South Dakota 1918 ballot measures

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In 1918, voters decided on 13 statewide ballot measures in South Dakota on November 5.

• Twelve of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One of the measures was an indirect initiated state statute.
• Voters approved twelve (92%) and rejected one (8%) measures.

On the ballot

November 5, 1918

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Income taxes	Enact a graduated individual income tax	a	50,970 (67%)	25,047 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Judiciary	Allow the Legislature to select a replacement judge for the Supreme Court when a judge is disqualified from the proceedings	a	41,646 (63%)	24,778 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Property	Reduce the down payment on the sales of school lands	a	45,809 (68%)	21,855 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Salaries	Increase the salaries of state officials		26,784 (39%)	42,779 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment F	Fossil fuels; Mineral resources; Business	Allow the state mine, distribute, and sell coal	a	40,632 (61%)	25,922 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment G	Debt limits	Allow the state to incur debt for internal improvement	a	42,097 (63%)	24,424 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment H	Debt limits	Allow the state to incur debt for internal improvement	a	34,821 (56%)	27,886 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment I	Hydroelectric	Allow the state to develop and provide water power	a	41,658 (63%)	24,429 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment J	Business	Allow the state to produce and sell cement	a	38,108 (60%)	25,702 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment K	Storm infrastructure; Agriculture; Insurance; Property taxes	Declare hail insurance a public purpose and allow the Legislature to levy assessments on agricultural land to provide hail insurance	a	41,162 (61%)	25,896 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment L	Agriculture; Business	Allow the state to construct and maintain grain elevators and warehouses and to do business with the flour and meat-packing business.	a	41,292 (62%)	25,545 (38%)
IndISS	Initiated Law 1	Election administration; Primary elections	Decrease the cost of primary elections, and hold government parties more accountable	a	47,891 (58%)	34,705 (42%)
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Sex and gender; Suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	a	49,318 (63%)	28,934 (37%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in South Dakota
• List of South Dakota ballot measures
• 1918 ballot measures

External links

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