1943 ballot measures

1943 State Ballot Measures
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Georgia

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August 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Admin of Gov't	Creates the Board of Regents of the University System	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Admin of Gov't	Creates the Public Service Commission	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Admin of Gov't	Creates the Board of Pardons and Paroles	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Admin of Gov't	Creates the state Board of Education	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Admin of Gov't	Creates the Game and Fish Commission	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Suffrage	Lowers the voting age to 18 years of age	a
LRCA	Amendment 7	Legislature	Provides that the general assembly hold regular sessions biennially in odd-numbered years	a
LRCA	Amendment 8	Legislature	Fixes legislative compensation at $600 for a each full term	a
LRCA	Amendment 9	Civil Service	Provides that veterans be given preference for civil service	a
LRCA	Amendment 10	Local Gov't	Provides for voting requirements of school district consolidation	a
LRCA	Amendment 11	Judiciary	Extends case disposition guidelines to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals	a
LRCA	Amendment 12	Local Gov't	Authorizes cities and counties to issue revenue-anticipation obligations	a
LRCA	Amendment 13	Taxes	Exempts common voting stock of a corporation in the state from ad valorem taxation of intangible property	a
LRCA	Amendment 14	Taxes	Authorizes taxation in order to fund a retirement fund for teachers	a
LRCA	Amendment 15	Divorce & Custody	Authorizes a person who had been a resident of a United States Army Post in Georgia to bring action for divorce	a
LRCA	Amendment 16	Local Gov't	Abolishes justices of the peace in Glynn County	a
LRCA	Amendment 17	Local Gov't	Allows county and city governments to spend funds to advertise and promote the assets of the county or city	a
LRCA	Amendment 18	Taxes	Provides that DeKalb County levy a school ad valorem tax upon request of the board of education	a
LRCA	Amendment 19	Local Gov't	Creates a retirement system in Richmond County	a
LRCA	Amendment 20	Local Gov't	Establishes public service districts in Bibb County	a
LRCA	Amendment 21	Local Gov't	Provides for the election of members of the Spalding County Board of Education	a
LRCA	Amendment 22	Local Gov't	Authorizes Cobb County to issue bonds to retire all county indebtedness	a
LRCA	Amendment 23	Local Gov't	Authorizes Chatham, Fulton and Richmond counties to make temporary loans	a
LRCA	Amendment 24	Local Gov't	Authorizes the town of Glenwood to issue bonds to refund and retire outstanding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 25	Local Gov't	Authorizes the city of Ray City to issue bonds to refund and retire outstanding bonds	a
LRCA	Amendment 26	Bonds	Authorizes the Chattooga County Board of Education to issue bonds to finance the rebuilding of a high school destroyed by a fire	a
LRCA	Amendment 27	Local Gov't	Authorizes the city of Atlanta and Fulton and DeKalb counties to contract with each other to incur indebtedness	a
LRCA	Amendment 28			a

Kentucky

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November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Workers' Compensation Referendum	Labor	Permits the Kentucky General Assembly to pass a compulsory workers’ compensation law	a

Michigan

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April 5, 1943

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposal No. 1	Provide for the election of township officers for terms of 2 years	a	215,957 (62%)	131,554 (38%)
LRCA	Proposal No. 2	Validate certain alienations and mortgages on homestead properties after 25 years	a	169,736 (57%)	126,164 (43%)

New Jersey

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November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Question 1	Constitutional issues on the ballot	Allows the legislature to agree to a revised constitution which would reapportion its membership.	a

New York

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Admin of Gov't	Establishes a department of commerce in the state government	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Taxes	Authorizes the legislature to establish a fund or funds for tax revenue stabilization	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Redistricting	Relates to the creation of assembly districts in counties that have been apportioned a greater number of assemblyman then there are towns	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Direct Democracy	Changes residence requirements for voting purposes	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Direct Democracy	Relates to residence requirements for election to the state assembly or senate in the first election after redistricting	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Judiciary	Relates to the jurisdiction of the court of appeals and the regulation of appeals by that court	a

Texas

See also: Texas 1943 ballot measures

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

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