Ohio Taxation, Amendment 4 (1903)

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The Ohio Taxation Amendment, also known as Amendment 4, was on the November 3, 1903 ballot in Ohio as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have provided for a system of classification for items subject to taxation.[1][2]

Election results

Ohio Amendment 4 (1903)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No43,56311.77%
Yes 326,622 88.23%

Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 877,203 votes in the entire election (438,602 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.

Election results via: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title read as follows:[3]

Taxation Amendment[4]

Full text

The full text of the measure can be read here.

Path to the ballot

The amendment was referred to the ballot by the Ohio General Assembly on April 29, 1902.[1]

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Footnotes


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