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Missouri 1922 ballot measures

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1924
1921

In 1922, voters decided on 19 statewide ballot measures in Missouri on November 7.

On the ballot

November 7, 1922

Type Title Subject Description Result Yes Votes No Votes

LRCA

Amendment 1 Salaries Increase the pay of General Assembly members from $5 per 70 days to $10 per 100 days

Defeated

235,045 (34%)

454,020 (66%)

LRCA

Amendment 2 Sex and gender; Constitutional wording Remove the word 'male' from the state constitution's suffrage provision

Approveda

383,499 (56%)

299,404 (44%)

LRCA

Amendment 3 Transportation; Transportation Authorize the motor vehicle license fees to fund road maintenance from motor vehicle license fees after principal and interest of road bonds is paid

Approveda

484,884 (68%)

233,379 (32%)

VR

Proposition 10 Judiciary structure Refer a law that abolishes the 38 judicial circuit and Sturgeon Court of Common Pleas and creates 34 new judicial circuits

Defeated

247,484 (39%)

394,637 (61%)

VR

Proposition 11 Labor; Administrative organization Refer a law that establishes a workmen's compensation and creating a commission to administer it

Defeated

288,384 (45%)

356,001 (55%)

VR

Proposition 12 Public education governance Refer a law that established a county school district and a county board of education

Defeated

291,157 (43%)

381,320 (57%)

VR

Proposition 13 Local government; Judiciary structure Refer a law that abolishes township justices of the peace in cities with populations between 100,000 and 300,000 and transfers their pending business to legally designated justices of the peace

Defeated

234,288 (38%)

386,680 (62%)

VR

Proposition 14 Judiciary; Salaries; Judiciary structure; Judicial authority Refer article IX, chapter 22, R. S. 1919, and enact a new article setting new eligibility standards, expanding justice court jurisdiction, establishing a presiding justice, requiring bonds, defining duties and powers, and setting salaries

Defeated

232,704 (38%)

386,663 (62%)

LRSS

Proposition 15 Local government; Judiciary Allow county court judges to appoint additional justices of the peace in certain municipalities

Defeated

230,917 (37%)

386,315 (63%)

VR

Proposition 16 Local government Abolish the office of constable in certain townships

Defeated

231,601 (38%)

382,915 (62%)

VR

Proposition 17 Redistricting Repeal a law that divided Missouri into 16 congressional districts

Defeated

240,340 (38%)

386,522 (62%)

CISS

Proposition 18 Labor; Tort law Establish liability for personal injuries or death caused by another's wrongful act or negligence, replaces contributory negligence with comparative negligence, abolishes the fellow servant rule, limits the assumption of risk defense to jury decisions, holds employers liable for employee injuries caused by coworkers, and repeals the Workman's Compensation Act while regulating related legal proceedings

Defeated

141,149 (20%)

561,882 (80%)

CISS

Proposition 19 Redistricting Establish the apportionment of the state into Senatorial Districts from the previous United States census

Defeated

227,000 (37%)

379,615 (63%)

LRSS

Proposition 4 Administrative organization Establish a Department of Labor, consolidating the responsibilities and authority of various boards, commissions, and officers into the new department

Defeated

257,987 (40%)

384,708 (60%)

VR

Proposition 5 Tax administration; Administrative organization Refer a law that created a State Department of Budget

Defeated

267,241 (42%)

375,676 (58%)

VR

Proposition 6 Administrative organization Refer a law that abolished the office of State Inspector of Oils and transferring the authority to the Supervisor of Public Welfare

Defeated

274,530 (42%)

383,370 (58%)

VR

Proposition 7 Alcohol; Administrative organization Refer a law that abolished the office of State Beverage Inspector and transferring those duties to the Supervisor of Public Welfare

Defeated

276,641 (43%)

365,406 (57%)

VR

Proposition 8 Public assistance; Administrative organization Refer a law that created an office of Supervisor of Public Welfare and transferring the powers of the Food and Drug Commissioner to it

Defeated

262,816 (41%)

371,812 (59%)

VR

Proposition 9 Agriculture; Administrative organization Refer a law that created a Department of Agriculture

Defeated

252,060 (40%)

378,181 (60%)


See also

Missouri