Massachusetts 1918 ballot measures

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In 1918, voters decided on 19 statewide ballot measures in Massachusetts on November 5.

• 19 were convention-referred constitutional amendments.
• Voters approved 19 (100%) and rejected zero (0%).

On the ballot

November 5, 1918

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Question 10	Sex and gender	Allow women to be notaries public	a	153,315 (59%)	105,591 (41%)
CCRCA	Question 11	Age limits; Judiciary; State executive	Allow the Governor to retire judges for reasons of advanced age or mental or physical disability	a	156,796 (65%)	86,023 (35%)
CCRCA	Question 12	Business; Legislature	Make franchises, grants, privileges, and immunities revocable and amendable	a	161,833 (67%)	79,787 (33%)
CCRCA	Question 13	Land use	Allow the legislature to limit where certain buildings are located	a	161,214 (66%)	83,095 (34%)
CCRCA	Question 14	Election administration	Allow laws requiring compulsory voting	a	134,128 (51%)	128,403 (49%)
CCRCA	Question 15	Legislature	Limit the General Court's power to lend the credit of the state and to make loans	a	153,972 (63%)	90,233 (37%)
CCRCA	Question 16	State executive; Legislative processes	Establish a state budget process	a	155,738 (66%)	81,302 (34%)
CCRCA	Question 17	State executive; Legislature	Provide for the biennial elections of certain state officers	a	142,868 (57%)	108,588 (43%)
CCRCA	Question 18	Salaries; Ethics; Legislative processes	Prohibit legislators from being appointed to newly created or higher-paid offices during their elected term	a	152,800 (64%)	87,009 (36%)
CCRCA	Question 19	State executive structure	Require the reorganization of the state's executive and administrative departments and offices by 1921	a	158,394 (66%)	81,586 (34%)
CCRCA	Question 1	Initiative process	Establish an initiative and referendum process in Massachusetts	a	170,646 (51%)	162,103 (49%)
CCRCA	Question 2	Mineral resources; Forestry; Eminent domain; Public land	Declare that the conservation, development, and use of natural resources are public uses	a	172,111 (63%)	102,768 (37%)
CCRCA	Question 3	Business	Allow for restrictions on advertising on public ways, in public places, and on private property in public view	a	193,925 (70%)	84,127 (30%)
CCRCA	Question 4	Eminent domain	Establish that property of historical or antiquarian interest is a public use and allow for procedures for acquiring such property	a	183,265 (69%)	81,933 (31%)
CCRCA	Question 5	Legislative processes	Allow the Legislature to take recesses totaling up to 30 days	a	147,104 (59%)	100,552 (41%)
CCRCA	Question 6	State militia; Legislature	Authorize the legislature to determine how military and naval officers commissioned by the governor are appointed and removed	a	155,649 (63%)	91,686 (37%)
CCRCA	Question 7	State militia; State executive; Legislature	Define the powers and duties of the General Court and Governor in relation to the military and naval forces and the Governor's powers relating to being Commander-in-Chief	a	155,114 (65%)	84,822 (35%)
CCRCA	Question 8	State executive structure	Provide the order of succession in cases of vacancies in the office of Governor and Lieutenant Governor	a	172,125 (69%)	78,245 (31%)
CCRCA	Question 9	State executive; Legislative processes	Allow the governor to return bills and resolves to the General Court with recommendations for amendments	a	164,493 (68%)	76,972 (32%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in Massachusetts
• List of Massachusetts ballot measures
• 1918 ballot measures

External links

• The Greenfield Recorder, "Town Warrant," October 30, 1918