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North Dakota Hail Insurance Initiative (1918)
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The North Dakota Hail Insurance Initiative, also known as Amendment to Section 177, was on the November , 5 1918 ballot in North Dakota as an initiated constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1] The measure created an acerage tax and used the revenue from it to provide hail insurance for farmers.[2] A related legislatively referred constitutional amendment was also passed in 1918, which empowered the legislature to create land taxes to fund hail crop insurance.
Election results
| North Dakota Initiative (1918) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 49,878 | 61.23% | ||
| No | 31,586 | 38.77% | ||
Election results via: Legislative Manual, Official vote of North Dakota, 1918
Text of measure
The text of the measure can be read here.
Similar measures
See also
- North Dakota 1918 ballot measures
- 1918 ballot measures
- List of North Dakota ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in North Dakota
External links
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