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Iowa

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Alcohol	Relates to the prohibition of alcohol	d

Maine

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September 10

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Suffrage	Grants women equal suffrage with men	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Local Gov't	Empowers Governor to removed and replace sheriffs	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Elections	Grants Legislature the power to authorize division of towns into more than one election district	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	War & Peace	Requires all commissioned officers of the militia be appointed and commissioned by the Governor	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Redistricting	Allows representation in the House of Representatives to remain as formerly in the event of the merger of towns and cities	a

Michigan

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April 2, 1917

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Absentee Voter Qualifications Amendment	Allow those who are part of the military, who work on the railroads, or who are sailors and thus are absent from their residence to vote	a	216,270 (65%)	114,594 (35%)
LRCA	Drainage District Bonds Amendment	Allow drainage districts to issue bonds for drainage purposes	a	198,918 (59%)	139,027 (41%)
LRCA	Improvement of Transportation Routes Amendment	Expand the State's ability to improve transportation routes	a	209,559 (62%)	126,871 (38%)
LRCA	Salaries of Certain State Officers Amendment	Increase the salaries of the Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and Auditor General		148,625 (43%)	193,119 (57%)
LRCA	State Control of Railroad Property Amendment	Allow the state to control railroads and railroad property belong to any railroad company under a special charter	a	242,969 (71%)	100,722 (29%)

New York

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Direct Democracy	Relates to suffrage	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Gov't Finances	Relates to the city debt limit	a

Ohio

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November 6, 1917

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Alcohol Prohibition Initiative	Prohibit the sale and manufacture for sale of alcohol		522,590 (47%)	588,382 (53%)
VR	Women's Suffrage in Presidential Elections Referendum	Provide for women's suffrage in presidential elections		422,282 (43%)	568,382 (57%)

Oregon

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June 4, 1917

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Budgets	Authorize municipalities to incur debt to develop water transportation lines between ports and establish inland river transportation with a majority vote.	a	67,445 (55%)	54,864 (45%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Legislatures; Salaries	Limit the number of bills introduced in the legislature and increase the pay of members of the legislature.		22,276 (18%)	103,238 (82%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Administration	Prohibit constitutional amendments from implying the repeal of any part of the constitution without explicitly repealing it.		37,187 (34%)	72,445 (66%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Property; Taxes	Classify all property for uniform taxation of the same class, adopt uniform assessment and taxation rules, and omit the requirement of equally taxing all property without classification.	a	62,118 (54%)	53,245 (46%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Elections; Local government	Require municipalities to synchronize their elections with state election cycles and adjust elected officials' terms to align with state election cycles.	a	83,630 (66%)	42,296 (34%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Prisons; Taxes	Enable the Board of Control to authorize a four hundred thousand dollar state tax levy to fund the construction of a new state penitentiary.		46,666 (35%)	86,165 (65%)
BI	Measure Nos. 314-315	Transportation; Bonds	Authorize the State Highway Commission to raise money for building roads by selling bonds of the state of Oregon.	a	77,316 (55%)	63,803 (45%)

Texas

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August 21, 1917

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Administration; Environment; Natural resources; Constitutional rights; Local government	Allow for the formation of conservation and reclamation districts	a	49,116 (57%)	36,827 (43%)

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