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Arizona

See also: Arizona 1936 ballot measures

November 3, 1936

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Measure Nos. 300-301	Healthcare and Labor and unions	Redefine the rules and regulations regarding workmen's compensation insurance		15,656 (45%)	19,302 (55%)

Arkansas

See also: Arkansas 1936 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Amendment 1	Redistricting	Provides for the Board of Apportionment to apportion representatives and senators	a
CICA	Amendment 2	Taxes	Exempts homesteads from certain state taxes	a
LRCA	Amendment 21	Gov't Salaries	Increases the salaries of criminal prosecutors	a

California

See also: California 1936 ballot propositions

November 3, 1936

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Proposition 10	Require the use of vehicle registration fees and taxes for highway purposes and require registration fees to be equal for all types of vehicles.		829,440 (44%)	1,061,114 (56%)
CICA	Proposition 11	Create the State Tenure Board to hear cases against instructors and determine tenure.		438,490 (26%)	1,259,603 (74%)
LRCA	Proposition 12	Create the Court of Criminal Appeals to succeed in jurisdiction to the Supreme Court in cases regarding the death penalty and allow the governor to appoint the first justices whose position is later filled by election.		278,498 (17%)	1,378,765 (83%)
LRCA	Proposition 13	Allow state agencies and corporations operating, managing, and controlling fairs and expositions which are given public moneys to use eminent domain.		322,526 (20%)	1,282,644 (80%)
LRCA	Proposition 14	Allow any county with one or more incorporated cities to frame and adopt a charter for a consolidated city and county with the same boundaries as the county.		793,050 (47%)	887,235 (53%)
LRCA	Proposition 15	Allow the legislature to enact laws to repay or refund from public funds for street and highway improvement purposes.	a	857,818 (53%)	764,615 (47%)
LRCA	Proposition 16	Allow water districts and water conservation districts to acquire stock in companies having water possessions and allow the treasurer to temporarily transfer funds to pay the interest and principal of bonds.		706,307 (44%)	883,339 (56%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Base tax rates for oil rights, mining rights, improvements on leased land, and improvements on land exempt from taxation on the preceding year's tax rate.	a	967,896 (62%)	605,791 (38%)
VR	Proposition 18	Uphold a tax of $0.10 per pound on oleomargarine sold in California.		400,367 (21%)	1,513,924 (79%)
LRCA	Proposition 19	Exempt costs up to $5,000 for compiling the histories of bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments from legislative expense restrictions.		709,095 (46%)	836,882 (54%)
LRCA	Proposition 20	Allow the governing bodies of political subdivisions to maintain museums and art galleries.		705,417 (43%)	917,941 (57%)
LRCA	Proposition 21	Allow the legislature to provide for punishment, custody, and care for women in a manner different than that of men convicted of similar felonies.	a	879,010 (50%)	871,558 (50%)
VR	Proposition 22	Require those owning stores to obtain a license for their store, and exempt certain businesses.		1,067,443 (44%)	1,369,778 (56%)
LRCA	Proposition 23	Rename the Railroad Commission the Public Service Commission of the State of California and eliminate the fixed term for its commissioners.		306,831 (19%)	1,331,767 (81%)
LRCA	Proposition 24	Require that the first question on a ballot for the adoption of a city or city and county charter be "Shall a board of freeholders be elected to frame a proposed new charter?".	a	834,864 (53%)	751,314 (47%)
CICA	Proposition 2	Require a vote by the majority of electors approving an income tax and repeal the 1935 Personal Income Tax Act and similar personal income tax laws.		737,629 (38%)	1,193,225 (62%)
CICA	Proposition 3	Create the Alcoholic Beverage Commission to take control of alcohol regulation and licensing.		748,486 (34%)	1,432,559 (66%)
CISS	Proposition 4	Establish procedures for the leasing of tide, submerged, or overflowed lands.		971,569 (47%)	1,081,346 (53%)
BI	Proposition 5	Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $5,000,000 for a celebration of the completion of the Boulder Dam and establish the terms of such bonds.		645,279 (39%)	1,013,332 (61%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Establish procedures for the city of Los Angeles to celebrate the completion of the Boulder Dam.		670,587 (42%)	911,223 (58%)
CICA	Proposition 7	Require that appointments be based on fitness and prohibit dismissals except for with cause after a hearing.		670,407 (36%)	1,174,612 (64%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Allow the legislature to provide for the registration of electors' conduct of elections.		471,478 (28%)	1,193,690 (72%)
CICA	Proposition 9	Allow all cities, towns, counties, cities and counties, and territories to regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages within their limits.		719,185 (33%)	1,474,571 (67%)

Colorado

See also: Colorado 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Measure 1	Taxes	Imposes an ownership tax on motor vehicles	a
CISS	Measure 2	Health Care	Provides public assistance to indigent tubercular residents	a
CICA	Measure 3	Taxes	Limits tax rates for all purposes to 20 mills in cities and towns of the first class	d
CICA	Measure 4	Taxes	Empowers the General Assembly to provide for an income tax within limitations	d
CICA	Measure 5	Pension	Provides for a $45.00 per month pension for the elderly	a
CISS	Measure 6	Labor	Amends the “workmen’s compensation act to benefit employees”	a
LRCA	Measure 7	Constitutional Rights	Permits women to serve on juries	d
LRCA	Measure 8	Taxes	Empowers the General Assembly to provide for a graduated state income tax	a
LRCA	Measure 9	Taxes	Exempts churches, schools and cemeteries from property taxes	a

Florida

See also: Florida 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment	Local Gov't	Gives the Legislature power to establish, alter or abolish, a Municipal corporation known as the City of Key West	a
LRCA	Amendment	Welfare	Establishes a statewide social security system	a

Georgia

See also: Georgia 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Classifies personal property for taxation	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	State Exec	Creates the office of lieutenant governor	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	Admin of Gov't	Creates the office of state school superintendent instead of the office of state school commissioner	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	Term Limits	Extends the term of office for constitutional officers from two years to four years	d
LRCA	Amendment 5	Judiciary	Provides for the disposition of cases delayed by an illness or death	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Local Gov't	Authorizes the city of Moultrie to pass zoning laws	a
LRCA	Amendment 7	State Exec	Provides that the lieutenant governor be the president of the senate	d

Idaho

See also: Idaho 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	HJR 1	Judiciary	Enlarges jurisdiction of Supreme Court	a
LRCA	SJR 1	Property	Gives the legislature the authority to exchange granted lands for other lands	a
VR	REFER 1	Taxes	Confirms an existing two percent sales tax	d

Iowa

See also: Iowa 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Census	Abolishes the state census	a

Maine

See also: Maine 1936 ballot measures

September 14

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Question No. 5	Hunt and Fish	Relates to the issuance of hunting and fishing licenses to residents	a
IndISS	Question No. 6	Gov't Finance	Prevents diversions of the general highway fund	a

Maryland

See also: Maryland 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Judiciary	Adds a judge to the 6th Judicial Circuit	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Legislature	Allows the governor to fill vacancies in the General Assembly	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Legislature	Removes provision that allows the general assembly to grant charters for banking purposes	a

Michigan

See also: Michigan 1936 ballot measures

November 3, 1936

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposal No. 1	Allow dangerous weapons to be introduced as evidence in criminal proceedings	a	815,221 (59%)	574,324 (41%)
LRCA	Proposal No. 2	Establish provisions for the incorporation of counties		583,057 (44%)	753,315 (56%)
CICA	Proposal No. 3	Exempt certain food products from taxation		581,485 (38%)	944,573 (62%)
CICA	Proposal No. 4	Prohibit certain property taxes and establish an income tax		382,262 (27%)	1,032,384 (73%)

Minnesota

See also: Minnesota 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property	Authorizes the legislature to exchange state public lands for federal lands	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes	Exempts personal property from taxation	d

Missouri

See also: Missouri 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Issue 1	Gov't Salaries	Authorizes a salary of $125 per month plus travel expenses for the general assembly	d
LRCA	Issue 2	Pension	Authorizes local governments to issue pensions to firefighters	a
CICA	Issue 3	Pension	Prohibits the state from withholding funds intended for teachers' pensions	a
CICA	Issue 4	Admin of Gov't	Creates the Conservation Commission	a

Montana

See also: Montana 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local gov't	Prohibits the consolidation of counties except by majority vote in counties involved	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Labor	Regards hours of labor in all industries	a
VR	IR-36	Marriage & family	Requires health certificates before marriage	d
VR	IR-37	Insurance	Provides for state insurance of public buildings	d

Nebraska

See also: Nebraska 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Admin of gov't	Abolishes the office of the land commissioner	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Banking	Removes individual liability of stockholders in banking institutions	d

Nevada

See also: Nevada 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CISS	Old Age Pensions	Pension	Relating to pensions	d

New York

See also: New York 1936 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Proposition 1	Bonds	Issues a $30 million bond for unemployment relief funds	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Con Convention	Shall there be a constitutional convention to amend the Constitution?	a

North Carolina

See also: North Carolina 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Allows for uniform taxation across property classes	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes	Increases the limitation on income taxes	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Gov't Finances	Changes the purposes for public debt	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	Exempts certain homesteads from taxation	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Judiciary	Gives the general assembly the power to increase the number of supreme court justices	a

North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 1936 ballot measures

June 24

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Referendum	Property	Deals with the assessment of property values	d
LRCA	Referendum	Elections	Deals with the election terms of county officials	d
LRCA	Referendum	Admin of Gov't	Deals with sales or rentals of state lands designated for school or university use	d
LRCA	Referendum	Admin of Gov't	Deals with the sales of school and public lands	d
LRCA	Referendum	Direct Democracy	Increases initiative and referendum signature requirements to 20,000	d
VR	Referendum	Taxes	Keeps a 1935 income tax measure	d
VR	Referendum	Business	Regulates livestock packing plant practices	d
VR	Referendum	Local Gov't	Delineates jurisdictions of police magistrates and city justices	d
VR	Referendum	Alcohol	Grants more municipal control regarding liquor sales	d
CISS	Initiative	Elections	Abolishes the use of absent voters ballots	d
CISS	Initiative	Elections	Makes it unlawful to expend federal funds in the state for political purposes	d

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CISS	Initiative	Alcohol	Legalizes the sale of liquor and allocating the tax and license revenue for apportionment to Counties to reduce real estate taxes	a

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1936 ballot measures

November 3, 1936

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Prohibition of the Taxation of Food Initiative	Prohibit the levy or collection of excise taxes on the sale or purchase of food for human consumption	a	1,585,327 (69%)	719,966 (31%)
LRCA	Stockholder Liability Amendment	Eliminate the liability of individual stockholders of corporations authorized to receive money or deposits	a	1,078,170 (57%)	824,968 (43%)

Oklahoma

See also: Oklahoma 1936 ballot measures

July 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	State Question 225	Welfare	Creates and funds state social security and public welfare programs	a
CISS	State Question 226	Welfare	Creates and funds state social security and public welfare programs	a
CISS	State Question 230	Environment	Provides for conservation of water, soil and reclamation projects	d

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	State Question 207	Pension	Authorizes cities to pension meritorious and disabled police officers	a
LRCA	State Question 210	Education	Relieves the State Board of Agriculture of their duties as Board of Regents	d
CICA	State Question 222	Alcohol	Repeals the state prohibition amendment, and replaces it with lesser alcohol regulation laws	d

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1936 ballot measures

January 31

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Measure 1	Elections	Moves primary nominating elections from May to the first Friday after the first Monday in September	d
LRCA	Measure 2	Gov't Salaries	Provides that legislative compensation be determined by law, rather than amendment	d
LRSS	Measure 3	Taxes	Imposes a 2% sales tax on retail sales and a 0.25% sales tax on wholesale sales for the purpose of providing funds for public assistance to the elderly, children and the blind	d
VR	Measure 4	Education	Authorizes public higher educational institutions to collect a $5 per term activity fee from students	d

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Measure 1	Welfare	Reduces the eligibility age of old age public assistance from 70 to 65	d
CICA	Measure 2	Business	Forbids regulation of any commercial advertisement as long as the advertisement is true	d
CICA	Measure 3	Taxes	Authorizes any school district having over 100,000 people to levy taxes for 1937 that are no more than 80% of the total 1932 tax levy of a given district	d
CISS	Measure 4	War & Peace	Disallows military courses, drills and services as requirements for higher education degrees	d
CICA	Measure 5	Taxes	Limits and reduces the total permissible state tax on real and tangible property to six mills per dollar of assessed and equalized valuation thereof	d
CISS	Measure 6	Energy	Allows the state to purchase electric energy from and secure building of transmission lines by the United States, to develop hydroelectric power and authorize such development to be financed by state bonds	d
CICA	Measure 7	Admin of Gov't	Provides that the board of control shall administer laws which may be enacted regarding state hydroelectric power	d
CISS	Measure 8	Banking	Creates a state owned and operated “Bank of Oregon”	d

South Dakota

See also: South Dakota 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Legislature Membership	Legislature	Reduces the membership of the legislature	a
LRCA	State Treasurer Term Limits	State exec	Limits the state treasurer to two terms	a
LRCA	Superintendents of Schools Elections	Elections	Makes election of superintendents of schools nonpartisan	a
LRCA	Debt Limit for Internal Improvements	Gov't Finances	Allows internal improvements with a debt limit of 0.5 percent of state properties	a
LRCA	Responsibility of Bank Shareholders	Business reg	Makes state bank shareholders individually responsible	a

Texas

See also: Texas 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1	Alcohol	Establishes a state dispensary system for the sale of alcohol	d
LRCA	Proposition 2	Redistricting	Limits every county to seven representatives under any apportionment	a
LRCA	Proposition 3	Gov't salaries	Increases the salary of state executive officials	a
LRCA	Proposition 4	Pension	Authorizes the creation of a retirement fund for school employees	a
LRCA	Proposition 5	Labor	Provides for the payment of workmen's compensation insurance for state employees	a
LRCA	Proposition 6	Admin of gov't	Provides for a board of pardons and paroles	a

Vermont

See also: Vermont 1936 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Question 1	Forests and parks	Vermont Green Mountain Parkway Act	d Effective date of April 1, 1941

Washington

See also: Washington 1936 ballot measures

November 3, 1936

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	HJR 10	Energy	Authorize the state's production and distribution of electric energy and bond issuance for energy and energy districts.		173,930 (38%)	278,543 (62%)
ITP	Initiative 101	Civil service	Establish a civil service system for all employees in the state, counties, cities, schools, public libraries, parks and ports.		208,904 (41%)	300,274 (59%)
ITP	Initiative 114	Property and Taxes	Limit property tax levy for state, county, city, school district and road districts to forty mills and tax levy for public universities to two mills.	a	417,641 (78%)	120,478 (22%)
ITP	Initiative 115	Pension	Establish a state pension department, eligibility requirements, and pension amounts, and authorize tax revenue to raise funds.		152,551 (30%)	354,162 (70%)
ITP	Initiative 119	Labor and unions and Public works	Create Production for Use Districts to employ the unemployed to produce and distribute commodities.		97,329 (21%)	370,140 (79%)
LRSS	Referendum 4	Budgets	Establish a State Flood Control Fund through the issuance of bonds and tax levies and authorization of indebtedness.		114,055 (25%)	334,035 (75%)
LRCA	SJR 20	Govt salaries and State leg	Amend compensation of legislators to five dollars per day for expenses and five dollars per day for services.		124,639 (28%)	313,660 (72%)
LRCA	SJR 7	Taxes	Provide state uniform tax policies, authorize the legislature to provide exemptions and graduated net income tax but not county tax.		93,598 (22%)	328,675 (78%)

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Gov't Accountability	Amends a ban on public officials receiving free passes and other privileges to exclude public notaries and certain railroad and public utility employees	a

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