South Dakota 1914 ballot measures

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In 1914, voters decided on 12 statewide ballot measures in South Dakota on November 3.

• Eight of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One of the measures was a constitutional convention question.
• Two of the measures were indirect initiated state statutes.
• One of the measures was a veto referendum.

On the ballot

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property taxes	Reduce interest on the purchase of school lands	a	45,554 (56%)	35,102 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Term limits	Remove term limits of the clerk of the court and superintendent of schools		32,092 (41%)	45,733 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Initiative process; Election administration	Allow the people to initiate or refer laws to a public vote, with a 5% threshold of electors to invoke such actions		28,226 (40%)	43,162 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Local government	Establish that state institutions, including the soldiers’ home, are governed by a state board of control, while the educational functions of public universities and schools are overseen by a board of regents		29,601 (40%)	44,107 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Legislative structure; Term limits; Legislature	Increase the legislative term to four years		29,746 (40%)	45,051 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Judiciary; Judiciary structure	Allow the temporary appointment of replacement Supreme Court judges when a judge is disqualified from a specific case		36,317 (50%)	36,543 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Agriculture; Irrigation	Declare the irrigation of agricultural lands a public purpose		32,958 (45%)	40,457 (55%)
CISS	Coffey Primary Election Law Measure	Primary elections	Repeal and replace the Richard's Primary Law, which was an initiative approved by voters in 1912		37,106 (45%)	44,679 (55%)
LRCCQ	Proposing a Constitutional Convention	Constitutional conventions	Call for a Constitutional Convention		34,832 (40%)	51,585 (60%)
IndISS	Referred Law 1	Alcohol; Local government	Allow the sale of alcohol in retail stores		38,000 (42%)	51,779 (58%)
VR	Referred Law 3	Public education governance	Establish that the school shall provide comprehensive instruction in manual training, teaching, industrial and mechanical trades, arts, sciences, and related fields		27,538 (36%)	49,382 (64%)
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Sex and gender; Suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution		39,605 (43%)	51,519 (57%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in South Dakota
• List of South Dakota ballot measures
• 1914 ballot measures

External links

• South Dakota Political Almanac, 1890-2012 Ballot Measure Results