Oklahoma Ballot Measures (1916-1928)
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The follow measures were filed for placement on the Oklahoma ballot between 1916 and 1928[1]. Click on the "State Question #" to view the text of the measure or other details.
| State Question # | Type | Initiativeor Referendum # | Resolution or Bill # | Citation | Subject | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Initiative | 51 | -- | Amending Const. Art. 2 | The Fair Election Law | Yes: 147,067; No: 119,602; Needed to carry: 152,054; Date: 11/7/1916 |
| 79 | Initiative | 52 | -- | Const. Art. 3, Sec. 1 & Repealing Sec. 3 | Women Suffrage | Abandoned |
| 80 | Initiative | 53 | -- | Repealing SB 38 | Registration of Electors | Yes: 140,366; No: 114,824; Needed to carry: 152,054; Date: 11/7/1916 |
| 81 | Legislative | 54 | HJR 17 | Const. Art. 10, Sec. 21 | Creating a State Tax Commission | Yes: 50 656; No: 146130; Date: 8/1/1916 |
| 82 | Legislative | 55 | SJR 6 | Const. Art. 3, Sec. 3a | Qualification for Electors | Yes: 90,605; No: 133,140; Date: 8/1/1916 |
| 83 | Legislative | 56 | SJR 12 | Const. Repeal Sec. 12a of Art. 10 | Taxes for Common School Funds | Yes: 76,093; No: 127,525; Date: 8/1/1916 |
| 84 | Legislative | 57 | SJR 27 | Const. Art. 7, Sec. 7 | Clerk of Supreme Court | Yes: 58,933; No: 134,963; Date: 8/1/1916 |
| 85 | Legislative | 58 | SJR 20 | Const. Art. 10, Sec. 27 | Limiting City and Town Indebtedness | Yes: 44,687; No: 147,933; Date: 8/1/1916 |
| 86 | Legislative | 59 | HJR 1 | Const. Art. 23, Sec. 7 | Authorizing Compulsary Compensation for Employees | Yes: 50,995; No: 139132; Necessary: 100227; Date: 8/1/1916 |
| 87 | Legislative | 60 | SJR 18 | Amending Const. | Consolidating Supreme Court and Criminal Court of Appeals | Yes: 42,896; No: 149,272; Date: 8/1/1916 |
| 88 | Legislative | 61 | SJR 22 | Const. Art 2, Sec. 19 | Number of Jurors | Yes: 49, 954; No: 142,333; Date: 8/1/1916 |
| 89 | Legislative | 62 | SJR 16 | Const. Art. 7, Sec. 10 | Abolishing County Courts | Yes: 47,194; No: 157,284; Date: 8/1/1916 |
| 90 | Initiative | 63 | -- | Const. Art 10, Sec. 12a | Tax Levy for Common Schools | Abandoned |
| 91 | Initiative | 64 | -- | Const. Art 10, Sec. 12a | Tax Levy for Common Schools | Abandoned |
| 92 | Initiative | 65 | -- | Const. Art. 10, Sec. 13b | Tax Levy on Crude Oil and Natural Gas | Abandoned |
| 93 | Referendum | 29 | -- | To Veto SB 55 | Intoxicating Liquors | Insufficient |
| 94 | Referendum | 30 | -- | Referring SB 111 to a vote of the people | Referring the Chiropractic Bill to a vote | Yes: 211,252; No: 164,788; Date: 11/2/1920 |
| 95 | Referendum | 31 | -- | Referring SB 307 to the people for a vote | Agriculture Fair at Muskogee | No election held |
| 96 | Referendum | 32 | -- | Referring HB 3 to the people for a vote | Sale of Cigarettes | Abandoned |
| 97 | Legislative | 33 | SCR 5 | Const. Art. 3, Sec. 1 | Universal Suffrage - Women to Vote Qualifications of Electors | Yes: 106,909; No: 81,481; Date: 11/5/1918 |
| 98 | Initiative | 66 | -- | New Law | Regulate and Licensing Practitioners | Abandoned |
| 99 | Initiative | 67 | -- | Const. Art 10, Sec, 12a | Tax for Common Schools | Yes: 162749; No: 179271; Date: 11/2/1920 |
| 100 | Legislative | 34 | SJR 10 | New Sec. Const. Art. 10 | State System of Durable Hard Surfaced Roads | Yes: 69,917; No: 171,327; Date: 5/6/1919 |
| 101 | Referendum | 35 | -- | To Veto SB 509 of 1917 | Registration of Motor Vehicles | Dismissed by order of the Supreme Court |
| 102 | Referendum | 36 | -- | Referring SCR 2 to the people | Prohibition | |
| 103 | Referendum | 37 | -- | Various Sections of SB 36 | Workmen's Compensation Measure | Abandoned |
| 104 | Initiative | 68 | -- | New Law | Additional Oath for Public Officials | Abandoned |
| 105 | Initiative | 69 | -- | Const. Art. 4, Sec. 25 | Transfer duties of Chief Oil and Gas Cnservation to Chief Inspector | Abandoned |
| 106 | Initiative | 70 | -- | Const. Art. 6, Sec. 10-A | Board of Pardon and Paroles | Abandoned |
| 107 | Initiative | 71 | -- | Const. Art. 6, Sec. 10-A | Board of Pardon and Paroles | Abandoned |
| 108 | Referendum | 37 | -- | To Veto HJR 1 ratifying U.S. Constitution | Veto the action of adopting Woman Suffrage | Abandoned |
| 109 | Initiative | 72 | -- | Const. Art. 10, Sec. 9-A | Ad valorem Tax for Common Schools` | Yes: 169,639; No: 188,574; Date: 11/2/1920 |
| 110 | Initiative | 73 | -- | Const. Art. 6, Sec. 10-A | Pardon and Paroles | Insufficient |
| 111 | Legislative | 38 | HCR 14 | Const. Art. 19, Sec. 3 | Insurance Organizations | Yes: 157064; No: 159919; Date: 11/2/1920 |
| 112 | Legislative | 39 | HJR 3 | Const. Art. 5, Sec. 21 | Legislative Compensation | Yes: 125463; No: 173374; Date: 11/2/1920 |
| 113 | Initiative | 74 | -- | New Law & repealing sec. 6889 - 6914 of Revised Laws of 1910 | Licensing Practitioners | Abandoned |
| 114 | Legislative | 40 | SJR 8 | Const. Art.10., Sec. 9 | Ad valorem Taxes | Yes: 136647; No: 191180; Date: 8/1/1922 |
| 115 | Initiative | 75 | -- | Const. Art. 13, Se. 4 | Compulsory Attendance at Public School | Abandoned |
| 116 | Initiative | 76 | -- | Const. Art. 26. | Soilder Bonus Bill | Yes: 255887; No: 234909; Needed to carry: 260282; Date: 11/7/1922 |
| 117 | Initiative | 77 | -- | Const. Art. 6 Sec. 10-A | Pardon and Parole Board | Abandoned |
| 118 | Initiative | 78 | -- | Const. Art. 9, Sec. 15 | Railroad and Warehouse Commission | Abandoned |
| 119 | Initiative | 79 | -- | New Law | Convening the Legislature for impeachment proceedings | Yes: 209,452; No: 70,638 Supreme Court ruled not a constitutional amendment inoperative. Simpson v Hill et all., 263 P. 635, 128 Okl.269. |
| 120 | Initiative | 80 | -- | New Law | Qualifications of electors - General Elections | Abandoned |
| 121 | Legislative | 41 | SJR 4 | Amend Const. | Workmen's Compensation | Yes: 137358; No: 120761; Needed to carry: 144551; Date: 10/2/1923 |
| 122 | Legislative | 42 | SJR 5 | Const. Art. 6, Sec. 3 | Eligibility & Qualifications for state office | Yes: 173,262; No: 86,445 (10-2-1923 Election Supreme Court rules special election invalid, Case No. 21651. Resubmitted on General); Yes: 242,656; No: 119,338. Necessary to carry 255,661; Date: 11/2/1930 |
| 123 | Legislative | 43 | HJR 17 | Const. Art. 26, | Soldier's State Aid | Yes: 120219; No: 142082; Date: 10/2/1923 |
| 124 | Legislative | 44 | HCR 18 | Const. Art 10, Sec. 9 | Limiting Ad valorem Tax | Yes: 144758; No: 116711 Supreme Court ruled legislative act submitting measure unconstitutional. State ex rel. Short v. State Board of Equalization, 230 P. 743, 107 Okl. 118.; Date: 10/2/1923 |
| 125 | Legislative | 45 | SB 408 | Const. Art. 14, Sec. 4 | Depositors' Guaranty Fund | Yes: 111081; No: 160668 Election Ruled Invalid: special election requires 3/4 vote of both houses of Legislature.; Date: 10/2/1923 |
| 126 | Initiative | 81 | -- | New Law | Secret Fraternal Organizations | Abandoned |
| 127 | Initiative | 82 | -- | Const. Art. 6, Sec. 10-A | Pardon and Parole Board | Abandoned |
| 128 | Initiative | 83 | -- | New Law | Secret Organizations | Abandoned |
| 129 | Initiative | 84 | -- | New Law | General Elections | Abandoned |
| 130 | Initiative | 85 | -- | New Law | Regulating Secret Societies | Abandoned |
| 131 | Initiative | 86 | -- | New Law | Declaring journalism to be a profession and requiring oath | Abandoned |
| 132 | Initiative | 87 | -- | Const. Art. 5, Sec. 1 | Creating a one House Legislature | Abandoned |
| 133 | Initiative | 88 | -- | New Law | Qualifications of Electors and Elections | Abandoned |
| 134 | Referendum | 46 | -- | Repeal of House Bill No. 4 of Laws 1925 | An Act relating to the business of furnishing power, light, heat, gas, electricity, or water in cities and towns | Insufficient |
| 135 | Referendum | 47 | HB 369 | Repeal HB 369 which repeals 1921 O.S. Sec. 11015 & 11016 | Labeling of convict-made goods | Yes: 102660; No: 192484; Date: 11/2/1926 |
| 136 | Referendum | 48 | HB 278 | O.S. 1921 Sec. 10,131 and 10,139 | License Fees on Automobiles, Motor Cycles and Trucks | Abandoned |
| 137 | Referendum | 49 | -- | Repeal Chapter 175, Session Laws 1923 and re-enacting Sec. 10250, 10254, 10261 and 10264 of Chapter 86, Art. II O.S. 1921 | Text Books for use in Public Schools | Yes: 120210; No; 187369; Date: 11/2/1926 |
| 138 | Initiative | 89 | -- | New Law | Ad valorem Tax | Yes: 72652; No: 220382; Date: 11/2/1926 |
| 139 | Initiative | 90 | -- | New Law | Municipal Bonds | Yes: 114479; No: 165,288; Date: 11/2/1926 |
| 140 | Initiative | 91 | -- | Const. Art. 6, Sec. 3 | Elected Officials qualifications | Abandoned |
| 141 | Initiative | 92 | -- | New Law | Forbidding the levying of any tax not specifically authorized by law | Yes: 182,012; No: 68,975 Supreme Court Ruled Act unconstitutional Atchison, T.& S. L. Ry. Co. v Long. 251 P. 486, 122 Okl.86; Date: 8/3/1926 |
| 142 | Initiative | 93 | -- | none specified | Elections | Abandoned |
| 143 | Initiative | 94 | -- | New Law | Repayment of Illegal Taxes Assessed for the year of 1921 and thereafter | Abandoned |
| 144 | Legislative | 50 | SJR 5 | Const. Art. 5, Sec. 21 | Per Diem of Legislature & Limiting 90 Day Sessions | Yes: 54007; No: 251332; Date: 11/2/1926 |
| 145 | Legislative | 51 | HJR 7 | Const. Art. 10, Sec. 9 | Special State Levy for Public Schools | Yes: 105588; No: 223625; Date: 11/2/1926 |
| 146 | Legislative | 52 | SB 282 | Amending Const. | Calling a Constitutional Convention | Yes: 47510; No: 241040; Date: 11/2/1926 |
| 147 | Initiative | 95 | -- | New Law | Employment for Convicts | Abandoned |
| 148 | Initiative | 96 | -- | New Const. Amendment | Judicial Determination of the results of Primary Elections | Abandoned |
| 149 | Initiative | 97 | -- | Const. Art. 10, Sec. 12-B | Severance Tax on exhaustible natural resources | Abandoned |
| 150 | Initiative | 98 | -- | Const. Art. 10, Sec. 12-B | Severance Tax on exhaustible natural resources | Abandoned |
| 151 | Initiative | 99 | -- | Const. Art 6, Sec. 10-A | Pardon and Parole Board | Abandoned |
| 152 | Initiative | 100 | -- | 68 O.S. Sec. 331 - 341 | Illegal Ad valorem Tax Levies | Yes: 291995; No: 56099; Date: 8/7/1928 |
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