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Alabama

See also: Alabama 1953 ballot measures

December 15

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional Rights	Proposes to establish eligibility requirements for voters	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Legislature	Proposes to establish guidelines for filling legislative vacancies	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Development	Proposes to allow certain municipalities to engage in economic development	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	Proposes to allow certain counties to levy and collect a special school tax	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Bonds	Proposes to allow certain municipalities to issue bonds for property acquisition	d
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bonds	Proposes to allow certain counties to issue bonds for education	a
LRCA	Amendment 7	Gov't Finances	Proposes to outline the limits and guidelines of public indebtedness	a
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes	Proposes to allow certain counties to levy and collect a special school tax	a
LRCA	Amendment 9	Taxes	Proposes to allow certain counties to levy and collect a special school tax	a
LRCA	Amendment 10	Gov't Finances	Proposes to allow the legislature to regulate and alter county salaries and fees	a

Arizona

See also: Arizona 1953 ballot measures

September 29, 1953

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 100	Legislatures	Change the size of the Arizona Senate and House	a	30,157 (50%)	29,713 (50%)
LRCA	Proposition 101	Judiciary; Salaries	Permit the compensation of a justice of the peace to be changed during their term in office	a	35,039 (59%)	24,548 (41%)
LRCA	Proposition 102	Education; Administration	Replace the State Board of Education and the elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction with a Department of Public Schools and a Commissioner of Education		24,069 (40%)	35,652 (60%)
LRCA	Proposition 103	Education; Budgets	Provide for the removal of school attendance as a measured requirement for state funding		25,855 (43%)	33,953 (57%)

Kentucky

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November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	School Funds Referendum	Education	Repeals and replaces the per capita distribution of school funds	a

New Jersey

See also: New Jersey 1953 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling on the ballot	Allows bingo games.	a
LRCA	Question 2	Taxes on the ballot	Extends the veterans' tax exemption to veterans' widows.	a

New York

See also: New York 1953 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Judiciary	Relates to the temporary assignment of judges to terms of courts within New York City	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Judiciary	Increases the monetary civil jurisdiction of county courts outside New York City	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Admin of Gov't	Relates to the joint election of the governor and lieutenant governor and filling vacancies of these two positions	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Gov't Finances	Relates to the local indebtedness for water supply	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 5	Gov't Salaries	Authorizes the legislature to increase the governor's salary to $50,000 maximum	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 6	Gov't Salaries	Authorizes the legislature to increase the lieutenant governor's salary to $20,000 maximum	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 7	Gov't Finances	Power of counties, cities, towns, villages and certain school districts to contract indebtedness	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 8	Taxes	Limits the amount that can be raised by cities and counties by taxes on real estate	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 9	Legislature	Revokes the power of the legislature to use forest preserve land for the construction of reservoirs	a

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1953 ballot measures

November 3, 1953

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Bonds for the Highway System Amendment	Issue up to $500,000,000 in bonds for the highway system.	a	1,035,869 (60%)	676,496 (40%)
LRCA	Creation of State Board of Education Amendment	Create a State Board of Education with the ability to appoint a Superintendent of Public Instruction.	a	913,134 (57%)	693,624 (43%)
LRCA	Removal of Constitutional Section Regarding Militia Officers Amendment	Repeal a section of the state constitution relating to the election of militia officers.	a	755,725 (55%)	622,245 (45%)
LRCA	Removal of Obsolete Provision Relating to Holding Elective Office Amendment	Remove an obsolete constitutional provisions relating to holding an elective office.	a	835,195 (63%)	493,099 (37%)
LRCA	Remove Racial Qualification for State Militia Service Amendment	Provide that all male citizens, without reference to race, are eligible for militia duty	a	905,059 (58%)	650,567 (42%)
LRCA	Repeal of Obsolete Judicial Constitutional Provisions Amendment	Repeal obsolete constitutional provisions relating to the courts.	a	789,511 (59%)	541,477 (41%)
LRCA	Repeal of World War I Veteran Bonus Amendment	Repeal the World War i veterans bonus from the state constitution.	a	984,014 (61%)	616,113 (39%)
LRCA	Repeal State Constitutional Language Conflicting with U.S. Constitution Amendment	Eliminate language in the Ohio Constitution at conflict with the U.S. Constitution	a	1,004,862 (71%)	405,210 (29%)
LRCA	Women's Eligibility for Office Provision Removal Amendment	Remove a provision restricting the eligibility of women to hold offices from the state constitution.	a	1,092,268 (69%)	500,380 (31%)

Texas

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1			a
LRCA	Proposition 2			a
LRCA	Proposition 3			a
LRCA	Proposition 4			a
LRCA	Proposition 5			a
LRCA	Proposition 6			a
LRCA	Proposition 7			a
LRCA	Proposition 8			a
LRCA	Proposition 9			a
LRCA	Proposition 10			a
LRCA	Proposition 11			a

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1953 ballot measures

April 7, 1953

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Provide that the legislature should determine the senate districts based on area and population and the assembly districts based on population		433,043 (52%)	406,133 (48%)
LRCA	Question 2	Provide that elected judges hold full terms of office	a	386,972 (53%)	345,094 (47%)