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Alabama

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution: Section 93. The amendment proposed that the state not engage in works of internal improvement nor lend money or its credit in aid of such, unless the state chooses, under the provisions of the law, to use the net proceeds from the Convict Fund to be applied to such improvements. Such restrictions would not apply to the development or improvement of harbors or seaports.	d	77,480 (47%)	89,071 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes; Transportation	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would have the power to authorize counties that have taxable property valued in excess of $100 million to acquire, construct, purchase, own, lease maintain, use, control and operate highways, railroads, freight stations, passenger stations, wharves, piers, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, storage tanks, team trucks and all other facilities and structures for the purpose of receiving, carrying, delivering, reducing in bulk, storing or preparing for shipment of goods, wares and merchandise or passengers over such railroads or in or through such terminal facilities, in aid of intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce, including the dredging, on both banks of the approaches to the water terminals. The above mentioned counties would be authorized to issue bonds, lend their credit, grant public money, or other things of value in aid of the internal improvement as described above. The said tax shall be restricted to twenty cents on each $100 of taxable property and all such counties would be authorized to increase the limit of county indebtedness from 3.5 to 4.5 percent of such taxable property.	d	70,198 (43%)	91,698 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes; Transportation	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that counties would have the power to levy and collect a road tax not exceeding 50 cents on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property. Such taxes would be used to for the erection, construction or maintenance of the necessary public roads, bridges or ferries, provided that such taxes are first put before the voters for approval by a majority vote.	d	58,109 (37%)	99,070 (63%)

Arizona

November 2

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

Arkansas

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 8	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	a	87,237 (64%)	49,751 (36%)

California

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	Proposition 1	Immigration policy	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%)
LRCA	Proposition 10	State constitutional conventions	Establish procedures relating to constitutional conventions.	d	203,240 (32%)	428,002 (68%)
LRCA	Proposition 11	Immigration policy; Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements	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	Property taxes; Higher education funding	Levy an ad valorem tax of 1.2 mills per dollar to supply the state university fund.	d	380,027 (50%)	384,667 (50%)
VR	Proposition 13	Family-related policy	Establish procedures relating to the willing of property.	d	246,875 (32%)	524,133 (68%)
VR	Proposition 14	Insurance policy; Business regulations	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.	d	308,062 (48%)	328,115 (52%)
VR	Proposition 15	Water irrigation policy; Local government organization	Change provisions relating to the organization and creation of irrigation districts.	a	314,522 (53%)	280,948 (47%)
CICA	Proposition 16	Public education funding; Early childhood education	Make changes to school funding and add kindergarten to the public school system.	a	506,008 (65%)	268,781 (35%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Military service policy; Absentee and mail voting	Provide for absentee voting for members of the military who are unable to be their voting precinct at the time of the election.	d	356,539 (49%)	371,784 (51%)
LRCA	Proposition 18	Property tax exemptions	Exempt property used for orphanages from taxation.	a	394,014 (51%)	371,658 (49%)
LRCA	Proposition 19	State legislative authority; Public assistance programs	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%)
VR	Proposition 2	Alcohol laws	Define intoxicating liquor and prohibit the sale, manufacture, possession, or gifting of liquor for beverage purposes.	d	400,475 (46%)	465,537 (54%)
CICA	Proposition 20	Property tax exemptions	Exempt personal property from taxes and require all public revenues to be collected from taxes on land values, exclusive of improvements.	d	196,694 (26%)	563,503 (74%)
CICA	Proposition 3	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary structure	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.	d	232,418 (30%)	538,655 (70%)
CICA	Proposition 4	Initiative and referendum process	Increase the number of signatures needed to submit initiative petitions related to taxes to 25 percent of voters at the last gubernatorial election.	d	298,347 (41%)	421,945 (59%)
CISS	Proposition 5	Healthcare governance; Complementary and alternative healthcare	Create a Board of Chiropractic Examiners to create regulations and licensing requirements.	d	390,240 (49%)	402,410 (51%)
CICA	Proposition 6	Vaccinations and disease policy	Prohibit the requirement of any vaccine, inoculation, or other medicine for admission into any public school or for employment in any public office.	d	359,987 (43%)	468,911 (57%)
CISS	Proposition 7	Criminal sentencing; Animal treatment laws	Prohibit the dissection or torture of any living person or animal for experiment or for physiological or pathological investigation, except for medical care.	d	272,288 (34%)	527,130 (66%)
VR	Proposition 8	Business regulations; Healthcare governance	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	Highways and bridges; Bond issues	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

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	Measure 1	Working hours regulations; Civil service	Prohibit municipalities from requiring fire department personnel to work over an average of 12 hours per day in any month.	a	113,140 (58%)	82,596 (42%)
LRCA	Measure 10	Salaries of government officials	Increase the governor's salary to $6,000 and Supreme and District Court judges’ salaries to $7,500 and $5,500 respectively.	d	49,313 (30%)	112,878 (70%)
CISS	Measure 2	Complementary and alternative healthcare	Establish a five-member State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to license, regulate, discipline and set fees for chiropractors.	d	84,286 (44%)	109,385 (56%)
CISS	Measure 3	Local government organization	Create Limon County with defined boundaries and classification as a third-class county.	d	34,881 (20%)	141,239 (80%)
CISS	Measure 4	Local government organization	Create Flagler County with defined boundaries and classification as a third-class county.	d	33,295 (19%)	140,363 (81%)
CICA	Measure 5	Bond issues; Highways and bridges	Authorize the construction of the Moffat, Monarch, and San Juan railroad tunnels through the Continental Divide and provide for bond issuance to finance them.	d	101,841 (45%)	126,099 (55%)
IndISS	Measure 6	Healthcare facility funding	Provide $350,000 for the University of Colorado to acquire land, construct, and equip a psychopathic hospital and laboratory for the treatment of curable insanity.	a	155,049 (76%)	50,295 (24%)
CICA	Measure 7	Property taxes; Public education funding	Authorize the Legislature to levy an extra one‐mill property tax for funding and improving state educational institutions.	a	160,268 (75%)	52,324 (25%)
LRCA	Measure 8	Bond issues; Highways and bridges	Authorize the state to issue bonds to fund construction and improvement of public highways.	a	100,130 (59%)	70,997 (41%)
LRCA	Measure 9	Salaries of government officials; Judicial term limits; State judiciary structure	Establish elected county judges with four-year terms and fix their salaries.	d	35,095 (26%)	97,398 (74%)

Florida

November 2

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

Idaho

See also: Idaho 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	HJR 10	Public education funding; Property	d	30,790 (49%)	31,859 (51%)
LRCA	HJR 13	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a	32,322 (54%)	27,812 (46%)
LRCA	HJR 6	State judiciary structure; State judicial selection	a	35,265 (53%)	30,989 (47%)
LRCA	HJR 8	State judicial authority	a	33,570 (56%)	26,020 (44%)

Illinois

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	General Banking Law Amendment	Banking policy	It proposed modifications to the general banking law.	a	811,873 (79%)	209,803 (21%)

Iowa

See also: Iowa 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Question 1	State constitutional conventions	The measure called for a constitutional convention to amend the constitution.	a	279,652 (56%)	221,763 (44%)

Maine

See also: Maine 1920 ballot measures

September 13

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Election administration and governance	Empower the Legislature to authorize towns to have more than one voting place for all state and national elections	a	76,129 (72%)	29,333 (28%)
LRCA	Question 2	Veterans policy; Bond issues	Provide for a bond issue to pay a bonus to Maine soldiers and sailors in the war with Germany	a	105,712 (76%)	32,820 (24%)
LRCA	Question 3	Income taxes	Provide that the Legislature should have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes from any derived source	d	53,975 (45%)	64,787 (55%)
VR	Women's Suffrage for Presidential Elections Referendum	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in presidential elections	a	88,080 (74%)	30,462 (26%)

Maryland

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials; State legislative processes and sessions	d	76,367 (40%)	116,762 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Salaries of government officials	d	58,081 (31%)	127,638 (69%)

Massachusetts

November 2

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

Michigan

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Compensation of State Officers Amendment	Salaries of government officials	Allow the legislature to set the salaries of certain state officers	d	348,311 (43%)	463,959 (57%)
CICA	Compulsory Public School Attendance Initiative	Public education governance	Require children between ages five and sixteen to attend public school until they have graduated from eighth grade	d	353,817 (37%)	610,699 (63%)
LRCA	Condemnation of Excess Property Amendment	Bond issue requirements; Eminent domain policy; Debt limits; Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Highways and bridges	Authorize the legislature to allow municipalities to condemn excess property when making certain public improvements	d	360,668 (45%)	439,373 (55%)
LRCA	Extend Absentee Voting and Require Naturalization for Foreign-Born Residents to Vote Amendment	Absentee and mail voting; Citizenship voting requirements	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	Gender-based labor regulations; Working hours regulations; State legislative authority	Allow the legislature to create regulations on the hours and conditions for employment	a	420,085 (50%)	413,362 (50%)

Minnesota

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Highways and bridges	Establish a state trunk highway system to be constructed, improved and maintained by the state	a	526,936 (73%)	199,603 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Judicial term limits	Extend the terms of probate judges to four years	a	446,959 (72%)	171,414 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Property taxes; Income taxes; Property tax exemptions	Authorize a gradual income tax and establish property tax exemptions for certain agricultural products and communities	d	331,105 (60%)	217,558 (40%)

Mississippi

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	39,186 (62%)	24,296 (38%)

Missouri

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	Authorize a revision of the General Assembly members' compensation from per diem to an annual salary of $1,000	d	320,406 (44%)	407,672 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State 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	d	315,837 (46%)	369,077 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Absentee and mail voting; Military service policy	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	State 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	d	316,661 (47%)	355,401 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government organization	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	Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Bond issue requirements; Debt limits; Utility policy	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 measure process; Property taxes; Highways and bridges; Local government finance and taxes	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	Property taxes; Public education funding	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	d	312,323 (44%)	398,279 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Highways and bridges; Bond issues	Issue $60 million in bonds for road construction	a	372,514 (52%)	339,021 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Debt limits; Utility policy; Local government finance and taxes	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	Property taxes; Public assistance programs	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 policy; Bond issues	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 laws	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	Workers' compensation laws	Refer a law that established a workmen's compensation	d	344,724 (48%)	376,651 (52%)
CICA	Proposition 15	Election administration and governance; State constitutional conventions	Establish an automatic process to periodically ask voters whether to hold a constitutional convention	a	175,355 (58%)	127,130 (42%)

Montana

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administration of government	d	51,072 (41%)	72,870 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Education; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a	77,093 (59%)	54,184 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	d	58,571 (45%)	72,161 (55%)
CISS	I-18	Higher education funding; Taxes	a	82,669 (54%)	71,169 (46%)
CISS	I-19	Public education funding; Bond issues	a	90,441 (58%)	66,237 (42%)
CISS	I-20	Property; Bond issues	d	68,785 (47%)	76,949 (53%)
VR	IR-13	Elections and campaigns	d	60,483 (44%)	77,549 (56%)
VR	IR-15	Elections and campaigns	d	66,131 (47%)	74,079 (53%)
VR	IR-16	Elections and campaigns	d	60,793 (43%)	80,023 (57%)
LRSS	R-14	Athletics and sports	a	82,827 (56%)	65,928 (44%)
VR	R-23	Bond issues; Transportation	d	55,276 (38%)	89,828 (62%)

Nebraska

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Referendum 1	Election administration and governance; Primary election systems	Repeal the direct primary law for certain state offices and allow their nominations to be made by party conventions.	d	49,410 (27%)	133,115 (73%)

September 21

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Amendment 1	Criminal trials; Jury rules; Civil trials	Authorize five-sixths jury verdicts in civil cases.	a	64,550 (78%)	17,834 (22%)
CCRCA	Amendment 10	Salaries of government officials	Prohibit raising salaries during a legislator's term of office.	a	65,399 (80%)	15,961 (20%)
CCRCA	Amendment 11	Public land policy; Mineral resources	Reserve mineral rights in state lands.	a	67,513 (86%)	11,164 (14%)
CCRCA	Amendment 12	Redistricting policy; Constitutional wording changes	Eliminate obsolete provisions for legislative apportionment.	a	58,835 (82%)	12,820 (18%)
CCRCA	Amendment 13	State legislative vote requirements; State executive powers and duties; State executive branch structure	Allow the creation of new executive offices with a two-thirds legislative vote, transfer pardoning power to a board, and establish the executive budget.	a	60,484 (79%)	16,110 (21%)
CCRCA	Amendment 14	Tax and revenue administration; Administrative organization	Create the office of Tax Commissioner and establish a Board of Equalization.	a	58,136 (77%)	17,796 (23%)
CCRCA	Amendment 15	State judiciary oversight; State judiciary structure	Revise court procedures to allow the Supreme Court to sit in division, with the chief justice presiding over each division.	a	56,334 (78%)	15,908 (22%)
CCRCA	Amendment 16	State judicial authority	Require the concurrence of five Supreme Court judges to declare laws unconstitutional.	a	65,142 (84%)	12,444 (16%)
CCRCA	Amendment 17	State judicial selection	Provide for the election of Supreme Court judges by districts.	a	56,912 (73%)	21,353 (27%)
CCRCA	Amendment 18	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provide for women's suffrage in state constitution	a	65,483 (81%)	15,416 (19%)
CCRCA	Amendment 19	Absentee and mail voting; Military service policy	Allow soldiers to vote while out of the state on duty.	a	71,979 (89%)	8,686 (11%)
CCRCA	Amendment 2	Immigration policy; Constitutional rights	Allow regulation by law of property rights of immigrants.	a	65,921 (81%)	15,223 (19%)
CCRCA	Amendment 20	Public education funding	Provide for the distribution of the temporary school fund.	a	66,040 (85%)	11,861 (15%)
CCRCA	Amendment 21	Land use and development policy; Public education governance	Prohibit the sale of school lands except at public auction.	a	66,543 (82%)	14,403 (18%)
CCRCA	Amendment 22	Higher education governance; Election administration and governance	Provide for the election of University Regents by districts.	a	54,862 (72%)	21,208 (28%)
CCRCA	Amendment 23	Revenue allocation	Prohibit state aid to sectarian institutions.	a	60,995 (80%)	15,365 (20%)
CCRCA	Amendment 24	Juvenile criminal justice	Increase the age for admission to reform schools from 16 to 18.	a	66,913 (84%)	13,199 (16%)
CCRCA	Amendment 25	Higher education governance; Administrative organization	Add a Board of Education for Normal Schools.	a	59,024 (78%)	17,084 (22%)
CCRCA	Amendment 26	Tax and revenue administration; Property taxes	Provide uniform and proportional taxes on tangible property and franchises, allowing classification of other property and taxes other than property taxes.	a	59,105 (79%)	15,561 (21%)
CCRCA	Amendment 27	Property tax exemptions	Provide tax exemptions, including $200 of household goods to each family.	a	68,903 (85%)	12,591 (15%)
CCRCA	Amendment 28	Property taxes; Local government finance and taxes	Set the county tax limit at 50 cents per one hundred dollars of actual valuation.	a	63,463 (81%)	14,692 (19%)
CCRCA	Amendment 29	Local government organization; Local government officials and elections	Require a majority vote to approve changes in county boundaries.	a	55,539 (76%)	17,365 (24%)
CCRCA	Amendment 3	English language policy; Public education governance	Designate English as the official language of Nebraska	a	69,626 (84%)	13,624 (16%)
CCRCA	Amendment 30	Utility policy	Require public utility corporations to report to the Railway Commission.	a	61,776 (83%)	12,987 (17%)
CCRCA	Amendment 31	Utility policy	Prohibit the consolidation of competing public utility corporations without the permission of the Railway Commission.	a	66,543 (82%)	14,403 (18%)
CCRCA	Amendment 32	Utility policy; Business regulations	The measure regulated the stocks and dividends of public utility corporations.	a	62,082 (85%)	11,028 (15%)
CCRCA	Amendment 33	Local government organization	Allow metropolitan cities to adopt their present charter as a home rule charter.	a	58,582 (81%)	13,456 (19%)
CCRCA	Amendment 34	Business regulations	Provide for co-operative features in specific associations, limitations on shares and voting, foreign corporations regulations, and that stocks and bonds be issued only for their actual value.	a	64,443 (87%)	9,701 (13%)
CCRCA	Amendment 35	Constitutional rights; Water storage	Define priority rights in water.	a	64,353 (87%)	9,444 (13%)
CCRCA	Amendment 36	Constitutional rights; Water storage	Provide for public rights in the use of water power.	a	69,861 (90%)	7,377 (10%)
CCRCA	Amendment 37	Child labor regulations; Sex and gender issues; Gender-based labor regulations	Permit regulation of minimum wage and employment conditions for women and children.	a	57,504 (73%)	21,473 (27%)
CCRCA	Amendment 38	Labor disputes and strikes; Administrative organization	Create an Industrial Commission to administer laws related to labor disputes and profiteering.	a	68,013 (87%)	10,318 (13%)
CCRCA	Amendment 39	Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Ballot measure process; Initiative and referendum process	Change the vote requirement for amendments to a simple majority with 35% participation.	a	60,244 (80%)	14,655 (20%)
CCRCA	Amendment 4	Initiative and referendum process	Reduce the percentage of signatures required for initiatives and referendums.	a	56,046 (74%)	19,834 (26%)
CCRCA	Amendment 40	Salaries of government officials	Fix increased salaries of state officers, including judges, for at least eight years.	a	61,393 (80%)	15,510 (20%)
CCRCA	Amendment 41	Constitutional wording changes	Eliminate obsolete provisions and provide a continuing schedule in Article XVI by substituting new sections.	a	54,694 (79%)	14,262 (21%)
CCRCA	Amendment 5	Redistricting policy; State legislative elections	Require counties with two or more representatives or senators into districts, each electing its own member.	a	59,494 (75%)	20,082 (25%)
CCRCA	Amendment 6	State legislative structure	Increase the number of state senators up to 50.	a	41,083 (51%)	38,738 (49%)
CCRCA	Amendment 7	Salaries of government officials	Increase legislative salaries from $600 to $800.	a	56,333 (74%)	19,573 (26%)
CCRCA	Amendment 8	State legislative processes and sessions	Require a majority vote by roll call on all legislation, including amendments.	a	52,473 (75%)	17,414 (25%)
CCRCA	Amendment 9	State legislative processes and sessions; State executive elections	Prohibit the appointment of members of the legislature to state offices.	a	63,575 (81%)	14,503 (19%)

Nevada

See also: Nevada 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive powers and duties; State judicial authority	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

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Question 1	Income taxes	It proposed to allow the legislature to impose a graduated income tax.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it did not pass because New Hampshire requires that an amendment receive greater than two-thirds of the vote to be approved.	d	49,018 (60%)	32,173 (40%)
CCRCA	Question 2	Taxes	It proposed that inherited property may be taxed in a graduated and progressive manner.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it did not pass because New Hampshire requires that an amendment receive greater than two-thirds of the vote to be approved.	d	47,947 (65%)	25,681 (35%)
CCRCA	Question 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; State executive official measures	It proposed that the governor be able to approve or disapprove single items in a legislative appropriations bill.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it did not pass because New Hampshire requires that an amendment receive greater than two-thirds of the vote to be approved.	d	48,063 (63%)	27,833 (37%)
CCRCA	Question 4	Elections and campaigns	It proposed a proportional basis of representation in the House of Representatives and a limit on the number of representatives.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it did not pass because New Hampshire requires that an amendment receive greater than two-thirds of the vote to be approved.	d	51,441 (63%)	29,639 (37%)
CCRCA	Question 5	Military service policy	It proposed to remove the provision stating that conscientious objectors not be required to bear arms as long as they paid an equivalent.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it did not pass because New Hampshire requires that an amendment receive greater than two-thirds of the vote to be approved.	d	37,838 (53%)	33,567 (47%)
CCRCA	Question 6	Constitutional wording changes	It proposed to remove the words "rightly grounded on evangelical principles" and the word "Protestant" from the Bill of Rights.	d	37,100 (45%)	44,750 (55%)
CCRCA	Question 7	Public employee retirement funds	It proposed to remove the provision that pensions not be granted for more than one year at a time.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it did not pass because New Hampshire requires that an amendment receive greater than two-thirds of the vote to be approved.	d	47,054 (58%)	33,796 (42%)

New York

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Debt limits	Amend sections 2, 4, 5, 11 and 12 of Article 7 of the state constitution which were related to state indebtedness	a	1,117,546 (64%)	630,265 (36%)

North Carolina

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Reduce Voting Residency Requirement and Eliminate Poll Tax Amendment	Residency voting requirements; Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements	Reduce the state's voting residency requirement from two years to one year and to eliminate the poll tax requirement	a	235,608 (74%)	83,366 (26%)
LRCA	State Income Tax and Tax Limits Amendment	Property taxes; Income taxes	Adopt a state income tax capped at 6%	a	262,873 (76%)	81,109 (24%)

North Dakota

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	County Seats Referendum	County and municipal governance	d	85,637 (48%)	92,213 (52%)
CISS	Deposit of Public Funds Initiative	Banking policy	a	114,022 (52%)	106,853 (48%)
LRCA	Elective Franchise Referendum	American Indian issues; Constitutional wording changes; Sex and gender issues; Citizenship voting requirements; Residency voting requirements	a	135,370 (69%)	60,772 (31%)
CISS	Industrial Institutions Examination Initiative	Business regulations	a	118,269 (54%)	102,238 (46%)
CISS	Official Newspapers Initiative	Open meetings and public information; Telecommunications infrastructure	a	114,320 (52%)	105,961 (48%)
CISS	Real Estate Loans Initiative	Banking policy	a	116,508 (52%)	106,348 (48%)
LRCA	Reform School Amendment	Public education governance; Constitutional wording changes	a	129,628 (67%)	63,569 (33%)
LRCA	School Funds Referendum	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public education funding	a	124,331 (69%)	56,526 (31%)
CISS	Teacher Certification Initiative	Public school teachers and staff	a	114,671 (52%)	104,722 (48%)

June 30

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Absent Voters Referendum	Residency voting requirements		d	52,301 (45%)	62,998 (55%)
VR	Investigation Committee Referendum	Administrative organization		d	61,083 (49%)	63,152 (51%)
CISS	Prohibit Red or Black Flags Initiative	State flags, symbols, and holidays; Law enforcement	Prohibit public displays of red or black flags, banners, or ensigns with inscriptions opposed to "the United States or State Government or the use of which would tend to occasion a breach of the public peace"	a	74,634 (65%)	41,009 (35%)
VR	State Sheriff Referendum	Law enforcement officers and departments		d	47,831 (36%)	83,777 (64%)

March 16

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	Cigarette Legalization Initiative	Tobacco laws	d	24,152 (47%)	27,212 (53%)
LRCA	Debt Limit of Political Subdivisions Referendum	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; County and municipal governance	a	24,869 (57%)	18,923 (43%)
LRCA	Leasing of State Lands Amendment	Administration of government	a	31,679 (69%)	14,153 (31%)
LRCA	Recall of Public Officers Amendment	Recall process	a	29,262 (63%)	17,255 (37%)
LRCA	Residence Requirements of Electors Referendum Amendment	Elections and campaigns; Constitutional rights	a	31,082 (66%)	16,366 (34%)
CISS	State Athletic Commission Initiative	Transportation; Administrative organization	d	22,712 (45%)	27,677 (55%)
CISS	Sunday Baseball Initiative	Sunday regulations	a	26,681 (52%)	24,885 (48%)
CISS	Sunday Theaters Initiative	Sunday regulations	d	23,522 (46%)	27,363 (54%)

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1920 ballot measures

November 2

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

Oklahoma

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	State Question 109	Taxes; Education	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.	d	169,639 (47%)	188,574 (53%)
LRCA	State Question 111	Insurance policy	Authorize the state to provide nonprofit insurance for farm property and products, trade businesses, and fraternal life, health, and accident insurance.	d	157,064 (50%)	159,919 (50%)
LRCA	State Question 112	State legislatures measures; Salaries of government officials	Set legislators' pay at $6 per day for 90 working days and 10 cents per mile for travel.	d	125,463 (42%)	173,274 (58%)
VR	State Question 94	Complementary and 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	Taxes; Education	Levy an annual tax on public service corporations in multiple counties, equal to the average rate for common school funding.	d	162,749 (48%)	179,271 (52%)

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Military service policy; Absentee and mail voting; Election administration and governance	Require compulsory voting and registration	d	61,258 (32%)	131,603 (68%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Salaries of government officials; State legislatures measures	Limit regular legislative sessions to sixty working days and extra sessions to twenty days, with each legislator receiving up to $300 per regular session.	d	80,342 (48%)	85,524 (52%)
VR	Measure Nos. 304-305	Business regulations; Food and beverage taxes; Food policy	Regulate the manufacturing and sale of oleomargarine and butter substitutes	d	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	d	37,283 (20%)	147,426 (80%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Elections and campaigns; County and municipal governance	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	Water; Transportation; Administration of government	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.	d	80,493 (49%)	84,830 (51%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Vaccinations and disease policy; Public education governance	Remove requirements for vaccination or other medication as a condition for attendance at any public educational institution.	d	63,018 (33%)	127,570 (67%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Banking policy; Business regulations	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.	d	28,976 (15%)	158,673 (85%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Parks, land, and natural area conservation	Create a refuge for native waterfowl in memory of President Theodore Roosevelt.	d	78,961 (42%)	107,383 (58%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 318-319	State legislatures measures	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.	d	57,791 (36%)	101,179 (64%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 320-321	Business regulations; Administration of government	Create a State Market Commission to assist in economic product distribution, market disputes resolution, and storage inspection.	d	51,605 (30%)	119,464 (70%)

May 21

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Eminent domain policy; Transportation	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	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	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	County and municipal governance; Bond issues	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	State executive official measures	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	Taxes; Education	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 policy	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	Taxes; Education	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	Taxes; Education	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%)

South Dakota

November 2

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

Texas

See also: Texas 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Salaries of government officials	Provide for the salaries of public officials, to be determined by the legislature	d	149,324 (48%)	164,603 (52%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Taxes; County and municipal governance	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

See also: Utah 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Local government organization	Outline the process for creating municipal charters	d	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	d	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

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Eminent Domain for Land Reclamation and Settlement Amendment	Eminent domain policy	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 of government officials	Provide salary amounts for the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction.	d	71,284 (30%)	170,242 (70%)
LRSS	Referendum 1	Bond issues; Highways and bridges	Provide construction of state system of truck line highways and bond issuance guidelines to raise funds	d	117,425 (38%)	191,783 (62%)
LRSS	Referendum 2	Veterans policy	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

November 2

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

April 6

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

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