Nevada State Question 1, Poll Tax for Public Roads Amendment (1910)
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| Topic Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements and Transportation |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nevada Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nevada on November 8, 1910. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring an annual poll tax of $2 to $4 from male residents aged 21 to 60, to fund public road maintenance. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring an annual poll tax of $2 to $4 from male residents aged 21 to 60, to fund public road maintenance. |
Election results
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Nevada Question 1 |
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8,231 | 74.15% | ||
| No | 2,870 | 25.85% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:
| “ | Assembly Concurrent Resolution, relative to amending Section 7 of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Nevada pertaining to the disbursement of the poll tax. Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended so as to read as follows: Amend Section 7, Article II, of the Constitution of Nevada, so that the same shall read as follows: Section 7. The Legislature shall provide by law for the payment of an annual poll tax of not less than two nor exceeding four dollars for each male resident in the State between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years (uncivilized American Indians excepted), to be expended for the maintenance and betterment of the public roads. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
Amending the Nevada Constitution
- See also: Amending the Nevada Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the Nevada State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 22 votes in the Nevada State Assembly and 11 votes in the Nevada State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
See also
Footnotes
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