1944 ballot measures
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Alabama
See also: Alabama 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Gov't Finances | Proposes to regulate, alter, or fix fees and salaries for the county | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Taxes | Proposes to exempt veterans of foreign wars from the poll tax | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Elections | Proposes that a county office candidates need a 25 percent vote to run in a general election | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Law Enforcement | Proposes that the sheriff shall hold office for six years and is culpable for any harm made to a prisoner | |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Gov't Finances | Proposes to regulate, alter, or fix fees and salaries for the county | |
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Taxes | Proposes to levy a property tax in the city of Mobile |
Arizona
See also: Arizona 1944 ballot measures
November 7, 1944
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Measure Nos. 100-101 | Welfare | Provide permanently disabled, disabled veterans, widowed, or blind individuals with public welfare benefits |
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22,698 (23%) |
77,693 (77%) |
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Measure Nos. 300-301 | Welfare | Provide for the establishment of a state system for public old-age assistance benefits |
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37,287 (44%) |
48,228 (56%) |
Arkansas
See also: Arkansas 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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CICA | Amendment 34 | Taxes | Proposes an amendment about a county library tax | |
CICA | Amendment 35 | Labor | Protects the right to work regardless of affiliation with a labor union | |
CICA | Amendment 36 | Hunting & fishing | Proposes an amendment for the game and fish commission | |
CICA | Amendment 37 | Elections | Exempts members of the armed forces from a poll tax | |
CICA | Amendment 38 | Term limits | Sets four year term limits for the Governor and Lt. Governor | |
CISS | Act 2 | Animals | Repeals horse and dog racing | |
CISS | Act 3 | Healthcare | Proposes an initiatve about the Hollingsworth state hospital system |
California
See also: California 1944 ballot propositions
May 16, 1944
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Proposition 1 | Remove the property tax exemption from federal property, except from property exempted under federal law. |
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1,059,398 (69%) |
485,959 (31%) |
November 7, 1944
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Proposition 10 | Allow the legislature, during times of war, to approve a suspension on the prohibition against increasing the compensation of local officers. |
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1,250,876 (52%) |
1,156,956 (48%) |
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Proposition 11 | Establish a $60 monthly payment to those above 60 or are permanently disabled and create an income tax to fund such payments. |
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1,017,924 (33%) |
2,089,102 (67%) |
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Proposition 12 | Declare that there is a right to employment regardless if one belongs to a labor organization. |
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1,304,418 (41%) |
1,893,589 (59%) |
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Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $30,000,000 for helping war veterans acquire farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds. |
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2,385,571 (88%) |
333,892 (12%) |
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Proposition 2 | Extend the property tax exemption to veterans who served during times of peace and were honorably released and to veterans who have continued their service. |
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2,244,775 (80%) |
557,949 (20%) |
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Proposition 3 | Allow the legislature to set the pay for the Lieutenant Governor, Controller, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Treasurer |
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1,285,238 (52%) |
1,163,543 (48%) |
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Proposition 4 | Exempt property owned for religious, hospital, or charitable non-profit purposes from taxation |
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1,532,141 (55%) |
1,277,160 (45%) |
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Proposition 5 | Authorize the legislature to allow the reinstatement of public officers and employees who resign to serve in the armed forces. |
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2,230,692 (86%) |
372,722 (14%) |
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Proposition 6 | Establish that the session of the legislature shall not exceed 60 days and require that budget and appropriation bill should cover one year. |
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935,763 (40%) |
1,408,066 (60%) |
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Proposition 7 | Provide that members of the legislature receive the necessary funds to cover their attendance of legislative sessions. |
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1,285,929 (54%) |
1,081,759 (46%) |
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Proposition 8 | Declare that all deeds issued because of tax delinquency or assessments are valid unless declared invalid by a court. |
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745,771 (33%) |
1,539,318 (67%) |
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Proposition 9 | Increase the amount of money given to public elementary schools to 166.66% of the amount of generated by counties. |
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1,753,818 (64%) |
996,808 (36%) |
Colorado
See also: Colorado 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Measure 1 | Constitutional Rights | Permits women to serve on juries | |
CICA | Measure 2 | Property | Provides foreigners eligible for citizenship the ability to acquire and dispose of real and personal property | |
CISS | Measure 3 | Pension | Appropriates $1.5 million in funds annually for old age pensions in order to pay the full pension to each recipient | |
CICA | Measure 4 | Veterans | Provides preference to honorably discharged veterans and their widows in the civil service by giving such persons extra points in civil service exams |
Florida
See also: Florida 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Taxes | Relates to special tax rates for intangible property | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Legislature | Designates new senatorial districts | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Judiciary | Relates to justice districts and justices of the peace | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Judiciary | Makes state attorneys, judges of the criminal courts of record and county solicitors elected positions | |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Labor | Declares that the right of a person to work shall not be affected by union membership and preserves collective bargaining | |
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Local Gov't | Relates to uniform county and municipal government and the classification of cities and towns | |
LRCA | Amendment 7 | Term limits | Relates to term limits for persons appointed or elected to fill vacancies | |
LRCA | Amendment 8 | Local Gov't | Provides for five county commissioners districts in each county | |
LRCA | Amendment 10 | Taxes | Provides for the assessment and collection of property taxes in Hillsborough County |
Idaho
See also: Idaho 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | HJR 3 | State Exec | Abolishes the State Board of Prison Commissioners | |
LRCA | HJR 4 | State Exec | Grants the Governor pardoning powers | |
LRCA | SJR 1 | Term limits | Sets four year term limits for state officers | |
LRCA | SJR 3 | Admin of Gov't | Replaces the State Board of Equalization with a State Tax Commission | |
LRCA | SJR 4 | Taxes | Exempts federal government property from taxation |
Illinois
See also: Illinois 1944 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Illinois County Officer Term Limit Amendment | Term Limits | Shall the county officer term limit provision be removed from the constitution? | |
LRSS | Banking Law Amendment | Banking | Shall the banking law be amended? |
Maine
See also: Maine 1944 ballot measures
September 11
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Highway Fund Use | Gov't Finance | Limits use of taxes from vehicles and fuel to highway purposes |
Maryland
See also: Maryland 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Constitutions | Repeals Article 38 of the Declaration of Rights | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Judiciary | Provides for a Court of Appeals of five judges | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Judiciary | Provides for the assignment of judges by the Court of Appeals | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Gov't salaries | Relates to the salaries of State's Attorneys | |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Local gov't | Provides for the creation of the Baltimore Redevelopment Commission | |
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Constitutions | Relates to the publication of amendments to the Constitution |
Massachusetts
See also: Massachusetts 1944 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Question 1 | Direct Democracy | Requires a fair and concise summary of each ballot question to be sent to voters | |
LRCA | Question 2 | Judiciary | Relating to allowing certain non-profits to conduct games of chance | |
LRCA | Question 3 | Legislature | Reinstates an annual session for the state legislature and an annual budget | |
LRCA | Question 4 | Constitutional Rights | Allows absentee voting for people with physical disabilities | |
VR | Question 5 | Gambling | Permits non-profit organizations to conduct games of chance |
Michigan
See also: Michigan 1944 ballot measures
November 7, 1944
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Proposal No. 1 | Allow the legislative bodies of villages and cities to establish how much water may be provided to places outside the corporate limits of the village or city |
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860,219 (60%) |
568,090 (40%) |
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Proposal No. 2 | Allow members of the legislature to run and be elected to other state offices while during their term as legislator, provided that the term for the legislature and the other state office do not overlap |
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676,142 (48%) |
725,858 (52%) |
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Proposal No. 3 | Set the compensation of members of the legislature at $5.00 per day during their term of office |
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614,300 (43%) |
803,104 (57%) |
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Proposal No. 4 | Allow Wayne County to adopt a charter |
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638,876 (43%) |
851,926 (57%) |
Minnesota
See also: Minnesota 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Transportation | Authorizes state construction and operation of airports |
Missouri
See also: Missouri 1944 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Issue 1 | Gov't Finances | Permits the legislature to manage public school funds | |
CICA | Issue 2 | State legislature | Creates a unicameral legislature |
Montana
See also: Montana 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Education | Apportions income from public school funds |
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LRCA | Amendment 2 | Term limits | Regards term limits of certain county officers | |
CISS | I-48 | Business | Authorizes and regulates the practice of osteopathy |
Nebraska
See also: Nebraska 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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CISS | Initiative 1 | Alcohol | Prohibits the trafficking of liquor | |
CICA | Amendment 1 | Taxes | Prohibits the diversion of the gas tax |
Nevada
See also: Nevada 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Question 1 | State legislatures measures | Proposes amending Section 12 of Article 4 of the Constitution to make mandatory an election to fill vacancies in the Legislature at either the next biennial election or regular election at which county officers are to be elected. | |
CISS | Question 2 | Welfare | Regarding pensions for the elderly |
North Carolina
See also: North Carolina 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Admin of gov't | Makes commissioners officers members of the council of state | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Admin of gov't | Exempts notaries public from the prohibition of public officers holding more than one office at the same time | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Admin of gov't | Changes the board of education amendment | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Gov't salaries | Provides that the general assembly fix the compensation for the lieutenant governor | |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Property | Requires a wife's signature to make the deed of a homestead valid |
North Dakota
See also: North Dakota 1944 ballot measures
June 27
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRSS | Equalization Fund Referendum | Taxes | Relates to a tax for the state equalization fund | |
LRSS | Public Lands Referendum | Admin of Gov't | Relates to regulations for sales of school and public lands | |
CISS | Income Tax Repeal Initiative | Taxes | Repeals state income tax |
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Legislative Pay Referendum | Gov't Salaries | Increases state legislators pay | |
LRCA | Municipal Liquor Referendum | Alcohol | Allows for municipal liquor stores | |
CISS | Highway Financing Initiative | Bonds | Authorizes issuance of $12,360,000 in bonds for state highway construction and maintenance | |
CISS | Alcohol Sales Initiative | Alcohol | Prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages where commodities other than tobacco and soft drinks are sold |
Ohio
See also: Ohio 1944 ballot measures
November 7, 1944
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Revision of Judicial Jurisdiction and Procedures Amendment | Revise judicial procedures and jurisdictions and provide means for laws to be passed relative to the qualifications of court of appeals judges |
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1,279,216 (67%) |
633,813 (33%) |
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Supreme Court Temporary Judges Amendment (1944) | Allow appeals court judges to temporarily stand in place of absent supreme court judges if they are unable to serve |
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1,429,635 (70%) |
611,276 (30%) |
Oklahoma
See also: Oklahoma 1944 ballot measures
July 11
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | State Question 309 | Law enforcement | Creates a Pardon and Parole Board | |
LRCA | State Question 310 | Education | Creates a Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College | |
LRCA | State Question 311 | Education | Creates a Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College | |
LRSS | State Question 312 | Elections | Provides for a run-off primary election | |
LRCA | State Question 313 | Gov't Finances | Provides that accrued surplus of the general fund be applied to the state's bonded indebtedness |
Oregon
See also: Oregon 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Measure 1 | Banking | Continued double liability and authorized banking firms to provide security through membership in the federal deposit insurance corporation for the benefit of depositors | |
LRCA | Measure 2 | Local Gov't | Allows counties, by majority vote of the constituents therein, to adopt a county manager and commission form of county government | |
LRCA | Measure 3 | Veterans | Provides loans on security of farms and homes for residents who served in the military against the WWII Axis powers and levies a two mill tax upon property to create the veterans’ fund | |
LRCA | Measure 4 | Suffrage | Provides that voting rights be forfeited by conviction of any crime punishable by imprisonment, substitutes the constitutional word “insane” for “mentally diseased” and allows future changes to voting forfeitures to be done through law | |
LRSS | Measure 5 | Veterans | Provides educational aid to war veterans of World War II, authorizes two-tenths of a mill tax on property to provide funds for aid and directs the superintendent of public instruction to investigate educational institutions receiving aid for veterans | |
LRSS | Measure 6 | Taxes | Imposes a tax on the gross receipts from retail sails of tangible property and distributes revenues from such a tax to old-age assistance, property tax reduction and common school support | |
VR | Measure 7 | Alcohol | Requires that all intoxicating liquors containing over fourteen percent alcohol to be sold exclusively by the liquor control commission and provides punishments for violating such | |
CICA | Measure 8 | Education | Creates a state fund to support schools from revenues already provided from taxes for school support, provides not less than forty-five cents per child per day of attendance, and reduces property tax levies in local districts | |
CICA | Measure 9 | Taxes | Levies a tax on gross incomes not less than three percent and not more than five percent to create a retirement and disability fund |
South Dakota
See also: South Dakota 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Educational Fund Loans | Gov't Finances | Restricts loans on educational funds | |
LRCA | Educational and Charitable Institutions | Education | Reclassifies educational and charitable institutions |
Texas
See also: Texas 1944 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Proposition 1 | Pension | Allows cities and towns to provide a system of pensions for their officers and employees | |
LRCA | Proposition 2 | Pension | Allows the legislature to provide for a statewide pension system to city officers and employees | |
LRCA | Proposition 3 | Taxes | Allows county commissioners to reallocate tax rates upon voter approval |
Washington
See also: Washington 1944 ballot measures
November 7, 1944
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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HJR 1 | Property and Taxes | Provide for a constitutional amendment that limits the tax on real and personal property to forty mills. |
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357,488 (67%) |
179,273 (33%) |
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HJR 4 | Taxes and Transportation | Provide for a constitutional amendment that limits revenue from vehicle-related fees and taxes to be used for highways. |
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358,581 (69%) |
160,898 (31%) |
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Initiative 157 | Welfare | Expand social security and unemployment aid to veterans and government employees and grants to blind and senior citizens. |
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240,565 (37%) |
404,256 (63%) |
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Initiative 158 | Taxes and Welfare | Establish three percent income tax to fund $60 monthly payments to the elderly, blind, disabled and widowed. |
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184,405 (30%) |
437,502 (70%) |
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Referendum 25 | Labor and unions and Utilities | Permit joint public utility districts to unionize and implement taxes on their operations instead of property. |
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297,919 (44%) |
373,051 (56%) |
Wisconsin
See also: Wisconsin 1944 ballot measures
April 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRSS | Question 1 | Education | Creates a two-tenths of a cent on the dollar property tax to help reduce high school tuitions |
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