Colorado 1912 ballot measures

1914 →

← 1910

Thirty-two statewide ballot measures were on the November 5, 1912 ballot in Colorado.

• Five measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One measures was a legislatively referred state statute.
• Nine measures were initiated constitutional amendments.
• Eleven measures were initiated state statutes.
• Six measures were veto referendums.
• Nine of the measures were approved and twenty-three were defeated.

On the ballot

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Measure 1	Alcohol	Establishes a statewide prohibition on intoxicating alcoholic beverages	d
CISS	Measure 2	Law Enforcement	Allows search and seizure to enforce prohibition laws	d
CISS	Measure 3	Labor	Creates an eight-hour workday for employed female laborers	a
CISS	Measure 4	Business	Provides for the regulation of public service corporations	d
CISS	Measure 5	Admin of Gov't	Establishes a state fair	d
CICA	Measure 6	Gov't Finance	Provides special funds for the State Immigration Bureau	d
CISS	Measure 7	Direct Democracy	Reduces costs for publishing ballot measures and arguments for and against	d
CICA	Measure 8	Local Gov't	Grants home rule for cities and towns	a
CICA	Measure 9	Recall	Provides for the recall of elective officials	a
CISS	Measure 10	Elections	Amends state elections laws	d
CICA	Measure 11	Admin of Gov't	Provides for special elections for voting on proposed constitutional amendments and laws	d
CICA	Measure 12	Trials	Defines “contempt of court” and provides for trial by jury for contempt	d
CICA	Measure 13	Judiciary	Creates a public utilities court with the exclusive power to fix utility rates	d
CISS	Measure 14	Elections	Provides for a "headless ballot"	a
CICA	Measure 15	Education	Grants "wider control of schools" to the public	d
CICA	Measure 16	Judiciary	Allows for juvenile courts in cities and counties with populations over 100,000	a
CISS	Measure 17	Welfare	Allocates public aid to "dependent and neglected children" of single mothers	a
CISS	Measure 18	Civil Service	Alters laws regarding civil service	a
CISS	Measure 19	Labor	Provides an eight-hour workday for underground miners and those working in smelters, mills and coke ovens	a
CISS	Measure 20	Gov't Finance	Allocates control of certain funds to the State Highway Commission	d
VR	Measure 21	Education	Requires the examination of teachers	d
VR	Measure 22	Water	Alters water rights related to irrigation	d
VR	Measure 23	Food & Agri	Modifies policies regarding the branding and marking of livestock	d
LRCA	Measure 24	Admin of Gov't	State Tax Commission	d
VR	Measure 25	Labor	Establishes an eight-hour workday for laborers working in underground mines, smelters and coke ovens	a
VR	Measure 26	Education	Creates teachers' summer normal schools	d
LRCA	Measure 27	Gov't Salaries	Provides "that salaries of county, precinct and other officers need not be paid entirely from fees collected by said officers"	d
LRCA	Measure 28	Gov't Finance	Raises the limitation on county debts “based on the assessed valuation of taxable property in the county”	d
VR	Measure 29	Gov't Finance	Modifies the custody and management of public funds	d
LRCA	Measure 30	Business	Defines mining and smelting as public interests	d
LRCA	Measure 31	Gov't Finance	Authorizes bonded indebtedness for state highways	d
LRSS	Measure 32	Transportation	Authorizes the construction of a tunnel through James Peak	d

See also

• List of Colorado ballot measures
• 1912 ballot measures

External links

• Colorado Ballot Issue History