Texas 1936 ballot measures

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In 1936, voters decided on six statewide ballot measures in Texas on November 3.

• The six measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Voters approved five (83%) and rejected one (17%) measure.

On the ballot

November 3, 1936

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Alcohol	Establish a state-ran dispensary system, which would give the state the exclusive right to purchase liquor at wholesale and sell it at retail		247,198 (40%)	373,919 (60%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Redistricting	Limit county representatives at seven, except for counties with over 700,000 people, which get an extra representative for each additional 100,000 people	a	344,173 (59%)	238,879 (41%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Salaries; Executive officials	Increase annual salaries of the governor to $12,000, secretary of state to $5,000, attorney general to $10,000, and other executive officials to $6,000	a	326,856 (54%)	275,060 (46%)
LRCA	Proposition 4	Public retirement funds	Create the Teachers' Retirement System for public school, college, and university employees funded by the state	a	323,725 (53%)	289,763 (47%)
LRCA	Proposition 5	Labor	Grant the legislature to power to pass the laws necessary to provide workers' compensation insurance coverage for state employees	a	356,611 (60%)	237,563 (40%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Administration; Law enforcement	Establish a board of pardons and paroles, making gubernatorial pardons contingent on board recommendations, except in treason cases	a	422,224 (72%)	167,916 (28%)

See also

• Types of ballot measures in Texas
• List of Texas ballot measures
• 1936 ballot measures

External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments