Missouri 1922 ballot measures

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In 1922, voters decided on 19 statewide ballot measures in Missouri on November 7.

• Two of the measures were initiated state statutes.
• Three of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Two of the measures were legislatively referred state statutes.
• Twelve of the measures were veto referendums.
• Voters approved two (11%) and rejected seventeen (89%) measures.

On the ballot

November 7, 1922

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries	Increase the pay of General Assembly members from $5 per 70 days to $10 per 100 days		235,045 (34%)	454,020 (66%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Sex and gender; Constitutional wording	Remove the word 'male' from the state constitution's suffrage provision	a	383,499 (56%)	299,404 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Transportation; Transportation	Authorize the motor vehicle license fees to fund road maintenance from motor vehicle license fees after principal and interest of road bonds is paid	a	484,884 (68%)	233,379 (32%)
VR	Proposition 10	Judiciary structure	Refer a law that abolishes the 38 judicial circuit and Sturgeon Court of Common Pleas and creates 34 new judicial circuits		247,484 (39%)	394,637 (61%)
VR	Proposition 11	Labor; Administrative organization	Refer a law that establishes a workmen's compensation and creating a commission to administer it		288,384 (45%)	356,001 (55%)
VR	Proposition 12	Public education governance	Refer a law that established a county school district and a county board of education		291,157 (43%)	381,320 (57%)
VR	Proposition 13	Local government; Judiciary structure	Refer a law that abolishes township justices of the peace in cities with populations between 100,000 and 300,000 and transfers their pending business to legally designated justices of the peace		234,288 (38%)	386,680 (62%)
VR	Proposition 14	Judiciary; Salaries; Judiciary structure; Judicial authority	Refer article IX, chapter 22, R. S. 1919, and enact a new article setting new eligibility standards, expanding justice court jurisdiction, establishing a presiding justice, requiring bonds, defining duties and powers, and setting salaries		232,704 (38%)	386,663 (62%)
LRSS	Proposition 15	Local government; Judiciary	Allow county court judges to appoint additional justices of the peace in certain municipalities		230,917 (37%)	386,315 (63%)
VR	Proposition 16	Local government	Abolish the office of constable in certain townships		231,601 (38%)	382,915 (62%)
VR	Proposition 17	Redistricting	Repeal a law that divided Missouri into 16 congressional districts		240,340 (38%)	386,522 (62%)
CISS	Proposition 18	Labor; Tort law	Establish liability for personal injuries or death caused by another's wrongful act or negligence, replaces contributory negligence with comparative negligence, abolishes the fellow servant rule, limits the assumption of risk defense to jury decisions, holds employers liable for employee injuries caused by coworkers, and repeals the Workman's Compensation Act while regulating related legal proceedings		141,149 (20%)	561,882 (80%)
CISS	Proposition 19	Redistricting	Establish the apportionment of the state into Senatorial Districts from the previous United States census		227,000 (37%)	379,615 (63%)
LRSS	Proposition 4	Administrative organization	Establish a Department of Labor, consolidating the responsibilities and authority of various boards, commissions, and officers into the new department		257,987 (40%)	384,708 (60%)
VR	Proposition 5	Tax administration; Administrative organization	Refer a law that created a State Department of Budget		267,241 (42%)	375,676 (58%)
VR	Proposition 6	Administrative organization	Refer a law that abolished the office of State Inspector of Oils and transferring the authority to the Supervisor of Public Welfare		274,530 (42%)	383,370 (58%)
VR	Proposition 7	Alcohol; Administrative organization	Refer a law that abolished the office of State Beverage Inspector and transferring those duties to the Supervisor of Public Welfare		276,641 (43%)	365,406 (57%)
VR	Proposition 8	Public assistance; Administrative organization	Refer a law that created an office of Supervisor of Public Welfare and transferring the powers of the Food and Drug Commissioner to it		262,816 (41%)	371,812 (59%)
VR	Proposition 9	Agriculture; Administrative organization	Refer a law that created a Department of Agriculture		252,060 (40%)	378,181 (60%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
• Types of ballot measures in Missouri
• List of Missouri ballot measures
• 1922 ballot measures