1951 ballot measures

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Alabama

See also: Alabama 1951 ballot measures

December 11

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bonds	Proposes to allow the issuance of bonds for infrastructure	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Civil Service	Proposes to outline the promotions and regulations for civil service	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	War & Peace	Proposes to regulate and maintain a state militia	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Veterans	Proposes to exempt veterans from the poll tax	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Judiciary	Proposes to outline the requirements to register to vote	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Redistricting	Proposes to divide the state up into Senate districts	d
LRCA	Amendment 7	Business Reg	Proposes that foreign business have a place of business within the state	d
LRCA	Amendment 8	Gov't Finances	Proposes regulate fees and salaries in certain counties	d
LRCA	Amendment 9	Development	Proposes to allow certain counties to develop their local economy	d
LRCA	Amendment 10	Taxes	Proposes to allow certain counties to levy and collect a special school tax	d
LRCA	Amendment 11	Development	Proposes to allow certain counties to develop their local economy	d
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes	Proposes to allow certain counties to set up special school tax districts	d
LRCA	Amendment 13	Gov't Finances	Proposes regulate fees and salaries in certain counties	d
LRCA	Amendment 14	Development	Proposes to allow certain counties to develop their local economy	d
LRCA	Amendment 15	Development	Proposes to allow certain counties to develop their local economy	d
LRCA	Amendment 16	Development	Proposes to allow certain counties to develop their local economy	d
LRCA	Amendment 17	Development	Proposes to allow certain counties to develop their local economy	d
LRCA	Amendment 18	Taxes	Proposes to allow certain counties to levy and collect special ad valorem taxes	d
LRCA	Amendment 19	Legislature	Proposes that certain House bills be passed	d
LRCA	Amendment 20	Taxes	Proposes to allow certain counties a special county school tax	d
LRCA	Amendment 21	Bonds	Proposes to allow certain counties to issue bonds for the construction of government buildings	d
LRCA	Amendment 22	Taxes	Proposes to allow certain counties a special county school tax	d
LRCA	Amendment 23	Gov't Finances	Proposes to allow certain cities to issue bonds and levy taxes	d
LRCA	Amendment 24	Legislature	Proposes to repeal an amendment authorizing a county sales tax	d

Kentucky

See also: Kentucky 1951 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Unlimited Constitutional Amendments Referendum	Direct Democracy	Permits an unlimited number of amendments to be submitted at one time	d

Maine

See also: Maine 1951 ballot measures

September 10

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
BI	Referendum Question No. 1	Transportation	Authorizes issuance of $27 million in bonds to build state highways	a
BI	Referendum Question No. 2	Transportation	Authorizes $2.5 million in bonds to construct a toll bridge across the Penobscot River	a
BI	Referendum Question No. 3	Transportation	Authorizes $3 million in bonds to construct a toll bridge across the Androscoggin River	d
LRSS	Referendum Question No. 4	Transportation	Makes highway and railroad bridge across Fore River temporarily a toll bridge	d
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1	State Exec	Removes six consecutive years term limit on State Treasurer	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2	Direct Democracy	Makes signature requirements for direct initiatives 10 percent of votes for governor in last gubernatorial election	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3	Gov't Finance	Raises municipal debt limit from five to seven and a half percent	d
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4	Gov't Finance	Makes inoperative measures that do not have adequate funding	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5	Gov't Finance	Exempts rental agreements with the School Building Authority from municipal debt limit	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 6	Elections	Reaffirms absentee voting rights	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 7	Bonds	Issues $3 million in bonds to construct state office building	d
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 8	Gov't Finance	Clarifies the state's borrowing power	a

Michigan

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April 2, 1951

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposal No. 1	Establish annual sessions of the legislature	a	405,570 (70%)	176,873 (30%)
LRCA	Proposal No. 2	Authorize a military death benefit bonus	a	401,117 (64%)	224,564 (36%)
LRCA	Proposal No. 3	Allow the salaries of Supreme Court justices to be increased during their term of office		276,632 (47%)	315,140 (53%)

New Jersey

See also: New Jersey 1951 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
BI	Question 1	Bond issues on the ballot	Allows for $15 million in bonds for teachers' college buildings.	a

New York

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Direct Democracy	Relates to absentee voting and members in the military	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Direct Democracy	Exempts the personal requirement for voter registration for military members, inmates in certain veteran hospitals and some members of their immediate families	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Pension	Increases pensions to members of the retirement system	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Bonds	Empowers to legislature to make the state liable for bonded indebtedness of a public corporation	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Judiciary	Provides for appeals to the court of appeals	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Gov't Finances	Restrictions on the power of counties, cities, towns, villages and certain school districts to contract indebtedness	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Judiciary	Increases the monetary civil jurisdiction of the city court of New York City	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 8	Judiciary	Permits judges of the court of appeals and state supreme court justices to serve in the armed forces	a

Ohio

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November 6, 1951

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	County Probate Judges Amendment	Allow for counties to have more than one probate judge.	a	875,083 (56%)	696,672 (44%)

Oklahoma

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November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
AQ	State Question 344	War and peace	Advises the governor to support the United Nations becoming a world federal government able to prevent war	d

Texas

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November 13

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1	Veterans	Increases the Veterans' Land Fund	a
LRCA	Proposition 2	Welfare	Increases the amount of assistance that can be provided to the needy	d
LRCA	Proposition 3	Taxes	Provides for a 50 cent tax to establish rural fire prevention districts	d
LRCA	Proposition 4	Pension	Authorizes a statewide system for retirement and disability pensions for county officials and employees	d
LRCA	Proposition 5	Gov't Finances	Provides for the investment of the permanent university fund in additional securities	d

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1951 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Budget	Sets a debt limit for cities at 8% of taxable property	a
LRCA	Question 2	Taxes	Allows for local and state taxation of federal lands when permitted by federal law	a
AQ	Question 3	State executive official	Advisory whether increase term of office for state executive officials from 2 to 4 years.	d

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