1941 ballot measures

1941 State Ballot Measures
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Georgia

See also: Georgia 1941 ballot measures

June 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Term Limits	Provides for four year terms for the governor and other constitutional officers	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	State Exec	Provides for gubernatorial elections every four years	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bonds	Authorizes Hart County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Bonds	Authorizes Toombs County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Bonds	Authorizes Paulding County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bonds	Authorizes Jeff Davis County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 7	Bonds	Authorizes Oglethorpe County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 8	Bonds	Authorizes Dodge County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 9	Bonds	Authorizes Wilcox County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 10	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Doerun to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 11	Bonds	Authorizes Miller County to issue warrant funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 12	Bonds	Authorizes the Jeff Davis County Excelsior Consolidated School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 13	Bonds	Authorizes the Wilcox County Abbeville Consolidated School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 14	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Crawford to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 15	Bonds	Authorizes Cobb County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 16	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Claxton to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 17	Taxes	Exempts new buildings from ad valorem taxes in the city of Macon for five years	a
LRCA	Amendment 18	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Waycross to incur indebtedness	a
LRCA	Amendment 19	Bonds	Authorizes Irwin County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 20	Judiciary	Increases the jurisdiction of justice courts	a
LRCA	Amendment 21	Local Gov't	Relates to contracts with counties, municipalities and corporations for hospitals	a
LRCA	Amendment 22	Bonds	Authorizes the Wrightsville Consolidated School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 23	Bonds	Authorizes Hancock County to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 24	Bonds	Authorizes Cook County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 25	Local Gov't	Authorizes the city of Macon to incur debt for defense	a
LRCA	Amendment 26	Gov't Finances	Authorizes the Mitchell County Board of Education to make loans	a
LRCA	Amendment 27	Taxes	Authorizes the city of Macon to levy taxes for future territory	a
LRCA	Amendment 28	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Vidalia to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 29	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Hazlehurst to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 30	Bonds	Authorizes Oglethorpe County Crawford School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 31	Bonds	Authorizes Irwin County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 32	Bonds	Authorizes the Washington County Davisboro Consolidated School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 33	Gov't Finances	Authorizes Bibb County to make temporary loans	a
LRCA	Amendment 34	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Gainesville to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 35	Bonds	Authorizes the Adrian 1st Consolidated School to issue bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 36	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Reidsville to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 37	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Abbeville to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 38	Bonds	Authorizes Wilcox County to incur bonded indebtedness	a
LRCA	Amendment 39	Bonds	Authorizes Dade County to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 40	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Cordele to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 41	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Lexington to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 42	Taxes	Authorizes Chatham County to levy a school tax	a
LRCA	Amendment 43	Bonds	Authorizes the Franklin County Sandy Springs School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 44	Bonds	Authorizes Cook County to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 45	Bonds	Authorizes Quitman County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 46	Bonds	Authorizes Miller County to issue warrant funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 47	Bonds	Authorizes the Gwinnett County Sunny Hill Consolidated School to issue bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 48	Bonds	Authorizes the Toombs County Johnson Corder School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 49	Bonds	Authorizes Evans County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 50	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Stone Mountain to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 51	Bonds	Authorizes Walker County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 52	Local Gov't	Relates to sewer, water and fire prevention for DeKalb County	a
LRCA	Amendment 53	Bonds	Authorizes Jefferson County School District No. 10 to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 54	Taxes	Exempts rural electric corporations from taxes	a
LRCA	Amendment 55	Term Limits	Fixes the term of office for the state school superintendent	a
LRCA	Amendment 56	Bonds	Authorizes the Cook County Sparks-Adel School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 57	Bonds	Authorizes the Evans County Claxton Consolidated School to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 58	Bonds	Authorizes Effingham County to issue retirement bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 59	Bonds	Authorizes Chattooga County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 60	Bonds	Authorizes Jefferson County School District No. 1 to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 61	Bonds	Authorizes Baker County to issue retirement bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 62	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Cochran to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 63	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Unadilla to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 64	Bonds	Authorizes Calhoun County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 65	Gov't Finances	Relates to the payment of $50,000 by the city of Savannah to the National Gypsum Company	a
LRCA	Amendment 66	Bonds	Authorizes the city of Washington to issue refunding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 67	Bonds	Authorizes Catoosa County to issue funding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 68	Gov't Finances	Relates to advertising for the state of Georgia	a
LRCA	Amendment 69	Legislature	Provides for annual sessions of the general assembly	d
LRCA	Amendment 70	Local Gov't	Authorizes Bibb County to issue debt certificates for defense purposes	a

Kentucky

See also: Kentucky 1941 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Equalization Fund Referendum	Budgets	Permits 10 percent of money appropriated by the legislature for school purposes to be used in an equalization fund	a
LRCA	Voting Machines Referendum	Elections	Permits voting machines	a

Maine

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December 10

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Additional Gasoline Tax	Taxes	Adds to the tax on gasoline	d

Michigan

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April 7, 1941

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposal No. 1	Establish procedures for petitions for constitutional amendments	a	386,859 (57%)	295,083 (43%)
LRCA	Proposal No. 2	Provide for the use of initiative and referendum petitions	a	372,796 (58%)	273,275 (42%)

New York

See also: New York 1941 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Bonds	Authorizes the use of $60,000,000 in railroad crossing elimination bonds for the construction of highways and parkways	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Admin of Gov't	Provides four-year terms for state senators	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Con Language	Relates to the validity of proposed constitutional amendment	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Forests	Permits the construction of ski trails on the slopes of Whiteface Mountain	a

Oklahoma

See also: Oklahoma 1941 ballot measures

March 11

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	State Question 298	Gov't Finances	Prohibits appropriations in excess of revenues	a
LRCA	State Question 299	Welfare	Amends the provisions of the Social Security section of the constitution	a
LRCA	State Question 300	Education	Creates the Oklahoma state system of higher education	a

Texas

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1
LRCA	Proposition 2
LRCA	Proposition 3
LRCA	Proposition 4
LRCA	Proposition 5

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1941 ballot measures

April 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Taxes	Allows cities, villages, and towns to collect and return property tax with methods such as installment payments	a

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