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Alabama

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October 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Proposes to levy and collect an income tax	d

Georgia

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August 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Con Convention	Adopts a revised constitution	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Pension	Relates to pensions in Fulton County	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	Relates to taxes in Irwin County	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Pension	Relates to a retirement fund in Bibb County	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Gov't Finances	Relates to school debt in the city of Atlanta	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	Relates to taxes in Fulton County	a
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes	Relates to a licensing tax in Fulton County	a
LRCA	Amendment 8	Gov't Salaries	Relates to the salary of the Brunswick circuit court judge	a
LRCA	Amendment 9	Gov't Finances	Relates to debt in Fulton County	a
LRCA	Amendment 10	Taxes	Relates to an education tax in Fulton County	a
LRCA	Amendment 11	Taxes	Relates to a school tax in Chatham County	a
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes	Relates to taxes in DeKalb County	a

Kentucky

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Absentee Ballots Referendum	Elections	Allows for absentee voting	a
LRCA	Highway Taxes Referendum	Taxes	Guarantees that receipts from certain tax sources shall be placed in the highway fund	a

Michigan

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April 2, 1945

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposal 1	Increase the tax millage for certain purposes		115,463 (33%)	231,742 (67%)
LRCA	Proposal 2	Allow the state to aid in the improvement of waterways	a	189,313 (58%)	138,558 (42%)

Montana

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June 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	R-49	Transportation	Authorizes the issuance of debentures for the state highway fund	a

New York

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Admin of Gov't	Requires the joint election of the governor and lieutenant-governor	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Admin of Gov't	Provides and procedure for filling vacancies in the offices of governor and lieutenant-governor	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Direct Democracy	Removes the disqualification of certain electors in a nonpersonal election district	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Redistricting	Provides that some towns with a certain population can be divided while creating senate and assembly districts	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Local Gov't	Permits that 2/3rds of a county governing body can request the enactment of special or local laws without the approval of the county executive officer	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Veterans	Gives disabled veterans preference in civil service appointments	a

Oregon

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June 22

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Measure 1	Taxes	Levies a tax for two years of $5 million annually for the creation of a state building fund	a
LRSS	Measure 2	Taxes	Levies a one-tenth of one cent tax on every cigarette sold and allocates such revenues to the state public school assistance fund	d

Texas

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August 25

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1	Taxes	Exempts certain members of the military from paying a poll tax	a
LRCA	Proposition 2	Judiciary	Provides for a nine member supreme court	a
LRCA	Proposition 3	Gov't salaries	Provides for a continuous salary for legislators	d
LRCA	Proposition 4	Welfare	Provides assistance to the elderly, blind and children	a
LRCA	Proposition 5	Veterans	Creates the Veterans' Land Fund	a

Wisconsin

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April 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	Abolishes the office of the Justice of the Peace in first class cities	a
LRCA	Question 2	Transportation	Authorizes state funds for airports and aeronautical programs	a

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