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Arizona

See also: Arizona 1942 ballot measures

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	Measure Nos. 300-301	Taxes; Local government	Provide municipalities with 10% of the sales tax revenue collected within their respective jurisdiction	a	24,818 (55%)	19,915 (45%)

Arkansas

See also: Arkansas 1942 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 32	Education	Proposes an amendment about Junior College Districts	d
LRCA	Amendment 33	Healthcare	Proposes an amendment about county and city hospitals	a
CICA	Amendment 34	Hunting & fishing	Proposes an amendment for the game and fish commission	d
CICA	Amendment 35	Admin of Gov't	Proposes an amendment about boards and commissions governing state institutions	a
LRSS	Act 135	Judiciary	Prohibits the unauthorized practice of law	d
CISS	Act 1	Alcohol	Amends liquor laws to provide a better local option	a

California

See also: California 1942 ballot propositions

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
IndISS	Proposition 10	Allow for the rehabilitation, readjustment, reorganization, consolidation, or merger of building and loan associations and provide for means of doing such.		378,805 (27%)	1,015,128 (73%)
LRCA	Proposition 11	Allow the legislature to regulate wrestling and boxing and require money collected from such regulations to be used for homes for war veterans.	a	1,022,107 (70%)	429,205 (30%)
LRCA	Proposition 12	Allow school districts and fifth and sixth class cities to hold stock in mutual water companies and them to have the same rights as other stockholders.	a	789,385 (56%)	609,226 (44%)
LRCA	Proposition 13	Establish procedures relating to the State Board of Education.		617,990 (45%)	758,388 (55%)
LRCA	Proposition 14	Declare the interest rate on any loan or forbearance, allow a contract with an interest of up to 10% and declare the interest rate on court judgments.		511,810 (38%)	851,076 (62%)
LRCA	Proposition 15	Allow the Supreme Court to transfer cases to and from itself and establish the jurisdiction of other courts.		284,009 (22%)	999,255 (78%)
LRCA	Proposition 16	Provide that nothing prohibits the legislature from allowing administrative agencies and officers to answer questions within their jurisdiction		323,558 (23%)	1,103,717 (77%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Allow the legislature to require that state money under state authority be held in a trust by the State Treasurer before being deposited in the treasury.	a	897,132 (68%)	426,872 (32%)
LRCA	Proposition 18	Replace the Surveyor General with the State Controller on the Reapportionment Commission	a	859,783 (67%)	421,919 (33%)
VR	Proposition 1	Define hot cargo, define secondary boycott, and prohibit hot cargo and secondary boycotts.	a	1,124,624 (55%)	909,061 (45%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Require annual sessions of the legislature and require the governor submit a budget for the next fiscal year within the first five days of the legislative session		623,316 (43%)	840,494 (57%)
CISS	Proposition 3	Create the Board of Examiners and require those applying to the Medical, Dental, Osteopathic, or Chiropractic Board to pass a written examination.		584,324 (34%)	1,132,957 (66%)
CICA	Proposition 4	Require that income taxes be approved by the majority of voters and repeal the 1935 Personal Income Tax Act,		763,700 (46%)	907,311 (54%)
LRCA	Proposition 5	Set the pay for legislative members at $200 per month and fix the rate for mileage reimbursement at a maximum of $0.05 per mile.		531,931 (36%)	961,023 (64%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Create the Board of Forestry to represent the state's interests in state and federal forestry.		714,527 (49%)	736,977 (51%)
LRCA	Proposition 7	Establish taxation on insurance companies and set rates for such taxation.	a	987,687 (69%)	449,094 (31%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Require that all money relating to protection, conservation, propagation, or preservation of fish, game, mollusks, or crustaceans collected through fines, forfeitures, and other manners be used for further such purposes.	a	1,100,033 (73%)	398,944 (27%)
LRCA	Proposition 9	Allow the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Treasurer, State Controller, and Secretary of State be set during their term of office.		647,721 (46%)	756,810 (54%)

Colorado

See also: Colorado 1942 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Legislature	Limits the session length of and methods of introducing bills in the General Assembly	d

Florida

See also: Florida 1942 ballot measures

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Create a State Board of Administration with powers relating to bonds	a	80,208 (85%)	14,322 (15%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Allow legislatively referred constitutional amendments to be placed on the ballot with a three-fourths vote of both houses	a	47,490 (73%)	17,189 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Create a commission relating to the conservation of birds, game, fur bearing animals, and fresh water fish	a	49,492 (62%)	30,948 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Provide for the election of Circuit Judges	a	50,046 (67%)	24,879 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Allow a board or commission to make rules and regulations about salt water fish and products conservation	a	49,083 (61%)	30,754 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Provide for 40 Senate districts and redistricting every ten years		25,509 (39%)	39,727 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Provide for redistricting of Dade County Commissioners Districts	a	37,579 (54%)	31,707 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Limit the amount of money that can be taken from a person's income by the courts to pay for debt obligations		25,713 (38%)	41,152 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Allow for certain corporate property tax exemptions		19,176 (25%)	58,773 (75%)

Idaho

See also: Idaho 1942 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	SJR 3	Property	Reduces the minimum price of selling school lands	a
LRCA	SJR 5	Prisons	Establishes a nonpartisan Board of Corrections	a
LRCA	SJR 6	State Exec	Abolishes the State Board of Prison Commissioners	d
LRCA	SJR 7	State Exec	Grants the Governor pardoning powers	d
CISS	INIT 1	Healthcare	Provides senior citizens with a monthly stipend and medical care	a

Illinois

See also: Illinois 1942 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Illinois Revenue Amendment	Taxes	Shall the business of selling food for human consumption be exempt from certain taxes?	d

Iowa

See also: Iowa 1942 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Allocates motor vehicle fuel taxes to the public highway system	a

Maryland

See also: Maryland 1942 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Judiciary	Provides for residential qualifications for Associate Judges	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Judiciary	Establishes salary for the Clerk of Courts	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Eminent domain	Provides for the taking of property by the State Roads Commission	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Legislature	Regulates the period that the General Assembly may continue its session	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Religion	Relates to religious grants	d
LRCA	Amendment 6	Judiciary	Relates to juvenile courts	d

Massachusetts

See also: Massachusetts 1942 ballot measures

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
IndISS	Question 1	Exempt certain contraceptive-related activities from criminal penalties		495,964 (42%)	683,059 (58%)

Michigan

See also: Michigan 1942 ballot measures

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCQ	Proposal No. 1	Call a constitutional convention		408,188 (47%)	468,506 (53%)
CICA	Proposal No. 2	Allow Wayne County to adopt a charter		432,164 (49%)	455,320 (51%)
VR	Proposal No. 3	Establish the Milk Marketing Board and establish provisions relating to its powers		318,899 (35%)	585,380 (65%)

Minnesota

See also: Minnesota 1942 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Education	Changes requirements for investing or loaning school funds	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Gov't Acc	Simplifies publication of charter amendments	a

Missouri

See also: Missouri 1942 ballot measures

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government; Public education funding; Property taxes	Authorize a tax to fund school maintenance in counties with a population more than 200,000 inhabitants and less than 450,000 inhabitants	a	477,275 (73%)	179,278 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government; Property taxes	Allow counties with assessed valuations between $6 million and $10 million to levy the same property tax rate as other counties	a	396,828 (61%)	253,953 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Salaries	Repeal Sections 16, 21 and 22, Article IV and enact a new section to set the monthly salary for General Assembly members at $125.00	a	341,855 (56%)	264,618 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Judiciary	Repeal the nonpartisan court plan adopted two years earlier		216,554 (36%)	389,065 (64%)

Montana

See also: Montana 1942 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Education	Creates a state board of education	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Term limits	Relates to terms of office for certain county officers	d
LRSS	R-45	Bonds	Issues bonds for Montana State College	d
LRSS	R-46	Bonds	Issues bonds for Northern Montana College	d

Nebraska

See also: Nebraska 1942 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local gov't	Provides for an optional form of county government	d

Nevada

See also: Nevada 1942 ballot measures

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Legislature; Taxes	Exempt certain financial assets from taxation, maintain mining tax provisions, and prohibit inheritance or estate taxes.	a	20,066 (77%)	6,122 (23%)

New Hampshire

See also: New Hampshire 1942 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CCR	Question 1	Legislature	Shall the membership of the House of Representatives be reduced?	a
CCR	Question 2	Elections	Shall the legislature be permitted to allow absentee voting?	a
CCR	Question 3	Taxes	Shall the legislature be permitted to levy taxes on the growing of timber?	a

North Carolina

See also: North Carolina 1942 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Admin of gov't	Provides for the organization of the Board of Education	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Admin of gov't	Divides the state into 21 solicitorial districts	a

North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 1942 ballot measures

June 30

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Tax Exemption Referendum	Taxes	Allows the state assembly to exempt any and all classes of personal property from taxation	d
LRCA	Amendments Referendum	Direct Democracy	Increases number of signatures required for voters to submit constitutional amendments to 30,000	d
LRCA	Direct Democracy Referendum	Direct Democracy	Increases signature requirements 20,000 to initiate, 30,000 to refer and 40,000 to force special election	d
CICA	Graduated Land Tax Initiative	Taxes	Allows enactment of a graduated land tax on farms in excess of $15,000 valuation	d
CISS	Property Classification Initiative	Taxes	Creates three classes of property for tax purposes	d

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Butterfat Prices Referendum	Business	Requires butterfat sellers to post prices of all their establishments in 100 mile radius	a
CISS	Alcohol in Restaurants Initiative	Alcohol	Prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants	d

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1942 ballot measures

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Methods for Appointing Judicial Vacancies Amendment	Provide methods for the appointment of vacant judge positions	a	954,704 (68%)	448,981 (32%)

Oklahoma

See also: Oklahoma 1942 ballot measures

July 14, 1942

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	State Question 306	Teachers; Public retirement funds	Authorize the legislature to create retirement plans for public education employees, funded by state or district funds, based on service and salary.	a	257,740 (63%)	151,451 (37%)

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	State Question 302	Executive officials	Require candidates for statewide offices, including Governor and Lieutenant Governor, to be U.S. citizens, at least 31, and qualified Oklahoma electors for 10 years before election.	a	201,763 (67%)	98,013 (33%)
LRCA	State Question 303	Teachers; Public retirement funds	Authorize the legislature to allow the state, institutions, and school districts to provide retirement, death, and disability benefits for teachers and public education employees.		125,229 (42%)	171,433 (58%)
LRCA	State Question 304	Labor; Tort law	Ensure wrongful death damages cannot be limited by statute, except under Workers' Compensation, and allow unlimited damages through legal action.		144,846 (57%)	108,452 (43%)

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1942 ballot measures

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Salaries	Fix legislators’ daily session pay at $8, with presiding officers receiving an additional one-half daily pay, and reimburse 10 cents per mile travelled to and from the capital.	a	129,318 (54%)	109,898 (46%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Public assistance	Repeal the "Rural Credits Loan Fund," which provided loans funded by bond sales to farmers and others living in rural areas.	a	101,425 (53%)	88,857 (47%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Taxes; Transportation	Allocate fuel and vehicle tax revenues to public highways and the development of recreational, scenic, and historic places.	a	125,990 (59%)	86,332 (41%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Suffrage	Empower the legislature to pass laws allowing individuals to regain their voting rights after serving their full prison sentence or completing their parole		101,508 (50%)	103,404 (50%)
VR	Measure Nos. 308-309	Taxes; Tobacco	Levy a one-tenth of one cent tax on the selling, handling, and distribution of cigarettes.		110,643 (46%)	127,366 (54%)
VR	Measure Nos. 310-311	Fishing	Prohibit net fishing in coastal streams and bays, except certain exemptions.		97,212 (41%)	137,177 (59%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Education; Taxes	Distribute revenue from income taxes over $7,750,000 to public school districts and union high school districts.	a	136,321 (60%)	92,623 (40%)

South Dakota

See also: South Dakota 1942 ballot measures

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Salaries	Increase the salaries of the Governor, judges, and other specific officers		55,773 (40%)	84,920 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Public education funding; Restricted-use funds	Change the investment restrictions on permanent school funds		40,951 (32%)	85,907 (68%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Public education funding; Property taxes; Public land; Spending	Fund school districts from endowment land lease money in proportion to school tax		44,508 (36%)	77,922 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Public education funding; Public land; Spending	Require income from leased Permanent School Fund lands to be distributed to school districts as if taxed, with the remainder shared statewide for public schools		43,009 (35%)	80,556 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment E	Judiciary; Salaries; Judiciary structure	Increase the annual salary of Supreme Court Judges		39,969 (32%)	85,206 (68%)
VR	State Oil and Gas Board and Regulations Referendum	Fossil fuels; Pollution; Administrative organization	Create a State Oil and Gas Board to regulate oil and gas production, including waste		66,585 (50%)	67,038 (50%)

Texas

See also: Texas 1942 ballot measures

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Budgets	Require comptroller certification and alignment with revenue estimates for legislative appropriations	a	96,418 (57%)	72,816 (43%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Education; Salaries	Allow officers of the United States Army or Navy who were assigned duties in state institutions of higher education to draw a salary		71,850 (43%)	96,026 (57%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Education; Budgets	Authorize the legislature to appropriate $75,000 to construct buildings on the John Tarleton Agricultural College campus		84,013 (49%)	85,868 (51%)
LRCA	Proposition 4	Budgets; Bonds	Authorize the investment of $2 million of the permanent school fund in state bonds issued to construct state office buildings		80,512 (47%)	91,196 (53%)
LRCA	Proposition 5	Legislature; Judiciary	Allow the legislature to establish new courts in counties over 200,000, granting them exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction in civil, criminal, or probate issues		69,872 (42%)	95,284 (58%)

Utah

See also: Utah 1942 ballot measures

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries	Alter the compensation of state legislators		32,638 (36%)	59,127 (64%)
VR	Chain Store License Tax Referendum	Business taxes; Business	Create a special business tax for stores with 10 or more stores		40,496 (31%)	91,271 (69%)

Vermont

See also: Vermont 1942 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Jury Service for Women Act	State judiciary	Jury Service for Women Act	a

Washington

See also: Washington 1942 ballot measures

November 3, 1942

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	HJR 4	Taxes	Define income as distinct from property for taxation, empower legislature to enact graduated net income taxes, and provide deductions and exemptions.		89,453 (34%)	176,332 (66%)
CISS	Initiative 151	Public assistance	Provide monthly public assistance grants and medical services to eligible senior citizens and their dependents.		160,084 (42%)	225,027 (58%)
VR	Referendum 22	Insurance; Labor	Expand industrial insurance by increasing workers' benefits, raising age of eligible minor dependents, and extending claim filing period.	a	246,257 (69%)	108,845 (31%)
VR	Referendum 23	Judiciary	Provide for the appointment of an independent attorney to assist and advise a grand jury, separate from the prosecuting attorney.		126,972 (46%)	148,266 (54%)
VR	Referendum 24	Judiciary	Forbid prosecuting attorneys to provide advice to grand juries, except when they initiate the grand jury proceedings themselves.		114,603 (44%)	148,439 (56%)
LRSS	Referendum 6	Taxes; Property	Limit the property levy to forty mills and two mills limit for public universities unless approved by the majority of electors.	a	252,431 (77%)	75,540 (23%)

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