790 (45%)	171,658 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Tax and revenue administration; Local government finance and taxes	Allow counties and municipalities to choose their own taxation subjects through a local option system	d	133,682 (44%)	172,508 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Utility policy; Local government finance and taxes; Debt limits	Exempt the debt incurred by cities with 2,000 to 30,000 inhabitants for water works and lighting infrastructure from their constitutional debt limit	d	136,464 (46%)	159,554 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Property taxes; Highways and bridges	Enact a state tax of $0.10 per $100 valuation to fund public roads and highways in counties	d	142,787 (46%)	167,478 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Railways; Debt limits; Local government finance and taxes; Public transportation	Allow cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants to exceed constitutional debt limits for constructing or purchasing subways	d	127,276 (43%)	165,388 (57%)

Montana

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Increase Real and Personal Property Tax Levy Amendment	Taxes; Property taxes	Increase the real and personal property tax levy	d	14,184 (36%)	25,706 (64%)
LRSS	Referendum 1	Higher education funding; Bond issues		a	24,809 (66%)	12,910 (34%)
LRCA	State Depository Board Amendment	Tax and revenue administration	Create state depository board	a	29,273 (73%)	10,653 (27%)

Nebraska

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judicial selection; Salaries of government officials; State judiciary structure	Amends the constitution to provide for the election of a seven-member state Supreme Court with six year terms and set the salaries for the justices and district court judges	a	214,218 (93%)	16,271 (7%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Higher education funding; Public education funding	Provide for the investment of the state's permanent school fund	a	213,000 (94%)	14,395 (6%)

Nevada

See also: Nevada 1908 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	State Police Bill Referendum	Law enforcement officers and departments	Create and maintain of the Nevada State Police	a	9,954 (52%)	9,078 (48%)

North Dakota

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Investment of School Fund Amendment	Public education funding	a	50,793 (78%)	13,952 (22%)
LRCA	Minimum Price of State Lands Amendment	Administration of government	a	50,001 (76%)	15,903 (24%)
LRCA	Supreme Court Judge Increase Amendment	State judiciary structure	a	47,732 (70%)	20,584 (30%)

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1908 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	d	339,757 (78%)	95,867 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislative processes and sessions	d	328,362 (84%)	63,006 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State legislative vote requirements; State executive official measures; State legislative processes and sessions	d	323,770 (84%)	61,754 (16%)

Oklahoma

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	State Question 1	Administration of government; Alcohol laws	Create a State Agency to dispense spirituous liquors in original packages based on physicians' prescriptions.	d	105,392 (46%)	121,573 (54%)
LRCA	State Question 2	Property	Establish the Torrens System to adjudicate land titles, issue certificates, and streamline real estate registration and transfers.	d	114,394 (58%)	83,888 (42%)
LRCA	State Question 3	State capitals	Allow the people of the state to select a Capitol location by majority vote during any election where the question is submitted.	d	120,352 (63%)	71,933 (37%)
LRSS	State Question 4	State capitals	Authorize the State to obtain a Capitol site with grounds and lots that could be sold for the benefit of the State.	d	117,441 (61%)	75,792 (39%)
CISS	State Question 5	Property	Allow auction sales of school and public lands, granting lessees purchase rights, capping sales at 160 acres, permitting deferred payments, and taxing upon sale.	d	96,745 (47%)	110,840 (53%)

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1908 ballot measures

June 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Measure 9	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	36,858 (39%)	58,670 (61%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Salaries of government officials	Increase legislator compensation from $120 to $400 for regular sessions and from $3 plus mileage to $10 for special sessions.	d	19,691 (22%)	68,892 (78%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	State capitals; Administration of government	Allow state institutions to be located outside of the state capital.	a	41,975 (51%)	40,868 (49%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	State judiciary	Expand the Supreme Court to five judges and authorize the legislature to reorganize circuit courts' and county courts' powers.	d	30,243 (37%)	50,591 (63%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Elections and campaigns	Move the general biennial election from the first Monday of June to the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November.	a	65,728 (78%)	18,590 (22%)
VR	Measure Nos. 308-309	Corrections governance; Prison work regulations	Provide for the compensation of prison employees and regulate prison labor and costs of prisoners' food and boarding.	a	60,443 (67%)	30,033 (33%)
VR	Measure Nos. 310-311	Eminent domain policy; Transportation	Require railway firms to grant free transportation to state officers, county judges, and sheriffs in order to acquire land through eminent domain.	d	28,856 (33%)	59,406 (67%)
VR	Measure Nos. 312-313	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Appropriate $25,00 annually for four years to purchase land and build armories for the Oregon National Guard.	d	33,507 (38%)	54,848 (62%)
VR	Measure Nos. 314-315	Education; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Increase the annual appropriation for the University of Oregon from $47,500 to $125,000.	a	44,115 (52%)	40,535 (48%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 318-319	Fisheries and fishing regulations	Restrict salmon and sturgeon fishing for conservation purposes.	a	46,582 (53%)	40,720 (47%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 320-321	Alcohol laws; County and municipal governance	Empower voters of every city and town to license, regulate, tax, and prohibit the sale of liquors within their municipalities.	d	39,442 (43%)	52,346 (57%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 322-323	Agriculture policy; Property tax exemptions	Provide tax exemptions for farm housing, equipment, livestock, and crops.	d	32,066 (35%)	60,871 (65%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 324-325	Elections and campaigns; Recall process	Grant voters the power to call for a special election to recall an elected official and elect the official's successor at any time.	a	58,381 (65%)	31,002 (35%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 326-327	State legislative authority; Federal government issues	Instruct legislators to vote for and elect as U.S. Senator the candidate who received the highest number of votes at the general election	a	69,668 (77%)	21,162 (23%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 328-329	Proportional representation; Ranked-choice voting; Elections and campaigns	Allow for alternative state electoral systems	a	48,868 (59%)	34,128 (41%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 330-331	Open meetings and public information; Ethics rules and commissions; Elections and campaigns	Provide campaign rules and regulations such as campaign contribution limits and punishments for corrupting use of money.	a	54,042 (63%)	31,301 (37%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 332-333	Fisheries and fishing regulations	Prohibit salmon and sturgeon fishing except by hook and line in the Columbia River and Sandy River and prohibit salmon fishing during spawning season.	a	56,130 (65%)	30,280 (35%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 334-335	Civil and criminal trials	Mandate that no person shall be charged of a crime without indictment by a grand jury and provide jury selection methods.	a	52,214 (65%)	28,487 (35%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 336-337	County and municipal governance	Create the County of Hood River out of the western portion of Wasco County in Oregon.	a	43,948 (62%)	26,778 (38%)

South Dakota

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Attorney General's Salary Amendment	State executive powers and duties; Salaries of government officials	Establish that the Attorney General shall receive the same salary as other state officers	d	43,908 (46%)	52,437 (54%)
VR	Divorce Settlement Referendum	Family-related policy	Set residency requirements and procedures for filing divorce in South Dakota	a	60,211 (61%)	38,794 (39%)
IndISS	Local Liquor Option Initiative	Business regulations; Alcohol laws	Regulate the manufacturing and sale of alcohol	d	39,075 (49%)	41,405 (51%)
VR	Prohibit Sunday Performance Referendum	Sunday regulations	Prohibit theatrical and other performances on Sundays	a	48,368 (50%)	48,006 (50%)
VR	Protection of Quail Referendum	Hunting regulations	Prohibit shooting, killing, catching, capturing or destroying any quail before October 1, 1912, and prohibit taking, molesting or destroying the nest or eggs of the birds	a	65,340 (67%)	32,274 (33%)
LRCA	Revise Taxation Articles Amendment	Tax and revenue administration; Debt limits	Establish uniform taxation laws and financial procedures, and restrict public debt	d	34,915 (42%)	47,732 (58%)

Texas

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November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Redistricting policy; County and municipal governance	Increase the maximum number of justice precincts per county from 8 to 12 and redistrict county commissioner precincts	d	69,389 (48%)	74,497 (52%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Ballot measure process; Public education funding; Property taxes; Ballot measure supermajority requirements	Increase the maximum school district property tax rate to $0.05/$100 and lower tax approval from two-thirds to simple majority vote.	a	130,402 (71%)	52,077 (29%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Taxes; County and municipal governance	Allow local approval of up to $0.30/$100 road and bridge taxes or to issue bonds for 20% of property value for roads and bridges.	d	24,539 (30%)	57,493 (70%)
LRCA	Proposition 4	Salaries of government officials; State executive official measures	Increase the governor's annual salary to $8,000 and the lieutenant governor's annual salary to $2,500	d	47,396 (30%)	112,430 (70%)

Utah

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November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property taxes; Mineral resources	Tax only the portion of a property used for mining purposes under the special provisions for taxing mining property	a	15,882 (57%)	12,069 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Sales taxes; Property taxes	Fix the total property tax rate and the allocation of property tax revenue	d	13,282 (50%)	13,459 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local government organization	Permit the state legislature to change county boundaries and create new boundaries	d	9,770 (38%)	16,222 (62%)

Washington

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Allow Differing Tax Rates by Property Class Amendment	Property taxes	Replace the requirement for uniform taxation of all property with a system allowing taxes to be uniform only within each class of property	d	28,371 (32%)	60,244 (68%)
LRCA	Eminent Domain for Agricultural, Domestic, Sanitary, and Timber Right-of-Ways Uses Amendment	Forestry and timber; Eminent domain policy	Allow eminent domain to take private property for agricultural, domestic, sanitary purposes, and timber removal rights-of-way, declaring these uses as public	d	26,849 (34%)	52,721 (66%)

Wisconsin

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Transportation	Allow the state to fund public highway construction and improvement	a	116,407 (71%)	46,762 (29%)
LRCA	Question 2	Income taxes	Authorize a graduated income tax system	a	85,677 (69%)	37,719 (31%)
LRCA	Question 3	State executive official measures; Administration of government	Increase the time the governor has to approve or veto a legislative bill from three to six days	a	85,955 (76%)	27,171 (24%)
LRCA	Question 4	Citizenship voting requirements	End the practice of allowing noncitizens with a declared intention of becoming citizens to vote in Wisconsin	a	85,838 (70%)	36,773 (30%)

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