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Missouri Proposition 13, Prohibition Referendum (1920)
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| Topic Alcohol laws |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
Missouri Proposition 13 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Missouri on November 2, 1920. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported enacting a law to prohibit the manufacture, sale, advertisement, and transportation of intoxicating liquors with exceptions, enforce penalties, allow searches and nuisance abatement, and grant legal action against illegal liquor sellers. |
A "no" vote opposed enacting a law to prohibit the manufacture, sale, advertisement, and transportation of intoxicating liquors with exceptions, enforce penalties, allow searches and nuisance abatement, and grant legal action against illegal liquor sellers. |
Election results
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481,880 | 53.40% | ||
| No | 420,581 | 46.60% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 13 was as follows:
| “ | Proposition No. 13 Referendum Ordered By The Petition of the People House Bill No. 335, enacted by the fiftieth General Assembly. Prohibiting manufacture, sale, gift, advertisement or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, into or from this state, except under certain conditions; providing for search of intoxicating liquors unlawfully sold; declaring certain buildings or certain places used in unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquors nuisances and giving right of abatement; giving persons injured by intoxicated persons right of action against illegal liquor sellers; regulating those who manufacture, sell or prescribe for ethyl alcohol or wire; defining intoxicating liquor and other words; providing for enforcement of said act and prescribing penalties for violation of same. | ” |
Path to the ballot
A veto referendum is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that asks voters whether to uphold or repeal an enacted law. This type of ballot measure is also called statute referendum, popular referendum, people's veto, or citizen's veto. There are 23 states that allow citizens to initiate veto referendums.
In Missouri, the number of signatures required for a veto referendum is based on the number of votes cast for governor in the state's most recent gubernatorial election. In two-thirds of Missouri's congressional districts, proponents must collect signatures equal to 5% of the gubernatorial vote for veto referendums. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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