1941 ballot measures

1941 State Ballot Measures
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Georgia

See also: Georgia 1941 ballot measures

June 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Term Limits	Provides for four year terms for the governor and other constitutional officers	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	State Exec	Provides for gubernatorial elections every four years	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bonds	Authorizes Hart County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Bonds	Authorizes Toombs County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Bonds	Authorizes Paulding County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bonds	Authorizes Jeff Davis County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 7	Bonds	Authorizes Oglethorpe County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 8	Bonds	Authorizes Dodge County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 9	Bonds	Authorizes Wilcox County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 10	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Doerun to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 11	Bonds	Authorizes Miller County to issue warrant funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 12	Bonds	Authorizes the Jeff Davis County Excelsior Consolidated School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 13	Bonds	Authorizes the Wilcox County Abbeville Consolidated School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 14	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Crawford to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 15	Bonds	Authorizes Cobb County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 16	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Claxton to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 17	Taxes	Exempts new buildings from ad valorem taxes in the city of Macon for five years	a
LRCA	Amendment 18	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Waycross to incur indebtedness	a
LRCA	Amendment 19	Bonds	Authorizes Irwin County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 20	Judiciary	Increases the jurisdiction of justice courts	a
LRCA	Amendment 21	Local Gov't	Relates to contracts with counties, municipalities and corporations for hospitals	a
LRCA	Amendment 22	Bonds	Authorizes the Wrightsville Consolidated School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 23	Bonds	Authorizes Hancock County to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 24	Bonds	Authorizes Cook County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 25	Local Gov't	Authorizes the city of Macon to incur debt for defense	a
LRCA	Amendment 26	Gov't Finances	Authorizes the Mitchell County Board of Education to make loans	a
LRCA	Amendment 27	Taxes	Authorizes the city of Macon to levy taxes for future territory	a
LRCA	Amendment 28	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Vidalia to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 29	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Hazlehurst to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 30	Bonds	Authorizes Oglethorpe County Crawford School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 31	Bonds	Authorizes Irwin County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 32	Bonds	Authorizes the Washington County Davisboro Consolidated School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 33	Gov't Finances	Authorizes Bibb County to make temporary loans	a
LRCA	Amendment 34	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Gainesville to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 35	Bonds	Authorizes the Adrian 1st Consolidated School to issue bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 36	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Reidsville to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 37	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Abbeville to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 38	Bonds	Authorizes Wilcox County to incur bonded indebtedness	a
LRCA	Amendment 39	Bonds	Authorizes Dade County to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 40	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Cordele to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 41	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Lexington to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 42	Taxes	Authorizes Chatham County to levy a school tax	a
LRCA	Amendment 43	Bonds	Authorizes the Franklin County Sandy Springs School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 44	Bonds	Authorizes Cook County to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 45	Bonds	Authorizes Quitman County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 46	Bonds	Authorizes Miller County to issue warrant funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 47	Bonds	Authorizes the Gwinnett County Sunny Hill Consolidated School to issue bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 48	Bonds	Authorizes the Toombs County Johnson Corder School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 49	Bonds	Authorizes Evans County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 50	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Stone Mountain to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 51	Bonds	Authorizes Walker County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 52	Local Gov't	Relates to sewer, water and fire prevention for DeKalb County	a
LRCA	Amendment 53	Bonds	Authorizes Jefferson County School District No. 10 to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 54	Taxes	Exempts rural electric corporations from taxes	a
LRCA	Amendment 55	Term Limits	Fixes the term of office for the state school superintendent	a
LRCA	Amendment 56	Bonds	Authorizes the Cook County Sparks-Adel School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 57	Bonds	Authorizes the Evans County Claxton Consolidated School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 58	Bonds	Authorizes Effingham County to issue retirement bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 59	Bonds	Authorizes Chattooga County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 60	Bonds	Authorizes Jefferson County School District No. 1 to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 61	Bonds	Authorizes Baker County to issue retirement bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 62	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Cochran to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 63	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Unadilla to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 64	Bonds	Authorizes Calhoun County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 65	Gov't Finances	Relates to the payment of $50,000 by the city of Savannah to the National Gypsum Company	a
LRCA	Amendment 66	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Washington to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 67	Bonds	Authorizes Catoosa County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 68	Gov't Finances	Relates to advertising for the state of Georgia	a
LRCA	Amendment 69	Legislature	Provides for annual sessions of the general assembly	d
LRCA	Amendment 70	Local Gov't	Authorizes Bibb County to issue debt certificates for defense purposes	a

Kentucky

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November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Equalization Fund Referendum	Budgets	Permits 10 percent of money appropriated by the legislature for school purposes to be used in an equalization fund	a
LRCA	Voting Machines Referendum	Elections	Permits voting machines	a

Maine

See also: Maine 1941 ballot measures

December 10

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Additional Gasoline Tax	Taxes	Adds to the tax on gasoline	d

Michigan

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April 7, 1941

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposal 1	Require that signatures for constitutional amendment petitions come from qualified and registered electors	a	386,859 (57%)	295,083 (43%)
LRCA	Proposal 2	Require that signatures for statute and referendum petitions come from qualified and registered electors	a	372,796 (58%)	273,275 (42%)

New York

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Bonds	Authorizes the use of $60,000,000 in railroad crossing elimination bonds for the construction of highways and parkways	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Admin of Gov't	Provides four-year terms for state senators	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Con Language	Relates to the validity of proposed constitutional amendment	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Forests	Permits the construction of ski trails on the slopes of Whiteface Mountain	a

Oklahoma

See also: Oklahoma 1941 ballot measures

March 11, 1941

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	State Question 298	Balanced budget	Prohibit appropriations exceeding revenue estimates, void excess appropriations, and limit annual deficiency certificates to $500,000.	a	163,886 (65%)	87,752 (35%)
LRCA	State Question 299	Public assistance	Remove limits on assistance for needy elderly, allow state legislation with federal social security plans, and permit non-ad valorem taxes to fund these programs.	a	193,170 (76%)	59,838 (24%)
LRCA	State Question 300	Education	Create "The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education," establish a Board of Regents, and allow private institutions to join under board regulations.	a	152,173 (61%)	95,617 (39%)

Texas

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1
LRCA	Proposition 2
LRCA	Proposition 3
LRCA	Proposition 4
LRCA	Proposition 5

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1941 ballot measures

April 2, 1940

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Teachers	Repeal a statue known as the teacher tenure law	a	403,782 (52%)	372,524 (48%)
LRCA	Question 2	Taxes; Property; Local government	Allow cities, villages, and towns to collect and return property tax with methods like installment payments	a	330,971 (71%)	134,808 (29%)

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