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Alabama

See also: Alabama 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public Works	Proposes to allow improvement to infrastructure as long as the state controls such improvements	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Transportation Taxes	Proposes that counties may levy and collect taxes for transportation infrastructure	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	Transportation Taxes	Proposes to allow counties to implement a road tax	d

Arizona

See also: Arizona 1920 ballot measures

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 100-101	Legislature	Prohibit legislative members from being elected or appointed to civil offices in which compensation for such has been increased during their term		8,945 (25%)	26,520 (75%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 102-103	Election administration; State executive; State executive structure	Require members of the State Tax Commission to be publicly elected and designate their affiliated political party		9,592 (28%)	25,234 (72%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 104-105	Education; Salaries	Provide for the raise of salaries of teachers and select public officials		13,701 (33%)	28,053 (67%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 300-301	Administration; Law enforcement	Provide for the creation of a Board of Pardons and Paroles and the regulation of the granting of commutations, pardons, and paroles		11,571 (31%)	25,794 (69%)
VR	Measure Nos. 302-303	Trials	Prohibit persons from criminal prosecution for misdemeanors without having a preliminary examination before a magistrate		12,268 (34%)	23,622 (66%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 304-305	Administration; Environment	Provide for the creation of a State Conservation Commission		13,096 (33%)	26,617 (67%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 306-307	Administration	Provide for the creation of a State Civil Service Commission to regulate public service positions		11,850 (31%)	26,299 (69%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 308-309	Local government	Provide for the creation and organization of new counties		5,312 (12%)	38,198 (88%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Administration; Transportation	Provide for the creation of a State Highway Department		16,961 (40%)	25,721 (60%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Agriculture; Public land	Promote the reclamation and irrigation of arable and irrigable lands within the boundaries of organized irrigation districts		18,203 (45%)	22,432 (55%)

Arkansas

See also: Arkansas 1920 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Amendment 7	Direct democracy	Defines initiatives and referendums more completely	a
LRCA	Amendment 8	Suffrage	Granted women the right to vote	a

California

See also: California 1920 ballot propositions

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 10	Establish procedures relating to constitutional conventions.		203,240 (32%)	428,002 (68%)
LRCA	Proposition 11	Require the legislature to enact an annual tax of at least $4.00 on every noncitizen man between the ages of 21 and 60 residing in California	a	667,924 (82%)	147,212 (18%)
CICA	Proposition 12	Levy an ad valorem tax of 1.2 mills per dollar to supply the state university fund.		380,027 (50%)	384,667 (50%)
VR	Proposition 13	Establish procedures relating to the willing of property.		246,875 (32%)	524,133 (68%)
VR	Proposition 14	Prohibit any subsidiary corporation of, or person controlled by, any state bank from acting as the general agent of any insurance company, except in cities where the population is less than 5,000.		308,062 (48%)	328,115 (52%)
VR	Proposition 15	Change provisions relating to the organization and creation of irrigation districts.	a	314,522 (53%)	280,948 (47%)
CICA	Proposition 16	Make changes to school funding and add kindergarten to the public school system.	a	506,008 (65%)	268,781 (35%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Provide for absentee voting for members of the military who are unable to be their voting precinct at the time of the election.		356,539 (49%)	371,784 (51%)
LRCA	Proposition 18	Exempt property used for orphanages from taxation.	a	394,014 (51%)	371,658 (49%)
LRCA	Proposition 19	Authorize the legislature to grant aid to institutions and counties that support children of fathers incapacitated by permanent physical disability or severe cases of tuberculosis.	a	487,023 (69%)	222,247 (31%)
CISS	Proposition 1	Permit the acquisition and transfer of property by aliens eligible for citizenship to the same extent as citizens.	a	638,483 (74%)	222,086 (26%)
CICA	Proposition 20	Exempt personal property from taxes and require all public revenues to be collected from taxes on land values, exclusive of improvements.		196,694 (26%)	563,503 (74%)
VR	Proposition 2	Define intoxicating liquor and prohibit the sale, manufacture, possession, or gifting of liquor for beverage purposes.		400,475 (46%)	465,537 (54%)
CICA	Proposition 3	Increase the salaries of supreme court justices to $10,000 a year and increase the salaries of district courts of appeal judges to $9,000 a year.		232,418 (30%)	538,655 (70%)
CICA	Proposition 4	Increase the number of signatures needed to submit initiative petitions related to taxes to 25 percent of voters at the last gubernatorial election.		298,347 (41%)	421,945 (59%)
CISS	Proposition 5	Create a Board of Chiropractic Examiners to create regulations and licensing requirements.		390,240 (49%)	402,410 (51%)
CICA	Proposition 6	Prohibit the requirement of any vaccine, inoculation, or other medicine for admission into any public school or for employment in any public office.		359,987 (43%)	468,911 (57%)
CISS	Proposition 7	Prohibit the dissection or torture of any living person or animal for experiment or for physiological or pathological investigation, except for medical care.		272,288 (34%)	527,130 (66%)
VR	Proposition 8	Regulate the sale and use of poisons and regulate the amount of opium, morphine, cocaine, and heroin physicians could prescribe.	a	479,764 (64%)	270,562 (36%)
CICA	Proposition 9	Create the State Highway Finance Board, cancel 40,000 unsold bonds issued by section 2 of article 16, and establish procedures for future bonds.	a	435,492 (58%)	311,667 (42%)

Colorado

See also: Colorado 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CISS	Measure 1	Labor	Mandates fixed hours for city fire department employees	a
CISS	Measure 2	Health Care	Provides for the licensing and regulation of chiropractics	d
CISS	Measure 3	Local Gov't	Creates the County of Limon	d
CISS	Measure 4	Local Gov't	Creates of County of Flagler	d
CICA	Measure 5	Transportation	Issues a bond to create the Moffat, Monarch, and San Juan Tunnels	d
CISS	Measure 6	Health Care	Appropriates $350,000 from the state fund for the establishment of the Psychopathic Hospital and Laboratory	a
CICA	Measure 7	Taxes	Provides an additional one-mill tax levy for state education institutions	a
LRCA	Measure 8	Bonds	Authorizes a $5 million bond for the construction of public highways	a
LRCA	Measure 9	Judiciary	Increases the number of counties judges	d
LRCA	Measure 10	Gov't Salaries	Increases the salaries of Governor, the Secretary to the Governor, Justices of the Supreme Court, and judges of the district courts	d

Florida

See also: Florida 1920 ballot measures

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Road System Bonds Amendment	Allow the state to issue bonds for building and maintaining a system of good roads and bridges		34,504 (39%)	54,510 (61%)

Idaho

See also: Idaho 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	HJR 6	Judiciary	Increases membership of the Supreme Court from three to five justices	a
LRCA	HJR 8	Judiciary	Gives the Supreme Court jurisdiction of appeals from orders of the Public Utilities Commission	a
LRCA	HJR 10	Property	Increases permitted annual sale of school land from 100 to 200 sections	d
LRCA	HJR 13	Gov't Finances	States that credit of the state shall not be given or loaned	a

Illinois

See also: Illinois 1920 ballot measures

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

Iowa

See also: Iowa 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CCR	Question 1	Con Convention	Calls for a constitutional convention to amend the constitution	a

Maine

See also: Maine 1920 ballot measures

September 13

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1	Elections	Empowers Legislature to authorize towns to have more than one voting place	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2	Veterans	Provides bond issue to give bonus to soldiers and sailors in the war with Germany	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3	Taxes	Empowers Legislature to lay and collect taxes on incomes from any derived source	d
VR	Referendum	Suffrage	Grants women the right to vote for presidential electors	a

Maryland

See also: Maryland 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Gov't salaries	Provides for a pay increase for the general assembly	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Gov't salaries	Provides for a pay increase for court clerks	d

Massachusetts

See also: Massachusetts 1920 ballot measures

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
IndISS	Question 1	Define what types of beverages are considered intoxicating liquors	a	442,215 (51%)	432,951 (49%)

Michigan

See also: Michigan 1920 ballot measures

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Compensation of State Officers Amendment	Allow the legislature to set the salaries of certain state officers		348,311 (43%)	463,959 (57%)
CICA	Compulsory Public School Attendance Initiative	Require children between ages five and sixteen to attend public school until they have graduated from eighth grade		353,817 (37%)	610,699 (63%)
LRCA	Condemnation of Excess Property Amendment	Authorize the legislature to allow municipalities to condemn excess property when making certain public improvements		360,668 (45%)	439,373 (55%)
LRCA	Extend Absentee Voting and Require Naturalization for Foreign-Born Residents to Vote Amendment	Extend absentee voting to teachers and legislators' families and require foreign-born residents who can vote to naturalize by January 1, 1924, to continue voting	a	415,780 (54%)	359,749 (46%)
LRCA	Hours and Conditions for Work Amendment	Allow the legislature to create regulations on the hours and conditions for employment	a	420,085 (50%)	413,362 (50%)

Minnesota

See also: Minnesota 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Transportation	Establishes a state trunk highway system	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Judiciary	Extends terms of probate judges	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	Authorizes a state income tax	d

Missouri

See also: Missouri 1920 ballot measures

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 10	Judiciary structure	Authorize an increase of the number of Supreme Court judges to nine and separate the court into three divisions with three judges per division		315,837 (46%)	369,077 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Military service; Absentee voting	Require the General Assembly to enact a law to allow qualified electors out of state serving in the military to vote absently	a	440,102 (61%)	279,490 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Judiciary structure	Authorize an increase of the number of St. Louis court of appeals judges to six, and separate the court into two divisions, each with three judges		316,661 (47%)	355,401 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries	Authorize a revision of the General Assembly members' compensation from per diem to an annual salary of $1,000		320,406 (44%)	407,672 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government	Authorize cities with a population of more than 100,000 inhabitants to frame and amend their charters in a simpler process than the one already established	a	385,656 (55%)	311,922 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Utilities; Supermajority; Bonds; Debt limits	Allow large cities to increase their bonded indebtedness, with approval by a two-thirds vote, in order to acquire public utilities through purchase, condemnation, or construction	a	368,651 (53%)	329,938 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Ballot measures; Local government; Property taxes; Transportation	Authorize with voter approval a special levy, not to exceed $0.50 per $100 valuation, for road purposes	a	375,942 (52%)	340,665 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Public education funding; Property taxes	Allow school districts, with voter approval, to increase the property tax levy for school purposes from a maximum of 65 cents to 100 cents per $100 of assessed valuation		312,323 (44%)	398,279 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bonds; Transportation	Issue $60 million in bonds for road construction	a	372,514 (52%)	339,021 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Utilities; Local government; Debt limits	Authorize cities with a population of 30,000 inhabitants or less to incur additional debt to pay for waterworks, ice and light plants	a	381,794 (55%)	310,210 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public assistance; Property taxes	Enact a levy annual tax between $0.005 and $0.03 of $100 valuation to fund a pension for the blind	a	455,227 (61%)	295,788 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Veterans; Bonds	Authorize an issuance of $1,000,000 in bonds to fund a soldiers' settlement fund	a	379,156 (52%)	348,749 (48%)
VR	Proposition 13	Alcohol	Refer a law that prohibits the manufacture, sale, advertisement, and transportation of intoxicating liquors with exceptions, enforces penalties, allows searches and nuisance abatement, and grants legal action against illegal liquor sellers	a	481,880 (53%)	420,581 (47%)
VR	Proposition 14	Labor	Refer a law that established a workmen's compensation		344,724 (48%)	376,651 (52%)
CICA	Proposition 15	Election administration; Constitutional conventions	Establish an automatic process to periodically ask voters whether to hold a constitutional convention	a	175,355 (58%)	127,130 (42%)

Montana

See also: Montana 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Admin of gov't	Creates the state Board of Administration	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Education	Provides for apportionment of interest of school funds	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	Creates the state tax commission	d
VR	IR-13	Elections	Provides for nominations of candidates for public office	d
LRSS	R-14	Athletics	Establishes an athletic commission	a
VR	IR-15	Elections	Amends the direct primaries law	d
VR	IR-16	Elections	Repeals the law dealing with presidential primaries	d
CISS	I-18	Taxes	Enacts a mill levy for university maintenance	a
CISS	I-19	Bonds	Issues a bond for state educational institution buildings	a
CISS	I-20	Bonds	Issues a bond for land reclamation	d
LRSS	R-23	Bonds	Issues a bond for highways	d

Nebraska

See also: Nebraska 1920 ballot measures

September 21

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Trials	Allows jury verdicts of five-sixths	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property	Permits regulation of property rights of immigrants	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	English	Declares English as the official language of the state	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Direct democracy	Reduces the number of signatures required for initiatives and referendums	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Redistricting	Requires legislative apportionment in counties entitled to two or more representatives	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Legislature	Increases the number of state senators	a
LRCA	Amendment 7	Legislature	Increases the salaries of legislators	a
LRCA	Amendment 8	Legislature	Revises legislative procedures relating to adoption of reports and reading of bills	a
LRCA	Amendment 9	Legislature	Prohibits state legislators from being appointed to other state offices	a
LRCA	Amendment 10	Gov't salaries	Prohibits increasing salaries during terms of office	a
LRCA	Amendment 11	Resources	Reserves mineral rights for state lands	a
LRCA	Amendment 12	Con language	Removes an obsolete provision for legislative apportionment	a
LRCA	Amendment 13	State exec	Allows for the creation of new executive offices	a
LRCA	Amendment 14	Admin of gov't	Creates the office of tax commissioner and the board of equalization	a
LRCA	Amendment 15	Judiciary	Revises the organization, jurisdiction and procedures of the courts	a
LRCA	Amendment 16	Judiciary	Requires agreement of five Supreme Court justices to declare laws unconstitutional	a
LRCA	Amendment 17	Judiciary	Provides for elections of Supreme Court justices	a
LRCA	Amendment 18	Suffrage	Gives women the right to vote	a
LRCA	Amendment 19	Suffrage	Allows soldiers to vote when on duty outside of the state	a
LRCA	Amendment 20	Gov't Finances	Allows legislature to distribute temporary school funds	a
LRCA	Amendment 21	Property	Prohibits the sale of school lands except at public auction	a
LRCA	Amendment 22	Elections	Provides for the election of university regents by district	a
LRCA	Amendment 23	Gov't Finances	Prohibits the use of state aid for sectarian institutions	a
LRCA	Amendment 24	Education	Raises the age for commitment to industrial schools	a
LRCA	Amendment 25	Education	Provides boards of education for normal schools	a
LRCA	Amendment 26	Taxes	Requires uniform property taxes	a
LRCA	Amendment 27	Taxes	Allows various family tax exemptions	a
LRCA	Amendment 28	Taxes	Places a limit on the county tax	a
LRCA	Amendment 29	Local gov't	Provides for changes in county boundaries	a
LRCA	Amendment 30	Utilities	Requires public utility corporations to report to the railway commission	a
LRCA	Amendment 31	Utilities	Requires permission from the railway commission to consolidate public utility corporations	a
LRCA	Amendment 32	Utilities	Regulates stocks and dividends of public utility corporations	a
LRCA	Amendment 33	Local gov't	Allows cities to adopt their charters as home rule charters	a
LRCA	Amendment 34	Business reg	Grants greater power and flexibility to cooperative companies	a
LRCA	Amendment 35	Water	Defines rights in the use of water power	a
LRCA	Amendment 36	Water	Secures title of state to water power sites	a
LRCA	Amendment 37	Admin of gov't	Permits the creation of an industrial commission	a
LRCA	Amendment 38	Labor	Regulates conditions of employment of women and children	a
LRCA	Amendment 39	Elections	Requires a 35 percent majority of total voters to pass constitutional amendments	a
LRCA	Amendment 40	Gov't salaries	Fixes increased salaries of state officials for at least eight years	a
LRCA	Amendment 41	Con language	Eliminates obsolete provisions of the constitution	a

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Referendum 1	Elections	Repeals part of the direct primary law	d

Nevada

See also: Nevada 1920 ballot measures

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Judiciary	Allow the Supreme Court to hear criminal appeals and the Governor assign District Judges to replace disabled or disqualified Supreme Court Justices.	a	12,060 (79%)	3,240 (21%)

New Hampshire

See also: New Hampshire 1920 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CCR	Question 1	Taxes	Shall the legislature be permitted to impose an income tax?	d
CCR	Question 2	Taxes	Shall inherited property be taxed in a graduated and progressive manner?	d
CCR	Question 3	State Exec	Shall the governor have the ability to disapprove items in an appropriations bill passed by the legislature?	d
CCR	Question 4	Elections	Shall representation in the House of Representatives be proportional according to the proposed plan?	d
CCR	Question 5	War & Peace	Shall the constitutional provision regarding conscientious objectors be removed?	d
CCR	Question 6	Con Language	Shall certain words and phrases be removed from the Bill of Rights?	d
CCR	Question 7	Pension	Shall a provision regarding pensions be removed?	d

New York

See also: New York 1920 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Gov't Finances	Relates to state indebtedness	a

North Carolina

See also: North Carolina 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Limits state, county and poll taxes and authorizes tax on net income	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Elections	Changes residence and poll tax requirements for voting	a

North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 1920 ballot measures

March 16

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CISS	Initiative	Sunday	Allows baseball to be played on Sundays	a
CISS	Initiative	Sunday	Allows operation of motion picture theaters on Sundays	d
CISS	Initiative	Tobacco	Legalizes sale of cigarettes to non-minors	d
CISS	Referendum	Admin of Gov't	Creates a state Athletic Commission to regulate boxing	d
LRCA	Referendum	Constitutional rights	Changes residency requirements for voting	a
LRCA	Referendum	Gov't Finances	Sets debt limits for various levels of government	a
LRCA	Referendum	Admin of Gov't	Authorizes legislature to lease lands designated for educational and charitable	a
LRCA	Referendum	Recall	Creates petition process for recalling elected officials	a

June 30

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Referendum	Constitutional rights	Deals with the period of residency required to register to vote in North Dakota	d
VR	Referendum	Admin of Gov't	Regards to an investigation committee	d
CISS	Referendum	Constitutional rights	Bans public display of red or black flags	a
VR	Referendum	Law Enforcement	Creates office of State Sheriff	d

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Referendum	Local Gov't	Regards the county seats	d
CISS	Initiative	Banking	Requires all state, county, township, municipal and school district funds be deposited in the Bank of North Dakota	a
LRCA	Referendum	Constitutional Rights	Extends right to vote to all citizens over 21 years old	a
CISS	Initiative	Business	Requires state board of auditors to examineaccounts books of all industrial institutions twice in each year	a
CISS	Initiative	Media	Defines the duties of official county newspapers	a
CISS	Initiative	Banking	Stipulates Bank of North Dakota to only make real estate loans to resident farmers	a
LRCA	Referendum	Education	Renames the Reform School in Mandan to the State Training School	a
LRCA	Referendum	Education	Stipulates where permanent school fund and other educational funds can be invested	a
CISS	Initiative	Education	Makes the North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction responsible for supervising the certification of teachers	a

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1920 ballot measures

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	State Alcohol Prohibition Referendum	Establish the state prohibition of alcohol and provide for the enforcement of such prohibition.	a	1,062,470 (58%)	772,329 (42%)

Oklahoma

See also: Oklahoma 1920 ballot measures

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	State Question 109	Education; Taxes	Add Section 9-A to Article 10 of the Oklahoma Constitution to levy an annual property tax of 6 to 10 mills for funding common schools.		169,639 (47%)	188,574 (53%)
LRCA	State Question 111	Insurance	Authorize the state to provide nonprofit insurance for farm property and products, trade businesses, and fraternal life, health, and accident insurance.		157,064 (50%)	159,919 (50%)
LRCA	State Question 112	Legislature; Salaries	Set legislators' pay at $6 per day for 90 working days and 10 cents per mile for travel.		125,463 (42%)	173,274 (58%)
VR	State Question 94	Alternative healthcare	Veto Senate Bill No. 111, which regulated drugless practitioners and added a chiropractor to the State Board of Medical Examiners.	a	211,252 (56%)	164,788 (44%)
CICA	State Question 99	Education; Taxes	Levy an annual tax on public service corporations in multiple counties, equal to the average rate for common school funding.		162,749 (48%)	179,271 (52%)

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1920 ballot measures

May 21, 1920

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Transportation; Eminent domain	Declare road usage for transporting raw products and natural resources as a public use, allowing eminent domain to acquire land for roadways.	a	100,256 (74%)	35,655 (26%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Budgets	Increase permitted indebtedness for constructing and maintaining permanent roads from two to four percent of total property value.	a	93,392 (67%)	46,084 (33%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Death penalty	Restore the death penalty for first degree murder, except when the jury recommends life imprisonment.	a	81,756 (56%)	64,589 (44%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Local government; Bonds	Allow Crook County and Curry County to issue bonds to fund warrants, not exceeding two percent of the assessed property value.	a	72,378 (66%)	36,699 (34%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Executive officials	Designate the Senate president as the governor’s successor in cases of vacancy or incapacity, with the Speaker of the House serving if both were unable, until the next general biennial election	a	78,241 (58%)	56,946 (42%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Education; Taxes	Levy a 3.2 mills tax for the Oregon agricultural college and the University of Oregon and a .06 mill tax for Oregon Normal Schools for salaries, buildings, repairs, and equipment.	a	102,722 (69%)	46,577 (31%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Education; Taxes; Veterans	Levy a two-tenths of one mill tax for educational aid to military veterans, beyond existing provisions.	a	91,294 (64%)	50,482 (36%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Education; Taxes	Levy a two mill property tax to support and maintain public elementary schools.	a	110,263 (74%)	39,593 (26%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Education; Taxes	Levy a one-sixth of a mill tax to construct and equip a school for the blind and an annual one-twenty-fifth of a mill tax for its maintenance.	a	115,337 (79%)	30,739 (21%)

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Election administration; Military service; Absentee voting	Require compulsory voting and registration		61,258 (32%)	131,603 (68%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Legislature; Salaries	Limit regular legislative sessions to sixty working days and extra sessions to twenty days, with each legislator receiving up to $300 per regular session.		80,342 (48%)	85,524 (52%)
VR	Measure Nos. 304-305	Food; Business; Food and beverage taxes	Regulate the manufacturing and sale of oleomargarine and butter substitutes		67,101 (36%)	119,126 (64%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Property taxes	Authorize a single land tax in lieu of all other state taxes		37,283 (20%)	147,426 (80%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Local government; Elections	Increase the term length from two years to four years for county clerks, treasurers, sheriffs, coroners, and surveyors.	a	97,854 (55%)	80,983 (45%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Administration; Water; Transportation	Allow the Port of Portland, under the Dock Commission, to purchase properties, dispose of dredged materials, and operate lines of transportation to promote water commerce and issue bonds.		80,493 (49%)	84,830 (51%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Public education governance; Vaccinations and disease	Remove requirements for vaccination or other medication as a condition for attendance at any public educational institution.		63,018 (33%)	127,570 (67%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Business; Banking	Provide for a fixed four percent legal interest rate on all moneys and, on contract, agreeing parties may have a five percent rate of interest.		28,976 (15%)	158,673 (85%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Parks	Create a refuge for native waterfowl in memory of President Theodore Roosevelt.		78,961 (42%)	107,383 (58%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 318-319	Legislature	Establish a biennial legislature session divided into 40-day periods for introducing and considering legislation, followed by a 10-day period for final legislation consideration.		57,791 (36%)	101,179 (64%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 320-321	Administration; Business	Create a State Market Commission to assist in economic product distribution, market disputes resolution, and storage inspection.		51,605 (30%)	119,464 (70%)

South Dakota

See also: South Dakota 1920 ballot measures

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Salaries	Allow the Legislature to determine state officers' salaries and prohibit expense allowances for state officers		70,831 (48%)	77,987 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Local government; Corrections	Replace State Board of Charities and Corrections with a State Board of Control		60,763 (44%)	77,285 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Railways; Debt limits	Allow cities to incur debt to construct and maintain street railways and lighting		66,734 (48%)	72,226 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Housing	Establish a state system of credit for assisting in home construction	a	80,062 (56%)	61,674 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment E	Veterans	Provide a bonus to soldiers who honorably served in the United States Army	a	93,459 (62%)	56,366 (38%)
VR	Referred Law 1	Alcohol	Amend prohibition laws		75,860 (47%)	86,986 (53%)
IndISS	Referred Law 2	Primary elections	Establish primary elections for party nominations, delegate and committeeman selection, penalties for violations, and registration procedures		65,107 (44%)	82,012 (56%)

Texas

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November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Salaries	Provide for the salaries of public officials, to be determined by the legislature		149,324 (48%)	164,603 (52%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Taxes; Local government	Increase the maximum property tax rate for towns with a population of less than 5,000 from $0.25 cents to $1.50 per $100 valuation	a	173,920 (54%)	146,031 (46%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Taxes	Exempt independent and common school districts from property tax limitations	a	221,223 (64%)	126,282 (36%)

Utah

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November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Local government	Outline the process for creating municipal charters		22,757 (45%)	27,656 (55%)
LRCA	Question 2	Property taxes	Change property tax valuation regulations	a	43,552 (58%)	31,165 (42%)
LRCA	Question 3	Debt limits	Increase the state debt limit		15,142 (31%)	33,417 (69%)
LRCA	Question 4	Tort law	Permit statutory limitations for compensation in chases of injuries resulting in death	a	26,288 (51%)	24,821 (49%)

Washington

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November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Eminent Domain for Land Reclamation and Settlement Amendment	Property; Eminent domain	Provide eminent domain as public use and fair compensation for taking private property	a	121,022 (52%)	113,287 (48%)
LRCA	Executive Officer Salaries Amendment	Salaries; Executive officials	Provide salary amounts for the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction.		71,284 (30%)	170,242 (70%)
LRSS	Referendum 1	Transportation; Bonds	Provide construction of state system of truck line highways and bond issuance guidelines to raise funds		117,425 (38%)	191,783 (62%)
LRSS	Referendum 2	Veterans	Provide compensation for World War I veterans and allowance of bond sales and taxes to pay for such compensation.	a	224,356 (72%)	88,128 (28%)

Wisconsin

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April 6, 1920

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Allow the pay of legislators to be set by law		128,904 (49%)	135,072 (51%)
LRCA	Question 2	Allow the legislature to decide the size and number of circuit courts		116,117 (49%)	119,752 (51%)

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Enforce prohibition	a	419,309 (68%)	199,876 (32%)

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