1955 ballot measures
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December 6
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 1 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a statewide income tax be levied and collected according to the table below: If the adjusted income is:The tax would be: Not over $2,000 but more than $1,000 .0050 of the taxable income. Over $2,000 but not over $3,000 $10.00, plus .0060 of excess over $2,000. Over $3,000 but not over $4,000 $16.00, plus .0065 of excess over $3,000. Over $4,000 but not over $5,000 $22.50, plus .0070 of excess over $4,000. Over $5,000 but not over $6,000 $29.50, plus .0075 of excess over $5,000. Over $6,000 but not over $7,000 $40.00, plus .0080 of excess over $6,000. Over $7,000 but not over $8,000 $48.00, plus .0085 of excess over $7,000. Over $8,000 but not over $9,000 $56.50, plus .0090 of excess over $8,000. Over $9,000 but not over $10,000 $65.50, plus .0095 of excess over $9,000. Over $10,000 but not over $12,000 $75.00, plus .0100 of excess over $10,000. Over $12,000 but not over $14,000 $95.00, plus .0150 of excess over $12,000. Over $14,000 but not over $16,000 $125.00, plus .0200 of excess over $14,000. Over $16,000 but not over $18,000 $165.00, plus .0250 of excess over $16,000. Over $18,000 but not over $20,000 $215.00, plus .0300 of excess over $18,000. Over $20,000 but not over $22,000 $275.00, plus .0350 of excess over $20,000. Over $22,000 but not over $25,000 $345.00, plus .0375 of excess over $22,000. Over $25,000 but not over $35,000 $457.00, plus .0385 of excess over $25,000. Over $35,000 but not over $50,000 $842.00, plus .0395 of excess over $35,000. Over $50,000 but not over $65,000 $1,434.00, plus .0400 of excess over $50,000. Over $65,000 but not over $80,000 $2,034.00, plus .0405 of excess over $65,000. Over $80,000 but not over $90,000 $2,641.50, plus .0407 of excess over $80,000. Over $90,000 but not over $100,000 $3,048.50, plus .0408 of excess over $90,000. Over $100,000 $3,456.50, plus .015 of excess over $100,000. |  | 64,134 (19%) | 267,671 (81%) | |
| Amendment 10 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the register of the circuit court of Clarke County would be entitled to a total annual compensation in the amount of $1,800, plus such sum or sums as may accrue for performing his duties incidental to elections, as prescribed by law. Such compensation may be retained by the register out of fees and costs collected in the equity court, or may be paid by the County out of the County treasury, in equal monthly installments, as the court of County commissioners, board of revenue, or like County governing body may elect. In the event the fees and costs collected for any month are insufficient to compensate the register as provided herein, the deficiency would be supplied out of the County treasury; if there is an excess, the excess would be paid into the general fund of the County. | | 47,244 (23%) | 157,836 (77%) | |
| Amendment 11 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may fix, regulate, and alter the fees, commissions, allowances, and salaries, including the method and basis of their compensation, to be charged or received by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector of Elmore County, and may place any or all of such officers on a salary and provide for the fees, commissions, allowances, and percentages collectible by such officers to be paid into the treasury from which their salaries are paid. | | 51,024 (25%) | 154,550 (75%) | |
| Amendment 12 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the board of revenue or other governing bodies of Limestone County shall have the power to levy and collect a special County tax of one mill on each dollar's worth of taxable property , based upon the valuation of such property as assessed for state taxation, the proceeds of the above tax would be used for establishing and operating fire stations and providing fire protection to the persons and property in the County, and may also levy and collect a special tax not to exceed $.03 per acre against all forest lands in the County, the proceeds of such tax to be used solely for the purpose of participating in the Alabama State Department of Conservation's forest fire protection program and otherwise providing protection from forest fires in the County. | | 30,656 (15%) | 176,901 (85%) | |
| Amendment 13 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, for a period of one year, a special County tax of one mill on each dollar of taxable property in Limestone County would be levied and collected, the proceeds of which shall be used exclusively to finance a geological survey of Limestone County; provided, however, that any amount of tax collected in excess of the amount necessary to finance the geological survey shall be used for general County purposes. The tax would be collected and paid into the County treasury or depository in the same manner as other County taxes on property, and the proceeds shall be administered by the court of County commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Limestone County to provide for the geological survey of the County. | | 29,187 (14%) | 173,866 (86%) | |
| Amendment 14 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Russell County would have the power to levy and collect a special County-wide school tax of eight mills on each dollar's worth of taxable property in Russell County, the proceeds of which would be used for public school purposes; provided that such tax would have been first submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the County and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election. The special tax may be renewed. If any proposal to levy the tax is defeated in any election, subsequent elections thereon may be held at any time. The elections provided for herein would be called, held, conducted, paid for, and governed otherwise in the manner provided for an election on the school district tax authorized in Amendment III, Article XIX of the Constitution of Alabama, by Article 7, Chapter 10, Title 52, Code of Alabama (1940). The County tax collector would collect the tax in the same manner and under he same requirements and laws as the taxes of the state are collected, and he- would keep the proceeds of this tax separate and apart from all other funds, and would keep clear accounts thereof. The tax collector would distribute the proceeds of this special tax in such manner as to turn over to the custodian of the County school funds of Russell County the revenue derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated outside the corporate limits of Phenix City, such revenues to be used by the County board of education for educational purposes in connection with schools located or to be located outside the corporate limits of Phenix City, and to turn over to the custodian of school funds of the city school system of Phenix City the revenue derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated within the corporate limits of Phenix City, such revenues to be used by the city board of education for educational purposes in connection with schools located or to be located within the corporate limits of Phenix City. In the event that any special property tax authorized herein would be authorized by a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question at the election, the County board of education of Russell County and the city board of education of Phenix City may, at such times as to them seem necessary and proper, sell and issue their tax anticipation bonds for the purposes for which the tax was authorized, which bonds would be in such amounts as the respective board of education would designate and, except as otherwise provided herein, would be subject to the provisions of the general laws now pertaining to the issuance by County and city boards of education of capital outlay warrants, and no further election would be required for the issuance of such bonds. The revenue derived from the sale of these bonds would be expended by the County board of education and the Phenix City board of education for public school purposes only. Any bonds issued under the authority of this amendment would be payable solely out of the proceeds of the special property tax hereby authorized, all or any part of which may be pledged therefor. The bonds issued under the authority of this amendment would constitute negotiable instruments, although payable from a limited source, and would be eligible for the investment of trust funds. | | 57,972 (28%) | 151,079 (72%) | |
| Amendment 15 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Coffee County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Coffee County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Coffee County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the Constitution and all amendments thereto. | | 49,116 (24%) | 159,089 (76%) | |
| Amendment 16 | Public education funding | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the Board of Education of Lawrence County may designate one or more school districts within said County (except that no part of the territory embraced within the special school district established under the provisions of the amendment of the Constitution proposed by Act No. 473 of the regular session of the Legislature of Alabama of 1949 shall be included in any such special school district) and may sell and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $250,000 for each such special school district, plus such amount as is authorized by Amendment XCIX ratified on December 15, 1953, and proclaimed ratified on December 28, 1953, for the construction, improving, adding to, or equipping of a school building, or buildings, within said district. To pay the principal of and interest on said bonds and any redemption thereon, Lawrence County may levy and collect an annual tax on all taxable property situated within the special school district with respect to which such bonds may be issued, at a rate not in excess of five mills on each dollar's worth of said property as assessed for state taxation for the preceding tax year; provided, that whenever said tax has produced an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds the tax shall not be thereafter levied and any surplus remaining therefrom shall be used for general school purposes in said school district. The bonds and tax herein authorized shall be in addition to those heretofore authorized, and no such bonds shall be issued, no such tax shall be levied, until the estimated cost of constructing, improving, adding to, or equipping the school building or buildings to be built in such district, its estimated time of completion, the maximum principal amount of the bonds proposed to be issued, the maximum rate of interest to be paid thereon, and the period over which the bonds to be issued will be retired, shall have been determined and made public by the Board of Education of said County, and the proposed issuance of bonds and increase in the rate of taxation shall have been authorized by a majority of the qualified electors of such special school district voting upon such proposal at an election to be held not less than sixty days after the adoption of this amendment, but at anytime thereafter at the discretion of the said County governing body. The election provided herein shall be called, held, conducted and canvassed, and may be contested, as in the case of three mill school tax elections held pursuant to Article 7, Chapter 10, Title 52 of the Code of Alabama of 1940. Any bonds issued pursuant to this amendment shall be payable solely out of the proceeds of said tax which may be pledged therefor, but said bonds shall constitute negotiable instruments although payable from a limited source, and said bonds shall be eligible for the investment of trust funds. | | 56,446 (28%) | 143,750 (72%) | |
| Amendment 17 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may fix, alter, and regulate the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries to be charged or received by the tax collector and tax assessor of Bullock County, including the right to place such officers on a salary and provide for the fees charged and collected by such officers to be paid into the treasury from which their salaries are paid, and provide for the method and basis of their compensation. Any provision of this constitution or any amendment thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, the Legislature may alter or fix the salary or other compensation of the tax collector and tax assessor who are holding office at the time this amendment is ratified during the term for which they were elected or appointed. After the expiration of the term of the tax collector and tax assessor who are holding office at the time this amendment is ratified, the legislature shall not increase or decrease, or authorize the increase or decrease, of the salary or other compensation of the tax collector or tax assessor of Bullock County during the term for which they are elected. | | 44,373 (24%) | 144,398 (76%) | |
| Amendment 18 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the cities of Auburn and Opelika would have, in addition to the power to levy and collect ad valorem taxes at the rate of 1.5 percent, as provided for in Amendment VIII of this Constitution, the further power to levy and collect each year an additional tax or taxes not exceeding .5 percent in any one year on the property situated therein based on the valuation of such property as assessed for state taxation during the preceding year; provided, however, that all such additional ad valorem tax or taxes levied and collected by either the city of Auburn or Opelika would be levied and collected solely for public school purposes and may be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness issued for public school purposes, which pledges would take priority as provided in such bonds, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness, and provided, further, that before any such additional tax or taxes may be so levied and collected a majority of the qualified electors. | | 56,901 (29%) | 137,445 (71%) | |
| Amendment 19 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the court of County commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Lee County would have the power to levy and collect a special property tax, in addition to all taxes authorized by the constitution and laws of Alabama, of not exceeding .5 percent on the value of the property in the County, the proceeds of which would be used for educational purposes; provided that such tax is proposed to be continued, would have been first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the County and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election as hereinafter provided. If any proposal to levy a tax is defeated in any election, subsequent elections thereon may be held at any time. The election provided for herein would be called, held, conducted, paid for, and governed otherwise in the manner provided for an election on the school district tax authorized in Amendment III, Article XIX, of the Constitution of Alabama, by Article 7, Chapter 10, Title 52, Code of Alabama (1940). The tax would be collected in the same manner and under the same requirements and laws as the taxes of the state are collected. The revenue derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated outside the corporate limits of Auburn and Opelika would be kept separate and apart from the revenues to be derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated within the corporate limits of Auburn or Opelika. The revenues derived from the tax levied on property situated outside the corporate limits of Auburn and Opelika would be used solely for the construction of schools and other educational purposes outside the corporate limits of Auburn and Opelika, and the revenues derived from the tax levied on property situated inside the corporate limits of Auburn and Opelika would be used solely for school construction and other educational purposes within the limits of the city of Auburn or Opelika. | | 57,255 (29%) | 137,369 (71%) | |
| Amendment 2 | Bond issues | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would be authorized to become indebted for school building purposes, the state would sell and issue, in addition to all other bonds, interest bearing general obligation bonds of the state not exceeding $110,000,000 in principal amount. The proceeds of all such bonds shall, after payment of the expenses, be distributed as follows: 76.9 percent would be allocated and distributed to county and city school systems on a teacher unit basis in accordance with the minimum school program, to be sent in accordance with regulations of the State Board of Education and statutes governing school building construction; 6.3 percent would be allocated and paid to The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama; 6.3 percent would be allocated and paid to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute; 0.5 percent would be allocated and paid to Alabama College; 5.9 percent would be expended on the state institutions of higher learning under the state board of education, including Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College, Alabama State College, and the State Teachers' Colleges; 2.7 percent would be expended on trade schools; 0.5 percent would be allocated and paid to The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama for the construction of facilities for mental health education; 0.9 percent would be allocated and paid to the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. All of said proceeds so allocated and expended shall be used solely for the acquisition of school and college building sites, for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and improvement of school and college building facilities, including renewal and replacement of structural parts, and for the procurement of equipment for school and college buildings. The legislature shall adopt appropriate enabling legislation to carry out the intent of this constitutional amendment; and shall provide that all bonds issued under this amendment shall be sold only at public sale and none thereof shall be sold for less than the face value thereof. All bonds issued under this amendment shall be direct general obligations of the State of Alabama, and for the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon the full faith and credit of the State are hereby irrevocably pledged. In addition, there is hereby specially and irrevocably pledged for payment of the principal of and interest on all bonds issued hereunder, pro rata and without priority of one bond over another, by reason of prior issuance or otherwise, so much as may be necessary for said purpose of that portion of the proceeds of all state taxes, except the income tax, that is required by law, at the effective date of this amendment, to be paid into the Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund. The pledge herein made shall create a charge on the tax proceeds herein specially pledged prior to all other charges or expenses for educational or any other purposes whatsoever. All bonds issued under this amendment and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The provisions of Section 261 of the constitution of Alabama shall not be deemed to apply to the tax proceeds pledged herein nor to the proceeds from any bonds issued hereunder. | | 70,961 (22%) | 258,160 (78%) | |
| Amendment 20 | State judiciary | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any vacancy occurring in the office of judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit comprised of Jefferson County only, which is required to be filled by appointment on nominations made by a judicial commission, would be made within 90 days from the date of the submission of such nominations. In the event the governor fails to fill the vacancy from such nominations within such period, the appointment would be made by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama. |
| 115,409 (51%) | 112,919 (49%) | |
| Amendment 21 | County and municipal governance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Fayette County may make engagements or commitments or undertake projects authorized under the provisions of this constitution and amendments thereto provided any such engagement, commitment, or undertaking is first approved by a majority of electors of the municipality voting in a referendum election. The provisions of subdivision 10 of Amendment XCIV, submitted November 4, 1952, and proclaimed ratified November 19, 1952 (Proclamation Record, Vol. I, page 50) in conflict henceforth are superseded and repealed. | | 47,579 (25%) | 143,570 (75%) | |
| Amendment 22 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the court of County commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Butler County shall levy and collect a special property tax, in addition to all other taxes, of not exceeding one percent on the value of the property in the County as assessed for state taxation during the preceding year, the proceeds of which shall be used exclusively for educational purposes, provided that such tax and the purpose or purposes thereof, and the time such tax is proposed to be continued, shall have been first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the County and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election. If any proposal to levy a tax is defeated in any election, subsequent elections thereon may be held at any time. | | 53,242 (28%) | 139,906 (72%) | |
| Amendment 23 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Cullman County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Cullman County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Cullman County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the Constitution and all amendments thereto. | | 22,353 (12%) | 167,058 (88%) | |
| Amendment 24 and 25 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may fix, regulate, and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances, and compensation to be charged or received by the clerk of the circuit court of Cullman County and may change the method and basis of compensating such officer. Until changed by local law, the entire compensation of the clerk of the circuit court of Cullman County shall be a salary of $6,000 per annum, payable in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the County. Such salary shall be in lieu of all other compensation provided by law, and all fees, commissions, percentages, and allowances, charges, and costs collected for the use of the circuit clerk shall be collected by him and be paid into the general fund of the County. Until otherwise provided by act of the legislature, the clerk shall be allowed the sum of $4,900 per annum for the employment of clerical assistants, the compensation of each to be fixed by the clerk, and shall be paid in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the County. | | 39,343 (21%) | 146,512 (79%) | |
| Amendment 26 | Bond issues | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Tuscaloosa County may become indebted, and in evidence of such indebtedness may sell and issue its interest bearing bonds, not exceeding $2,500,000, for the purpose of constructing and equipping a County courthouse and jail and acquiring land therefor; provided, that before any such bonds would be issued the question of whether said bonds would be issued would have first been submitted to a vote of the electors of said County at an election to be called for that purpose by the governing body of said County and the issuance of said bonds would have been authorized by a majority of said electors voting at said election. In the event the voters of Tuscaloosa County do not authorize the issuance and sale of said bonds at any election called hereunder then other elections may be called by the governing body of Tuscaloosa County from time to time until the voters of Tuscaloosa County do authorize the issuance and sale of said bonds; provided that no two elections would be held within one year of each other. The court house and jail may be built as one building or as separate buildings as the governing body of Tuscaloosa County may determine. The indebtedness herein authorized would be in addition to all other indebtedness authorized prior to the adoption of this amendment. | | 60,355 (31%) | 133,759 (69%) | |
| Amendment 27 | Taxes | The measure would have authorized the governing body of Winston County to levy and collect a special county ad valorem tax of up to three mills per dollar of property valuation on real and personal property in the county. | | 53,226 (28%) | 138,511 (72%) | |
| Amendment 28 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Marion County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Marion County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Marion County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the Constitution and all amendments thereto. | | 22,530 (12%) | 166,069 (88%) | |
| Amendment 29 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that all funds derived from fees, excises, or license taxes levied or imposed by the state relating to the registration, operation, or use of motor vehicles upon the public highways, except taxes levied by the state or gasoline or motor fuels, which are allocated for the use of Marion and Lamar counties under state law, may be expended by the court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of the county to pay the cost of construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges, the cost of acquiring highway rights-of-way, the cost of traffic regulation, the expense of enforcing traffic and motor vehicle laws, and for such other general purposes as such court, board, or body may prescribe, any provisions of this Constitution to the contrary notwithstanding. | | 20,190 (10%) | 176,388 (90%) | |
| Amendment 3 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the in all counties in which there are no city school systems, the county shall have power to levy and collect additional taxes not exceeding $.55 on each $100 worth of taxable property in such counties for public school purposes, and in all other counties each school district of each county shall have power to levy and collect additional taxes on the taxable property located in the district of not to exceed $.55 per $100 worth of taxable property for public school purposes; provided, that the total of special county and school district taxes levied in the district for public school purposes under Section 269 of this constitution and all amendments to this constitution including the present amendment would not exceed a rate of $1.25 per $100 worth of taxable property located in the district, except that in determining whether the said rate of $1.25 per $100 will be exceeded there shall be excluded from such calculation taxes levied and collected under the authority of Amendment VI to this constitution and amendments wherein it is stated that their adoption would not affect the power, right or authority to levy special school taxes; provided further, that the adoption of this amendment shall in no wise limit, modify, abridge, or impair the power, authority or right of counties, municipalities, or school districts to levy and collect special school taxes or taxes of any kind for schools or school purposes vested in and conferred upon them, or any of them by this constitution, any amendment thereto, or any provisions of state law, or to make appropriations for schools or school purposes. A school district under the meaning of this section shall include school districts which consist of incorporated cities or towns, or any school district of which an incorporated city or town is a part of such other school districts now existing or hereafter formed as may be approved by the county board of education. | | 79,151 (29%) | 196,903 (71%) | |
| Amendment 30 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Lamar County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Lamar County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Lamar County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the Constitution and all amendments thereto. | | 20,651 (11%) | 166,262 (89%) | |
| Amendment 4 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the governing body of a county is authorized to levy and collect, in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, a special tax not exceeding four mills on each dollar of taxable property in the area affected, the proceeds of which shall be used exclusively for acquiring, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and constructing, operating, equipping, and maintaining a public hospital or other public health facilities. An election must be called within three months after receipt by the county governing body of a petition signed by not less than five percent of the qualified electors of each beat or precinct to be affected by the tax. The election shall be held and conducted in such manner and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the governing body of the county may prescribe. Whenever the tax shall be approved, the governing body of the county may anticipate the proceeds therefrom for any one or more of the purposes for which the tax shall have voted, by issuing, without further election, interest bearing tax anticipation bonds, warrants, or certificates of indebtedness payable solely from and secured by a pledge of not exceeding seventy-five percent of the annual proceeds from said tax. The governing body of each county in which the tax may be voted shall have the further power to designate as the agency of the county to acquire, construct, equip, operate, and maintain such hospital facilities any public corporation heretofore or hereafter organized for hospital purposes in the county under any general law heretofore or hereafter enacted by the Legislature. The issuance of such bonds and the power and authority of the county governing body with respect thereto shall be governed by the provisions of Amendment LXXVIl approved December 13, 1949, and proclaimed on December 21, 1949 (Proclamation Record, Volume H., p. 15, Office of the Secretary of State, State of Alabama). The provisions of this Amendment shall not apply to or in the counties of Jefferson, Mobile, and Montgomery. | | 67,949 (28%) | 176,824 (72%) | |
| Amendment 5 | Bond issues | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the governor may issue negotiable interest bearing bonds, which would be general obligations of the state of Alabama and the full faith and credit and taxing power of the State are hereby pledged to the punctual payment of the bonds and the interest. The aggregate principal amount of all bonds issued would not exceed $2,000,000 and they would mature within 10 years from the date of issuance. The proceeds from the sale of such bonds would be appropriated and would be used for the construction and equipping of hospitals, health centers, and related medical facilities pursuant to Act No. 211, General Acts of Alabama 1945, page 330, and approved July 7, 1945; and Act 287, General Acts of Alabama 1945, 474, approved July 7, 1945; and Act No. 46, General and Local Acts 1949, page 68, approved June 2, 1949; and such facilities established and operated by the governing bodies of a city or town, or a county governing body under the provision of Title 22, Section 189, Code of Alabama 1940. The funds provided hereby shall be used only for construction and equipping facilities under contracts which have been or are let on or after July 1, 1955; shall be used to match Federal funds available for hospital, health center, and related medical facilities provided under Public Law 725, 79th Congress and Public Law 482, 83rd Congress, as said Public Laws are now or may hereafter be amended, and that the local governments in the area where each hospital, health center, or related medical facility is to be constructed or equipped shall contribute at least as much money for the construction and equipping as does the state; and provided further that the state would not contribute more than $250,000 to the construction and equipping of any tuberculosis hospital or sanatoria and $100,000 for any other facility included within the scope of this amendment. In determining where a hospital, health center, or related medical facility to be constructed with funds appropriated would be located, consideration would be given to the communities on the basis of relative need. Each county having no hospital, health center or related medical facility shall have first priority. Counties receiving prior allotments would not be precluded from receiving an additional allotment for other facilities at the discretion of the state board of health. A sum not to exceed $40,000 may be used by the state board of health from the proceeds of the sale of said bonds for administering the provision of this amendment. All bonds issued and the interest thereon would be payable from any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. The bonds would be payable in substantially equal installments of principal and interest beginning in the next fiscal year after their date; they shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 2.5 percent and they shall contain a provision for their call for payment at such a time or times prior to maturity, and at such a premium, if any, as the governor may prescribe in the notice of sale. All bonds issued hereunder shall be sold to the best bidder at an advertised public sale, on sealed bids or at auction, and shall not be sold for less than par and accrued interest; provided, bidders may be invited to name the rate or rates of interest, which the bonds are to bear. The right to reject any or all bids shall be reserved. | | 62,167 (26%) | 178,438 (74%) | |
| Amendment 6 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the court of County commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Montgomery County would have the power to levy and collect additional taxes for school purposes on the taxable property located in the County at a rate not to exceed .55 of one percent of the value of the taxable property. An election to determine whether or not such taxes shall be levied and the time during which such tax is to continue would be called, held, and conducted in the manner provided by law for calling, holding, and conducting elections to determine whether district school taxes shall be levied and collected under this constitution. The provisions of this amendment would not limit, modify, abridge, or impair the power, authority, or right of municipalities or school districts to levy and collect special school taxes as provided by law. | | 63,087 (28%) | 163,515 (72%) | |
| Amendment 7 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that obligations hereafter incurred and securities hereafter issued for any of the following purposes and under the following circumstances by a municipality with a population of less than 6,000 inhabitants shall not be deemed to constitute indebtedness of such municipality within the meaning of Section 225 of this constitution: (a) for the purpose of acquiring, providing or constructing sanitary or storm water sewers, or street or sidewalk improvements, the cost of which, in whole or in part, is to be assessed against the property drained, served or benefited by such sewers or abutting such improvements; or (b) for the purpose of acquiring, providing or constructing school houses, provided that there shall be pledged for payment of the principal of and interest on such obligations or securities a tax which the governing body of such municipality shall have determined, upon the basis of its estimate of the revenues from said tax, will be sufficient to pay said principal and interest. | | 51,263 (23%) | 170,987 (77%) | |
| Amendment 8 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Walker County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Walker County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Walker County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the constitution and all amendments thereto. | | 28,175 (13%) | 182,580 (87%) | |
| Amendment 9 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Conecuh County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Conecuh County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Conecuh County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the constitution and all amendments thereto. | | 46,776 (22%) | 163,557 (78%) |
Kentucky
See also: Kentucky 1955 ballot measures
November 8
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household Goods Tax Exemption Referendum | Property tax exemptions |
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| Suffrage Amendment | Suffrage | Changes to the suffrage provision of the state constitution |
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Maine
See also: Maine 1955 ballot measures
September 12
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constitutional Amendment 1 | Parole policy; State executive powers and duties | Extend the pardon powers of the governor and council to include offenses of juvenile delinquency |
| 22,658 (75%) | 7,562 (25%) | |
| Constitutional Amendment 2 | State executive elections | Modify the citizenship requirements for serving as governor |
| 15,157 (51%) | 14,452 (49%) | |
| Constitutional Amendment 3 | Public education funding; Debt limits | Exempt rental agreements with the Maine School Building Authority from municipal debt limitations |
| 19,378 (68%) | 9,327 (32%) | |
| Constitutional Amendment 4 | Voting rights for persons with criminal convictions | Clarify provisions governing voting by persons serving in the military |
| 25,347 (84%) | 4,664 (16%) | |
| Referendum Question | Highways and bridges; Bond issues | Ratify a state bond issue of up to $1 million to construct a bridge across Jonesport Reach |
| 22,204 (72%) | 8,550 (28%) |
Michigan
See also: Michigan 1955 ballot measures
April 4
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal 3 | Bond issue requirements; Local government finance and taxes; Revenue allocation; Public education funding | Authorize the state to borrow up to $100 million for loans to certain school districts and permit tax levies to repay school bonds |
| 455,868 (54%) | 382,093 (46%) | |
| Proposal No. 1 | State judicial selection | Establish that the legislature set the procedures for filling judicial offices |
| 559,279 (70%) | 236,620 (30%) | |
| Proposal No. 4 | Election administration and governance | Establish a bipartisan board of state canvassers |
| 456,986 (61%) | 297,250 (39%) | |
| Proposasl No. 2 | State judicial selection | Establish qualifications for Supreme Court justices and circuit court judges |
| 596,145 (72%) | 230,489 (28%) |
Missouri
See also: Missouri 1955 ballot measures
October 4
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referendum 1 | Public education funding; Tobacco and cigarette taxes; Tobacco laws | Refer a law that enacts a tax of one mill per cigarette to fund the State School Moneys Fund |
| 230,851 (71%) | 95,717 (29%) | |
| Referendum 2 | Public education funding; Property taxes; Public school teachers and staff | Enact the Foundation Plan, a proposed state education funding law |
| 247,639 (77%) | 74,286 (23%) |
New Jersey
See also: New Jersey 1955 ballot measures
November 8
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Question No. 1 | Bond issues | An act would have authorized $100 million in bonds for public water supplies. | | 384,125 (38%) | 622,936 (62%) |
New York
See also: New York 1955 ballot measures
November 8
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 1 | Bond issues; Highways and bridges | Issue a state bond not exceeding $750 million for the construction and reconstruction of state highways | | 1,139,002 (43%) | 1,493,308 (57%) | |
| Amendment 10 | State judicial selection | Authorize the governor to appoint temporary judges for up to one year when a justices of the supreme court are unable to serve due to temporary illness or disability | | 822,693 (43%) | 1,073,103 (57%) | |
| Amendment 2 | Housing development funding; Housing assistance programs | Raise the state’s annual and total spending limits on low-rent and public housing subsidies while requiring voter approval for any contracts exceeding those caps |
| 1,139,185 (53%) | 1,011,424 (47%) | |
| Amendment 3 | Absentee and mail voting | Authorize legislature to provide absentee voting for qualified voters |
| 1,172,556 (56%) | 923,855 (44%) | |
| Amendment 4 | Tax and revenue administration | Authorize legislature to assign comptroller powers to assess taxation and assessment of real estate |
| 1,077,914 (54%) | 918,978 (46%) | |
| Amendment 5 | Local government finance and taxes | Exclude indebtedness contracted to provide for the collection or disposal of sewage | | 818,551 (41%) | 1,175,343 (59%) | |
| Amendment 6 | Public economic investment policy; Sewage and stormwater | Authorize contract of indebtedness for public corporations and improvement districts to provide for the conveyance, treatment and disposal of sewage |
| 1,163,800 (59%) | 803,884 (41%) | |
| Amendment 7 | Public land policy; Parks, land, and natural area conservation | Authorize the use of certain state owned forest preserve lands for the construction and operation of Panther Mountain reservoir to regulate the flow of Moose and Black rivers | | 613,927 (27%) | 1,622,196 (73%) | |
| Amendment 8 | State judicial authority | Broaden the ban on judges holding other public offices to include judges in large counties and voids any votes electing them to non-judicial positions or a constitutional convention |
| 1,078,167 (56%) | 849,029 (44%) | |
| Amendment 9 | State judicial selection | Allow governor to appointment temporary judges of county courts in counties outside the city of New York for up to ninty days in case of the temporary illness or disability of the incumbent | | 824,424 (43%) | 1,093,048 (57%) |
North Dakota
See also: North Dakota 1955 ballot measures
November 1
| Type | Title | Subject | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Loan Fund Issue | Public education governance; Public education funding |
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Ohio
See also: Ohio 1955 ballot measures
November 8
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonds for Infrastructure Amendment | Bond issues | Issue up to $150,000,000 in bonds for infrastructure projects. |
| 1,154,976 (56%) | 909,030 (44%) | |
| Changes to Judicial Salaries Amendment | Salaries of government officials; State judiciary | Allow the salaries of certain judicial officers to be increased or decreased during their term of office. | | 849,677 (43%) | 1,107,646 (57%) | |
| Changes to Officers' Salaries Amendment | Salaries of government officials | Allow the salary of any government officer to be changed during their term of office. | | 793,384 (41%) | 1,142,738 (59%) | |
| Increase of Unemployment Benefits Initiative | Public assistance programs | Increase unemployment benefits. | | 865,326 (37%) | 1,481,339 (63%) |
Oklahoma
See also: Oklahoma 1955 ballot measures
April 5
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Question 368 | Taxes; Education | Modify ad valorem taxes for schools, allow additional levy uses, increase debt limits, permit multi-year contracts, and provide more funding for school and state institution improvements. |
| 231,097 (76%) | 73,021 (24%) |
Wisconsin
See also: Wisconsin 1955 ballot measures
April 5
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | State that debt limits for school bonds are based on equalized property value |
| 320,376 (58%) | 228,641 (42%) | |
| Question 2 | State judiciary | Set new qualifications and a retirement age for justices |
| 381,214 (68%) | 177,929 (32%) |
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