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Arizona

See also: Arizona 1922 ballot measures

September 12, 1922

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 100-101	Budgets	Require that all revenues collected for state purposes be paid into the state treasury		12,033 (33%)	24,422 (67%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 102-103	Electoral systems; Elections	Repeal the requirement that the Legislature provide for direct primaries		7,774 (23%)	26,302 (77%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 104-105	Elections	Establish that a general election be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1922 and to be held biennially thereafter		7,487 (23%)	25,602 (77%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 106-107	Elections; Local government	Require elections for the positions of Sheriff, Recorder, Treasurer, School Superintendent, County Attorney and Assessor and establish four-year terms for each		7,796 (24%)	25,322 (76%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 108-109	Administration; Executive officials	Provide for the establishment of the offices of the State Executive Department and requiring a public election for future candidates		6,988 (21%)	25,710 (79%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 110-111	State legislatures	Provide for the establishment of four-year terms for state legislators		7,292 (22%)	25,659 (78%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 112-113	State legislatures	Prohibit members of the legislature to be appointed to any civil office of profit during their legislative term		6,899 (22%)	25,095 (78%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 114-115	Food and agriculture; Business	Permit farmers and other persons engaged in agricultural production to form associations for the purpose of handling and marketing		13,848 (40%)	20,559 (60%)

November 7, 1922

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Measure Nos. 100-101	Transportation; Bonds	Provide for the issuance of bonds for the paving of a highway from the Hassayampa River to the Colorado River		22,130 (47%)	24,688 (53%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 102-103	Education	Provide for the establishment of a uniform public school system		14,212 (37%)	24,062 (63%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 300-301	Hunting and fishing	Provide for the repeal of the Preservation of Fish and Game Act of 1916		10,555 (31%)	23,014 (69%)

Arkansas

See also: Arkansas 1922 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Personal Property Tax Amendment	Taxes	Provides for a tax on personal property	d
CICA	Amendment 1	Direct democracy	Defines initiatives and referendums more completely	d
CICA	Amendment 2	Taxes	Creates a tax to increase school revenues	d

California

See also: California 1922 ballot propositions

November 7, 1922

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Proposition 10	Make property used by public agencies for public service subject to assessment and taxes in the same manner as private property.		258,666 (38%)	429,668 (62%)
CICA	Proposition 11	Declare that public agencies providing public service be a public utility regulated by the State Railroad Commission like private corporations		232,079 (36%)	415,559 (64%)
CICA	Proposition 12	Require the governor to submit a budget to the legislature within 30 days of each regular session and establish procedure for passage of the budget bill.	a	451,074 (71%)	183,147 (29%)
LRCA	Proposition 13	Eliminate the provision prohibiting a change in salaries for Superior Court Judges and have the state pay $3,000 of Superior Court Judges' salaries.		290,712 (44%)	374,163 (56%)
LRCA	Proposition 14	Authorize legislation for the taxation of notes, debentures, shares of stock, bonds, or mortgages in lieu of property taxes.		248,541 (41%)	352,391 (59%)
LRCA	Proposition 15	Permit public utilities paying state taxes to deduct any amount paid to other public utilities from gross receipts of operation.		197,514 (34%)	390,309 (66%)
CISS	Proposition 16	Create a Board of Chiropractic Examiners to regulate chiropractic practice, with members appointed by the governor.	a	481,600 (59%)	327,849 (41%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Authorize the state or other subdivisions to provide protection against flooding by utilizing any stream outside or partially outside the state.		280,759 (44%)	354,130 (56%)
LRCA	Proposition 18	Authorize two or more municipalities to control public works that supply public services and establish procedures for establishing such control.		310,872 (50%)	312,131 (50%)
CICA	Proposition 19	Create a board to fix rates for water and electrical energy and allow for the issuance of bonds up to $500,000,000 for actions of the board.		243,604 (29%)	597,453 (71%)
CICA	Proposition 1	Permit aid for United States Army and Navy veterans to acquire or develop farms or homes and validate the California Veterans' Welfare Bond Act.	a	562,022 (71%)	226,567 (29%)
CISS	Proposition 20	Create a Board of Osteopathic Examiners to carry out the Medical Practice Act of 1913 and other future acts, with members appointed by the governor.	a	439,775 (57%)	327,819 (43%)
LRCA	Proposition 21	Prohibit the state legislature from passing any special or local laws that create irrigation, reclamation, drainage, or flood control districts.		221,786 (36%)	387,024 (64%)
LRCA	Proposition 22	Permit absentee voting for active members of the military who are not at their home precinct at the time of an election.	a	352,882 (51%)	340,257 (49%)
LRCA	Proposition 23	Extend permission to deposit public moneys into state banks to political subdivisions aside from the state, counties, and municipalities.	a	351,424 (59%)	241,778 (41%)
VR	Proposition 24	Prohibit unlicensed persons from acting as an attorney, establish procedures for violations of such law, and provide exceptions to such law.		197,905 (26%)	555,522 (74%)
LRCA	Proposition 25	Require that a judge pro tempore be approved by the superior court in which he acts prior to trying a case.	a	322,961 (57%)	245,663 (43%)
LRCA	Proposition 26	Allow the formation of school districts situated in more than one county and the issuance of bonds by such districts.	a	388,699 (65%)	210,355 (35%)
CICA	Proposition 27	Increase the number of signatures needed to submit initiatives about taxes to 15% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election.		258,009 (41%)	378,661 (59%)
CISS	Proposition 28	Illegalize the dissection or torture any living person or animal for the purpose of experiment or investigation, except for medical care.		226,339 (31%)	514,783 (69%)
CICA	Proposition 29	Abolish the existing method of taxation, declare that private property rights apply only to products of labor and not land, and define franchises.		124,403 (19%)	515,590 (81%)
VR	Proposition 2	Declare all acts prohibited by the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution also unlawful in the state of California.	a	445,076 (52%)	411,133 (48%)
CICA	Proposition 30	Give the Railroad Commission exclusive power to grant franchises for railways and motor vehicle transportation for compensation.		136,271 (21%)	499,458 (79%)
BI	Proposition 3	Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $10,000,000 for helping veterans to purchase farms and houses and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	479,556 (68%)	220,694 (32%)
BI	Proposition 4	Allow for bonds up to $3,000,000 for carrying out the land settlement act and establish the terms of such bonds.		295,122 (49%)	304,170 (51%)
VR	Proposition 5	Regulate tenement locations and repeal the State Tenement House Act, the State Hotel and Lodging House Act, and the State Dwelling House Act.		117,110 (16%)	635,919 (84%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Authorize for the classification of counties by population to regulate the business of issuing insurance policies for real or personal property.		209,660 (35%)	383,165 (65%)
LRCA	Proposition 7	Exempt $1,000 of property from taxation for those who are residents of California who have been honorably discharged from military service.	a	382,541 (52%)	358,647 (48%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Prohibit incorporated cities from being transferred, annexed, or consolidated with another municipality without the consent of the voters.	a	423,597 (66%)	214,813 (34%)
LRCA	Proposition 9	Authorize the creation of boroughs in municipalities through amendments to existing municipal charters and in new charters.	a	321,832 (55%)	266,953 (45%)

Colorado

See also: Colorado 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Measure 1	Bonds	Authorizes bonds for the construction of public highways	a
CICA	Measure 2	Utilities	Creates a Public Utilities Commission, prescribes the commission’s powers and duties and defines “public utilities”	d
CISS	Measure 3	Redistricting	Revises the apportionment of members of the General Assembly	d
CICA	Measure 4	Taxes	Empowers the legislature or people to exempt certain intangibles from ad valorem taxation and to impose an income tax in lieu thereof	d
CISS	Measure 5	Animals	Modifies rules related to experimental operations "on humans beings and dumb animals"	d
ConCon	Measure 6	Con Con	Calls for a constitutional convention to revise, alter and amend the state constitution	d
LRCA	Measure 7	Education	Regards the location and control of higher education institutions	a
LRCA	Measure 8	Terms	Mandates four-year terms for certain elected county officials	d
LRCA	Measure 9	Terms	Mandates four-year terms for certain elected state officials	d
LRCA	Measure 10	Property	Empowers the General Assembly to provide for property rights for non-citizens	d

Florida

See also: Florida 1922 ballot measures

November 7, 1922

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Additional Circuit Court Judges Amendment	Allow the Legislature to appoint additional circuit court judges in circuits with a population over 75,000 people	a	21,361 (66%)	11,222 (34%)
LRCA	Creation of School Districts and Taxes Amendment	Allow for the creation of school districts and the levy of up to a 10 mill school tax in each school district	a	31,952 (77%)	9,804 (23%)
LRCA	Legislative Districts and Representatives Amendment	Provide for 38 senatorial districts and a system for representatives based on county population		14,369 (42%)	19,771 (58%)
LRCA	Payment of State Officers' Salaries Amendment	Establish that the salaries of state officers be paid monthly	a	26,731 (77%)	7,766 (23%)

Illinois

See also: Illinois 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
AQ	Light Wine and Beer Question	Alcohol	Shall light wines and beer be available for consumption?	a
LRSS	Soldier's Bonus Question	Veterans	Shall veterans receive a bonus payment from the state?	a

December 12

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CCR	Proposed New Constitution	Con Language	Shall a new constitution be adopted?	d

Iowa

See also: Iowa 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Referendum 1	Veterans	Relates to soldier bonuses	a

Maine

See also: Maine 1922 ballot measures

September 11

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Highway Commission	Admin of Gov't	Creates full-time State Highway Commission	d

Maryland

See also: Maryland 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Redistricting	Increases the number of legislative districts in Baltimore	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Legislature	Increases the representation of Baltimore	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Term limits	Sets term limits for the Comptroller and Treasurer	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Elections	Provides for quadrennial elections for all state officers	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Constitutional rights	Provides that creation of public offices shall include women	a

Massachusetts

See also: Massachusetts 1922 ballot measures

November 7, 1922

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Amend provisions relating to roll calls in the General Court for the adoption of preambles of emergency laws	a	333,549 (57%)	252,111 (43%)
VR	Question 2	Revise tort liability for certain organizations		300,260 (50%)	301,205 (50%)
VR	Question 3	Require that all motion pictures displayed publicly be approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety		208,252 (27%)	553,173 (73%)
VR	Question 4	Enact laws for the enforcement of federal prohibition		323,964 (43%)	427,840 (57%)
VR	Question 5	Require the District Attorney be a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth	a	396,623 (58%)	282,011 (42%)

Michigan

See also: Michigan 1922 ballot measures

November 7, 1922

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Excess Condemnation for Public Purposes Amendment	Allow the legislature to authorize the municipalities to condemn excess property for certain public purposes		204,564 (43%)	276,304 (57%)
LRCA	Income Tax Amendment	Allow for the enactment of an income tax		180,176 (36%)	320,269 (64%)
LRCA	Incorporation of Ports and Port Districts Amendment	Authorize the legislature to incorporate ports and port districts and give the incorporated ports and port districts the ability to perform internal improvements		221,543 (49%)	230,060 (51%)

Minnesota

See also: Minnesota 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Agriculture	Establishes a state rural credit system	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Resources	Taxes mining of iron and other ores	a

Missouri

See also: Missouri 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Gov't Salaries	Raises legislative salaries	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Suffrage	Eliminates requirement that voters be male	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Transportation	Allows vehicle license fees to fund road maintenance	a
VR	Proposition 4	Admin of gov't	Creates Missouri Department of Labor	d
VR	Proposition 5	Admin of gov't	Creates Department of Budget	d
VR	Proposition 6	Admin of gov't	Abolishes State Inspector of Oils	d
VR	Proposition 7	Admin of gov't	Abolishes State Beverage Inspector	d
VR	Proposition 8	Admin of gov't	Creates Supervisor of Public Welfare office	d
VR	Proposition 9	Admin of gov't	Creates Department of Agriculture	d
VR	Proposition 10	Redistricting	Abolishes and replaces state judicial districts	d
VR	Proposition 11	Labor	Creates a workman's compensation system and administrative body	d
VR	Proposition 12	Education	Creates County Board of Education	d
VR	Proposition 13	Judiciary	Abolishes and replaces certain justices of the peace	d
VR	Proposition 14	Constitutions	Creates a new constitutional article concerning the state judiciary system	d
VR	Proposition 15	Judiciary	Prohibits appointment of new judges	d
VR	Proposition 16	Judiciary	Abolishes constables in certain townships	d
VR	Proposition 17	Redistricting	Divides Missouri into sixteen Congressional districts	d
CISS	Proposition 18	Labor	Repeal of the workman's compensation act	d
CISS	Proposition 19	Redistricting	Redistricting of the Missouri State Senate	d

Montana

See also: Montana 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Creates county and state boards of equalization	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local gov't	Authorizes the consolidation of any city and county government	a
LRSS	R-25	Veterans	Provides compensation for veterans who served in the war	a
CISS	I-26	Gambling	Provides that wagers on livestock may be placed by pari-mutuel machines only	d

Nebraska

See also: Nebraska 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Referendum 1	Banking	Allows bank employees to decide if more bank charters will be issued	a
VR	Referendum 2	Labor	Protects workers from picketers	a
VR	Referendum 3	Elections	Repeals part of the direct primary law	d
VR	Referendum 4	Elections	Changes voter registration laws	d

Nevada

See also: Nevada 1922 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
IndISS	Divorce Law	Divorce & Custody	Laws governing divorce	d

New York

See also: New York 1922 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Judiciary	Relates to increasing the salaries of judges on the court of appeals	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Gov't Finances	Relates to special city bills	a

North Carolina

See also: North Carolina 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Gov't salaries	Increases the daily salary of state legislators	d

North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 1922 ballot measures

June 28

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CISS	Initiative	Education	Repeals minimum teacher training and salary standards	a
CISS	Initiative	Bonds	Raises the limits of bonded indebtedness from 10 million to 20 million	a
LRCA	Referendum	Constitutional Rights	Changes residency requirements for voting	a

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CISS	Initiative	Food and Agri	Creates the office of the state supervisor of grades, weights and measures	a

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1922 ballot measures

November 7, 1922

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Allowances for Alcohol Consumption and Limits on Prohibition Enforcement Initiative	Create certain allowance for alcohol consumption and limit prohibition enforcement.		719,050 (44%)	908,522 (56%)
CICA	Debt Limits for Political Subdivisions Initiative	Establish debt limits for political subdivisions.		499,203 (42%)	691,471 (58%)
CICA	Tax Limitations Initiative	Limit tax rates to 15 mills, allow additional levies with voter approval, and limit the state tax rate to one mill.		475,740 (40%)	720,237 (60%)

Oklahoma

See also: Oklahoma 1922 ballot measures

August 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	State Question 114	Taxes	Increases the maximum taxes to be levied on an ad valorem basis	d

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	State Question 116	Veterans	Provides a bonus for all WWI veterans from Oklahoma	d

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1922 ballot measures

November 7, 1922

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Taxes; Local government	Require an annual tax levy in Linn County until all county warrants are paid.	a	89,177 (61%)	57,049 (39%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Taxes; Budgets; Local government	Require an annual tax levy in Linn County and permit the issuance of bonds in Benton County to pay all county warrants.	a	86,547 (62%)	53,844 (38%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Taxes	Authorize a single land tax in lieu of all other state taxes.		39,231 (23%)	132,021 (77%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Economic development; Taxes	Authorize Portland, Oregon to raise $3,000,000 by levying a special tax over three years to hold an exhibition on state resources, commerce, industries and statewide economic advantages.		82,837 (46%)	95,587 (54%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Education	Require children between eight and sixteen to attend public school with exceptions based on age, health and access to a parent or private teacher		115,506 (53%)	103,685 (47%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Taxes	Require that one half of the state tax levy be levied on net incomes of people and corporations.		54,803 (33%)	112,197 (67%)

South Dakota

See also: South Dakota 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	I&R Signature Requirement Increase	Direct Democracy	Increases necessary petition signatures for initiatives and referendums from 5 to 15 percent of qualified electors	d
LRCA	Legislative Organization of Counties	Local Gov't	Empowers legislature to organize of new counties, set county seat locations and redraw county lines	d
LRCA	Assessment on River Drainage Lands	Taxes	Allows for a special assessment on lands subject to river drainage to fund erosion and flooding control	d
LRCA	State Salaries Set by Legislature	Gov't Salaries	Empowers the legislature to set all state salaries with a two-thirds vote in both chambers	d
IndISS	State Constabulary Abolition	Law Enforcement	Abolishes the office of state sheriff, deputies and detective service	d
IndISS	State Hydroelectric Power	Energy	Provides statutory enactment of the state's power to operate hydroelectric power plants and transmission systems	d
IndISS	State Owned Banks	Banking	Declares the purpose of the state's engagement in banking; establishes the Bank of South Dakota	d
IndISS	State University Relocation	Education	Relocates the state university from Vermillion to Sioux Falls	d
IndISS	Sunday Performances Ban	Sunday	Repeals statues regarding theatrical and other performances on Sundays	d

Washington

See also: Washington 1922 ballot measures

November 7, 1922

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment to Article II Sec. 23	State legislatures; Government salaries	Provide a pay increase for legislators from $5 to $10 for each day in attendance during session.		52,621 (25%)	161,677 (75%)
LRCA	Amendment to Article I Sec. 22	Law enforcement; State judiciary	Provide the trial for offenses on public transportation to be held in any district through which the transport passed.	a	122,972 (60%)	81,457 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment to Article VIII Sec. 4	Budgets	Require payments from state appropriations to be made within one calendar month after the end of the next fiscal biennium.	a	94,746 (52%)	86,746 (48%)
ITP	Initiative 40	Suffrage	Provide the repeal of the poll tax	a	193,356 (75%)	63,494 (25%)
ITP	Initiative 46	Education; Taxes	Provide state school fund for $30 per schoolchild and fix a maximum tax levy for school districts.		99,150 (40%)	150,114 (60%)
VR	Referendum 12	Public works	Provide certificates of necessity and and convenience to public service companies where similar services are served by other companies.		64,800 (29%)	154,905 (71%)
VR	Referendum 13	Education; Healthcare	Permit parents to forbid physical examinations of their children and remove school vaccination requirements.		96,874 (38%)	156,113 (62%)
VR	Referendum 14	Voting	Provide enforcement of closed primaries and electors to declare party affiliation during voter registration.		60,593 (27%)	164,004 (73%)
VR	Referendum 15	Elections	Provide changes to precinct chairperson powers, candidates nomination process, and party convention guidelines.		57,324 (29%)	140,299 (71%)

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1922 ballot measures

November 7, 1922

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Allow sheriffs to have unlimited successive terms		161,832 (44%)	207,585 (56%)
LRCA	Question 2	Allow the legislature to provide that a valid verdict in civil cases be based on a specific number of votes not less than five-sixths		171,433 (52%)	156,759 (48%)
LRCA	Question 3	Allow for municipalities to take on debt up to 5 percent of the value of taxable property to fund public utilities		105,346 (32%)	219,693 (68%)

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