South Dakota Headlights on Locomotives Required Referendum (1910)
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| Topic Business regulations and Railways |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
South Dakota Headlights on Locomotives Required Referendum was on the ballot as a veto referendum in South Dakota on November 8, 1910. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported requiring all railway corporations to install headlights on their locomotives. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring all railway corporations to install headlights on their locomotives. |
Election results
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| Yes | 37,914 | 43.16% | ||
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49,938 | 56.84% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Headlights on Locomotives Required Referendum was as follows:
| “ | An Act Requiring All Railway Corporations or Receivers or Lessee Operating a Line or Railway in the State of South Dakota to Equip its Locomotive Engines Used for the Passenger Trains With Electric or other Headlights of Not less Than Fifteen Hundred Candle Power Without the Aid of a Reflector and Giving the Railroad Commissioners Power to Order Headlights of Such Candle Power as They May Deem Necessary on All Other Locomotive Engines, and Providing a Penalty for the Violation of This Act. | ” |
Path to the ballot
A veto referendum is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that asks voters whether to uphold or repeal an enacted law. This type of ballot measure is also called statute referendum, popular referendum, people's veto, or citizen's veto. There are 23 states that allow citizens to initiate veto referendums.
In South Dakota, the number of signatures required for a veto referendum is equal to 5% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. Signatures for veto referendums are due 90 days following the final adjournment of the legislative session at which the targeted bill was passed. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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