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Arkansas

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	State School and School District Taxes Amendment	Taxes	Increases state school tax and allows the maximum school district tax to increase	a

Delaware

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November 6, 1906

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
AQ	Initiative and Referendum Advisory Question	Advise the Delaware General Assembly to pass legislation providing for an advisory initiative and referendum process	a	17,248 (89%)	2,162 (11%)

Florida

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Environment	Relates to the drainage and reclamation of land	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Judiciary	Sets the salaries of Supreme Court justices and Circuit Court judges	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	Judiciary	Sets the salaries of judges of Criminal Courts of Record	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	Judiciary	Establishes a Court of Record in Escambia County	d
LRCA	Amendment 5	Constitutions	Relates to the process for amending the state Constitution	d

Idaho

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	HJR 5, Pt 1	Local Gov't	Authorizes the majority of qualified electors to incur public indebtedness	d
LRCA	HJR 5, Pt 2	Bond issues	Permits counties, towns, villages and other subdivisions of the state to vote bonds in aid of railroads and others works of internal improvement	d
LRCA	SJR 1	Term limits	Allows County Commissioners to be elected to four year terms	d
LRCA	SJR 4	Local Gov't	Allows legislature by general and uniform law to provide for county, township and precinct officers	d
LRCA	SJR 5	Taxes	Exempts from taxation lines of railroad to be constructed for a period not exceeding ten years	d
LRCA	SJR 6	Taxes	Limits taxation of property for state purposes to ten mills on each dollar of assessed valuation except by vote of the people	a

Illinois

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Sell Canal Lands Proposition	Resources	Shall the Illinois and Michigan canal lands be sold to the highest bidder?	d

Michigan

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April 2, 1906

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	Call a state constitutional convention	a	196,780 (61%)	127,189 (39%)

Minnesota

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Simplifies taxing provisions	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes	Increases road and bridge tax	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Agriculture	Permits farmers to sell produce without licenses	a

Montana

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Direct democracy	Permits the referendum and initiative process	a

Nebraska

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Admin of gov't	Creates the Board of Railway Commissioners	a

Oregon

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June 4, 1906

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Measure 1	Education; Prisons; Budgets	Uphold or repeal an act that appropriated funds to maintain psychiatric hospitals; deaf, mute, and blind schools; penitentiaries; universities; agricultural colleges; and other schools	a	43,918 (62%)	26,758 (38%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution		36,902 (44%)	47,075 (56%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 304-305	Alcohol; Local government	Allow voters in dry counties to vote on the legality of liquor in their local municipalities.		35,297 (44%)	45,144 (56%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 306-307	Transportation	Allow the state to purchase the Mount Hood and Barlow Road Tolls and abolish the tolls upon purchase.		31,525 (41%)	44,527 (59%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Direct democracy	Provide rules for amending the state constitution.	a	47,661 (72%)	18,751 (28%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Local government	Empower voters of every city and town to enact and amend their municipal charters.	a	52,567 (73%)	19,852 (27%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 312-313	Government salaries	Allow the state legislature to regulate the compensation of the State Printer.	a	63,749 (87%)	9,571 (13%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Direct democracy; Local government	Create a referendum and initiative process for local and municipal laws.	a	47,678 (74%)	16,735 (26%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Government accountability; Business	Prohibit public firms from issuing any free or discounted pass, ticket, or service that is not also available to the general public.	a	57,281 (77%)	16,779 (23%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 318-319	Taxes; Transportation	Provide a three percent license fee on the gross earnings of sleeping car, refrigerator car, and oil companies.	a	69,635 (92%)	6,441 (8%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 320-321	Taxes	Provide a three percent tax and a two percent tax on the gross earnings of express companies and telephone and telegraph firms.	a	70,872 (92%)	6,360 (8%)

South Dakota

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Agricultural Drainage Referendum	Food & Ag	Declares drainage of agricultural lands a public purpose and allows the legislature to provide funding for such projects	a
LRCA	Superintendent Qualifications Referendum	State Exec	Allows for additional qualifications for superintendent of schools	a
LRCA	Penitentiary Twine Plant Referendum	Prisons	Creates tax to fund a hard fiber twine and cordage plant at the state penitentiary	a
LRCA	Municipal Courts Referendum	Judiciary	Provides for municipal courts in larger cities in lieu of police magistrates	a

Texas

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November 6, 1906

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	State judiciary; Taxes	Authorize a property tax of up to $0.15 per $100 valuation to provide for the compensation of jurors	a	44,936 (52%)	42,144 (48%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Education; Taxes	Provide for property tax exemptions for endowment funds of institutions of higher learning and religion	a	58,125 (65%)	31,674 (35%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	State legislatures; Government salaries	Set maximum legislator salary at $1,000 for odd-numbered years, per diem at $5 for special sessions in even-numbered years, and mileage reimbursement at $0.03 per mile.		27,354 (33%)	55,808 (67%)

Washington

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November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment to I.16	Eminent Domain	Affects the exercise of the power of eminent domain	d
LRCA	Amendment to XXI.1	Water	Deems water usage for irrigation, mining, manufacturing and timber products a public use	d

Wisconsin

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April 3, 1906

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Allow pocket ballot and coupon voting systems		45,958 (29%)	111,139 (71%)

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