Washington 1952 ballot measures

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In 1952, voters decided on seven statewide ballot measures in Washington on November 4.

• Three of the measures were Initiatives to the People.
• Four of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Voters approved six (86%) and rejected one (14%) measure.

On the ballot

November 4, 1952

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	HJR 13	Judiciary	Grant jurisdiction to superior courts for controversies up to $1000 and jurisdiction to justices of peace for controversies up to $300.	a	389,626 (55%)	323,133 (45%)
LRCA	HJR 6	Age limits; Term limits; Judiciary; Legislature	Set the retirement age for superior and supreme court judges at seventy-five and permit the legislature to set a lesser retirement age.	a	618,141 (74%)	215,958 (26%)
LRCA	HJR 8	Education; Budgets	Permit school districts to incur debt, with popular vote approval, for up to an additional five percent of assessed valuation of capital outlays.	a	409,985 (51%)	386,324 (49%)
CISS	Initiative 180	Food; Business	Legalize the production, transportation, possession, sale, use and serving of yellow oleomargarine.	a	836,580 (84%)	163,752 (16%)
CISS	Initiative 181	Time	Establish a state-wide observation of standard time, except during wartime emergencies or federal alteration of time zones.	a	597,558 (60%)	397,928 (40%)
CISS	Initiative 184	Public assistance	Transfer the state's public assistance medical program to the Department of Social Security.		265,193 (29%)	646,634 (71%)
LRCA	Substitute SJR 7	Initiative process; Ballot measures; Legislature	Prohibit the legislature from amending or repealing voter-approved laws within two years	a	468,782 (60%)	310,797 (40%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in Washington
• Types of ballot measures in Washington
• List of Washington ballot measures
• 1952 ballot measures

External links

• Washington Voter Guide (November 1952)