1949 ballot measures
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Alabama
See also: Alabama 1949 ballot measures
December 13
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Bonds | Proposes to allow and regulate the issuing of bonds | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Gov't Finances | Proposes to authorize certain counties the right to indebtedness | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Taxes | Proposes to allow certain counties to levy and collect a county tax for health facilities | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Gov't Finances | Proposes to regulate county fees and salaries | |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Utilities | Proposes to authorize a special school district tax | |
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Taxes | Proposes to allow a special county school tax in certain counties | |
LRCA | Amendment 7 | Taxes | Proposes to authorize the levying and collecting of a county tax | |
LRCA | Amendment 8 | Taxes | Proposes to authorize the levying and collecting of a school tax and establish a new school district | |
LRCA | Amendment 9 | Taxes | Proposes to authorize a special school district tax |
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California
See also: California 1949 ballot propositions
November 8, 1949
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Proposition 10 | Remove Section 26a of Article I of the Constitution, which was inoperable and regarded the effective date of the prohibition amendment. |
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1,409,094 (71%) |
582,960 (29%) |
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Proposition 11 | Eliminate sections from the Constitution. |
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565,511 (28%) |
1,465,325 (72%) |
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Proposition 12 | Establish the time standard in California as Standard Pacific Time and establish daylight saving time. |
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1,406,257 (55%) |
1,167,846 (45%) |
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Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $250,000,000 for loans and grants for school districts and establish the terms of such bonds. |
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1,890,779 (73%) |
706,570 (27%) |
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Proposition 2 | Reinstate the Old Age Security and Aid to Blind plan to pay people of old age $75 per month and blind people $85 per month. |
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1,560,484 (58%) |
1,152,329 (42%) |
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Proposition 3 | Establish limits on budget sessions of the legislature and set the salary of legislators. |
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1,312,445 (57%) |
985,646 (43%) |
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Proposition 4 | Eliminate inoperative provisions. |
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1,392,453 (66%) |
702,170 (34%) |
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Proposition 5 | Repeal Section 19 of Article XX of the state constitution, relating to the Constitutional Convention of 1878-1879, |
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1,439,537 (71%) |
602,249 (29%) |
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Proposition 6 | Repeal Section 1a of Article IV of the state Constitution, which relates to the effective date of statutes enacted by the 1933 legislature. |
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1,439,501 (72%) |
568,815 (28%) |
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Proposition 7 | Delete inoperative provisions in the Constitution relating to taxation. |
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1,481,941 (72%) |
587,005 (28%) |
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Proposition 8 | Eliminate a duplicate section from the Constitution, remove sections from the Constitution, and expand the legislature's power in giving money. |
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1,451,034 (72%) |
562,623 (28%) |
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Proposition 9 | Repeal Sections 4 to 9 of Article XXII of the Constitution. |
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1,431,923 (72%) |
554,202 (28%) |
Georgia
See also: Georgia 1949 ballot measures
April 5
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Taxes | Relates to the consolidation of taxes |
Kentucky
See also: Kentucky 1949 ballot measures
November 8
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Appropriated School Funds Referendum | Education | Changes the percentage of state appropriated school funds to be divided on a per capita basis | |
LRCA | Officials' Salaries Referendum | Gov't Salaries | Repeals the $5,000 salary limit |
New Jersey
See also: New Jersey 1949 ballot measures
November 8
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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BI | Question 1 | Bond issues on the ballot | Allows for $25 million in bonds for state institutional buildings. | |
BI | Question 2 | Bond issues on the ballot | Allows for $105 million in bonds for bonuses for veterans. | |
BI | Question 3 | Bond issues on the ballot | Allows for $100 million in bonds for housing assistance. |
New York
See also: New York 1949 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRSS | Proposition 1 | Gov't Finances | Issues loans to cities, towns, villages and authorities for slum clearance and low-rent housing | |
LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 1 | Admin of Gov't | Relates to the succession of the governor-elect in the event of his/her death. | |
LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 2 | Veterans | Authorizes the payment of a war bonus to members of the armed forces | |
LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 3 | Judiciary | Establishes a court of claims as constitutional court of record | |
LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 4 | Admin of Gov't | Provides further penalties for public officers that refuse to give testimony | |
LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 5 | Veterans | Relates to revising veterans' preference in civil service employment | |
LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 6 | Gov't Finances | Relates to the powers of certain villages to contract indebtedness for low-rent housing | |
LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 7 | Gov't Finances | Changes the power of counties, cities, towns and villages to contract indebtedness | |
LRCA | Proposed Amendment No. 8 | Taxes | Changes the limitation on the amount of real estate taxes that can be levied by counties, cities, villages and certain school districts |
North Carolina
See also: North Carolina 1949 ballot measures
June 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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BI | Referendum 1 | Bonds | Issues $200 million in bonds for roads | |
BI | Referendum 2 | Bonds | Issues $25 million in bonds for school construction |
Ohio
See also: Ohio 1949 ballot measures
November 8, 1949
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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County Probate Judges Amendment | Allow counties to have more than one probate judge. |
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874,291 (50%) |
876,647 (50%) |
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Manufacture and Sale of Colored Oleomargarine Initiative | Allow the manufacture and sale of colored oleomargarine. |
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1,282,206 (62%) |
799,473 (38%) |
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Voting for Individual Candidates Initiative | Require voters to individually select the candidates they wanted to vote for and remove the "straight ticket" option from ballots. |
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1,007,693 (57%) |
750,206 (43%) |
Oklahoma
See also: Oklahoma 1949 ballot measures
September 27
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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CICA | State Question 343 | Alcohol | Repeals the state's alcohol prohibition laws | |
LRCA | State Question 348 | Gov't Finances | Allows state indebtedness to construct, remodel and repair state buildings |
Texas
See also: Texas 1949 ballot measures
November 8
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Proposition 1 | Civil service | Provides civil service in counties upon voter approval | |
LRCA | Proposition 2 | Legislature | Provided for annual legislative sessions and salaries | |
LRCA | Proposition 3 | Admin of gov't | Establishes hospital districts | |
LRCA | Proposition 4 | Elections | Repeals the poll tax and requires voter registration | |
LRCA | Proposition 5 | Local gov't | Creates city and county health departments | |
LRCA | Proposition 6 | Pension | Provides a statewide system of retirement and disability pensions for county officials and employees | |
LRCA | Proposition 7 | Judiciary | Provides that district courts conduct proceedings at the county seat | |
LRCA | Proposition 8 | Admin of gov't | Creates rural fire prevention districts | |
LRCA | Proposition 9 | Trials | Provides for trials without a jury in lunacy cases | |
LRCA | Proposition 10 | Trials | Qualifies women as jurors |
Wisconsin
See also: Wisconsin 1949 ballot measures
April 5
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Question 1 | Veterans | Allows internal improvement debt for veterans' housing | |
LRCA | Question 2 | Taxes | Repeals the prohibition on taxing federal lands |
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