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Arizona

See also: Arizona 1914 ballot measures

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Measure Nos. 100-101	Alcohol	Prohibit the manufacture, sale, or transfer of alcohol	a	25,887 (53%)	22,743 (47%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 102-103	Alcohol; Initiative process	Prevent elections on prohibition from being held within eight years of the previous election on the same matter		16,059 (38%)	26,437 (62%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 104-105	Transportation; Bonds	Allocate five million dollars for the construction of state highways		13,215 (36%)	23,499 (64%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 106-107	Water; Property; Bonds	Create a State Reclamation Service to issue bonds to pay for water-related reclamation projects		14,701 (45%)	17,994 (55%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 108-109	Initiative process; Legislature; Executive officials	Prohibit the governor from vetoing or legislature from amending or repealing initiatives or referendums approved by a majority of electors	a	16,567 (50%)	16,484 (50%)
VR	Measure Nos. 300-301	Law enforcement; Executive officials	Provide the governor the power to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons after conviction for all cases except treason and impeachment	a	15,425 (53%)	13,554 (47%)
VR	Measure Nos. 302-303	Business; Transportation	Regulate the transportation of passengers on railroads and limit the fee to a maximum of three cents per mile	a	20,968 (63%)	12,210 (37%)
VR	Measure Nos. 304-305	Local government	Provide for the creation and organization of new counties and the separation or annexation of parts of others		10,756 (34%)	21,152 (66%)
VR	Measure Nos. 306-307	Local government; Elections	Provide a process of moving the location of county seats via petition and a proceeding election on the matter		14,225 (45%)	17,740 (55%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 308-309	Death penalty	Provide for the abolishment of the death penalty		18,129 (48%)	19,381 (52%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Taxes	Provide for the semi-annual payment and assessment of taxes, and collection of delinquent taxes		13,842 (46%)	15,934 (54%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Business; Labor	Prohibit employers from blacklisting individuals who joined or had an active interest in a labor organization or union	a	18,207 (51%)	17,444 (49%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Public assistance; Public retirement funds	Provide a pension to mothers and the elderly	a	25,827 (68%)	12,394 (32%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Economic investment	Allocate $75,000 for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.		10,995 (33%)	22,434 (67%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 318-319	Immigration; Business; Labor	Require employers to have at least eighty percent of their employees be U.S. citizens	a	25,017 (64%)	14,323 (36%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 320-321	Taxes; Property; Eminent domain	Establish a system where property owners or their agents assess their own real and personal property and allow the state to take over the property at its assessed valuation		13,023 (38%)	21,277 (62%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 322-323	Utilities; Business; Energy	Regulate the placement, use, and maintenance of electric poles	a	18,871 (61%)	12,256 (39%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 324-325	Economic investment; Business; Banking	Enable state development projects, a printing plant, and a banking system; and abolish the contract system for all state construction	a	16,754 (51%)	15,853 (49%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 326-327	Local government	Provide for the creation and organization of Miami County		5,878 (16%)	30,055 (84%)

Arkansas

See also: Arkansas 1914 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Legislative Salaries Increase Amendment	Gov't Salaries	Increases the salaries of legislators	d
LRCA	Amendment 6	State Exec	Creates the office of Lieutenant Governor	a
CISS	Act 1	Labor	Eliminates child labor	a
CICA	Amendment 14	Bonds	Allows municipalities to issue bonds	a

California

See also: California 1914 ballot propositions

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Proposition 10	Prohibit poll and head taxes for any purpose in California	a	405,375 (52%)	374,487 (48%)
BI	Proposition 11	Allow the University of California to take up to $1.8 million in bonds for building on the UC-Berkely campus and establish terms for such bonds.	a	413,020 (63%)	239,332 (37%)
LRCA	Proposition 12	Establish that delegates to constitutional conventions be nominated at nonpartisan primary elections.		271,896 (50%)	274,325 (50%)
CICA	Proposition 13	Establish that only property owners who taxes would be affected by a bond be allowed to vote on such bond.		312,193 (48%)	337,951 (52%)
CISS	Proposition 14	Provide for absentee voting.		244,855 (39%)	390,333 (61%)
CICA	Proposition 15	Authorize banks where public moneys are deposited to furnish bonds of districts within municipalities as security.		236,573 (42%)	324,558 (58%)
LRCA	Proposition 16	Authorize the state, counties, or municipalities to take neighboring property to what is presently needed through the process of eminent domain.		259,192 (46%)	307,155 (54%)
LRCA	Proposition 17	Allow for bonds to Alameda County up to $1 million for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	390,835 (66%)	202,128 (34%)
VR	Proposition 18	Make the buying, selling, shipping, offering, or exposing for sale of any wild game (except rabbits and wild geese) protected by law a misdemeanor.		353,295 (49%)	361,446 (51%)
CICA	Proposition 19	Authorize cities of more than 50,000 people to annex contiguous territory within the county where the city is located.	a	293,019 (51%)	287,185 (49%)
LRSS	Proposition 1	Call for a constitutional convention to amend or revise the California Constitution.		180,111 (29%)	442,687 (71%)
CISS	Proposition 20	Prohibit engaging in, training for, or betting on fights that result in compensation and prohibit all fights on Memorial Day and Sundays.	a	413,741 (56%)	327,569 (44%)
CICA	Proposition 21	Authorize chartered cities to establish municipal courts and municipal employees regulations and authorize such cities exceeding 175,000 population to consolidate by forming a charter.		248,112 (44%)	318,224 (56%)
CISS	Proposition 22	Establish the procedures for obtaining property titles and methods for transfers and notifications of liens.	a	359,757 (62%)	224,846 (38%)
LRCA	Proposition 23	Declare a plurality of votes at any primary or election the election choice and authorize a preferential system of voting at primaries.		240,600 (45%)	294,265 (55%)
LRCA	Proposition 24	Increase the daily pay allowed for all employees of the Assembly to $600 per day and keep the daily pay allowed for all employees of the Senate to $500.		87,315 (15%)	494,272 (85%)
LRCA	Proposition 25	Establish procedures for cities with over 3,500 people to adopt charters and establish procedures for amending charters.	a	285,338 (56%)	226,679 (44%)
LRCA	Proposition 26	Authorize the state legislature to supervise, regulate and conduct affairs of irrigation, reclamation or drainage districts.	a	335,047 (61%)	216,865 (39%)
LRCA	Proposition 27	Authorize county charters to relate to any matters authorized by the constitution and allow counties to take over municipal functions.	a	261,219 (54%)	225,530 (46%)
LRCA	Proposition 28	Give railroad commissioners exclusive power to fix public utilities rates in all incorporated municipalities.	a	291,665 (53%)	260,589 (47%)
LRCA	Proposition 29	Allow county officers to perform municipal functions upon voter approval.and require charters be amended if such municipalities wish to use the allowance.	a	284,757 (57%)	214,312 (43%)
CICA	Proposition 2	Prohibit the sale, manufacture, and transportation of intoxicating liquor.		355,536 (40%)	524,781 (60%)
LRCA	Proposition 30	Allow irrigation districts to acquire stock of a foreign corporation that owns part of an international water system to gain control over the entire system.	a	349,684 (65%)	185,168 (35%)
LRCA	Proposition 31	Authorize the railroad commission to determine compensation paid for property taken through eminent domain for public utilities.	a	291,836 (54%)	244,379 (46%)
LRCA	Proposition 32	Eliminate provisions that prohibited the governor from being elected as a United States senator during their term of office.	a	404,283 (68%)	190,969 (32%)
LRCA	Proposition 33	Authorize municipal corporations to acquire and operate any type of public utilities.		231,724 (45%)	278,129 (55%)
LRCA	Proposition 34	Make all lands and improvements owned by a county or municipal corporation outside of its limits taxable.	a	344,433 (61%)	216,612 (39%)
BI	Proposition 35	Allow bonds up to $3 million for the building and equipment of state buildings in Sacramento and establishing the terms of such bonds.	a	294,928 (52%)	267,717 (48%)
BI	Proposition 36	Provide for the issuance of state bonds to create a fund for completing a state building or buildings in the city and county of San Francisco.	a	300,028 (54%)	257,119 (46%)
BI	Proposition 37	Provide for the issuance of $750,000 in state bonds to improve the state fairgrounds in the city of Sacramento and establish the terms for such bonds.		259,721 (46%)	301,764 (54%)
CISS	Proposition 38	Allow for bonds up to $1.25 million for the construction and maintenance of a state building in Los Angeles and establish the terms of such bonds.		285,796 (47%)	320,302 (53%)
CICA	Proposition 39	Establish times when the Prohibition Amendment, if such amendment were to be approved, would go into effect.	a	448,648 (66%)	226,688 (34%)
CISS	Proposition 3	Make it a misdemeanor for an employer to require or permit an employee to work more than eight hours in one day or more than 48 hours in one week.		282,692 (34%)	560,881 (66%)
LRCA	Proposition 40	Authorize the governor to call extra sessions of the district courts of appeals and establish terms for such extra sessions.		203,674 (39%)	322,891 (61%)
LRCA	Proposition 41	Establish that no judgment shall be set aside or a new trial granted in any case unless evidence is found to indicate a miscarriage of justice occurred.	a	378,237 (68%)	182,073 (32%)
LRCA	Proposition 42	Authorize any county, municipality, irrigation district, or other public corporation that issued state bonds to pay interest on bonds at any place.	a	306,195 (60%)	206,479 (40%)
LRCA	Proposition 43	Exempt buildings, equipment, land, securities, and income of non-profit collegiate educational institutions from taxation.	a	331,599 (53%)	293,721 (47%)
LRCA	Proposition 44	Allow the legislature to create a minimum wage for women and minors and allow the legislature to create laws regarding the welfare of all employees.	a	379,311 (56%)	295,109 (44%)
CISS	Proposition 45	Prohibit employees from working more than six days or 48 hours per week and establish rules regarding working on Sundays.		290,679 (39%)	457,890 (61%)
CISS	Proposition 46	Create a state board for drugless physicians to regulate people who treat patients without drugs or medicine.		223,217 (33%)	462,355 (67%)
CICA	Proposition 47	Prohibit state elections on questions related to alcohol prohibition for eight years following the 1914 election.		355,394 (45%)	435,701 (55%)
BI	Proposition 48	Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $10 million for the betterment of the San Francisco Harbor and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	408,633 (71%)	167,589 (29%)
VR	Proposition 4	Declare places where acts of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution occur as nuisances and establish regulations for shutting down such places.	a	402,629 (53%)	352,821 (47%)
VR	Proposition 5	Create a state corporation department to regulate investment companies and brokers.	a	343,805 (54%)	288,084 (46%)
VR	Proposition 6	Create a state water commission to control the appropriation and use of water.	a	309,950 (51%)	301,817 (49%)
LRCA	Proposition 7	Authorize counties and municipalities to exempt certain classes of property from taxation.		267,618 (42%)	375,634 (58%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Exempt vessels weighing more than 50 tons that are used to transport freight or passengers from taxation.	a	359,176 (54%)	301,969 (46%)
CISS	Proposition 9	Authorize the governor to appoint an auditor of investments to define, regulate and examine investment companies.		249,500 (41%)	353,812 (59%)

Colorado

See also: Colorado 1914 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Measure 1	Direct Democracy	Provides rules for rejected and conflicting initiative measures	d
CICA	Measure 2	Alcohol	Establishes a statewide prohibition on intoxicating alcoholic beverages	a
CICA	Measure 3	Trials	Requires a three-fourths jury verdict in civil cases and permits women to serve as jurors	d
CICA	Measure 4	Elections	Empowers the public to petition the governor to call for a special election on initiatives and referendums	d
CISS	Measure 5	Admin of Gov't	Codifies laws related to women and children	d
CISS	Measure 6	Law Enforcement	Provides for probation in criminal cases for minors and first offenders	d
CISS	Measure 7	Gov't Finance	Increases the state road fund by 1/2 mill for highway construction purposes	a
CICA	Measure 8	Business	Defines newspapers as public utilities	a
VR	Measure 9	Utilities	Regards the financing and capitalization of public utilities	d
VR	Measure 10	Business	Provides for the licensing and regulation of commission merchants	d
VR	Measure 11	Labor	Relieves employees from assuming risk of workplace injury or death	a
VR	Measure 12	Law Enforcement	Alters the methods of appointing peace officers	d
VR	Measure 13	Utilities	Regards the financing and capitalization of public utilities	d
LRCA	Measure 14	Gov't Finaces	Provides 60 years for the redemption of city or town indebtedness	d
LRCA	Measure 15	Taxes	Regards the equalization of tax assessments at full cash value by state and county boards of equalization	a
LRCA	Measure 16	Direct Democracy	Regards the publication of constitutional amendments and initiated and referred laws	d

Florida

See also: Florida 1914 ballot measures

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	County Officers Amendment	Eliminate the office of county treasurer and establish the term of office for county tax assessor and collector as four years	a	14,164 (68%)	6,668 (32%)
LRCA	Court System Amendment	Establish the state court system	a	8,998 (67%)	4,500 (33%)
LRCA	State Militia Officers Amendment	Establish procedures and protocols for officers of the state militia	a	10,356 (68%)	4,798 (32%)

Idaho

See also: Idaho 1914 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	HJR 3	Judiciary	Increases the Supreme Court to five justices	d
LRCA	HJR 23	Local Gov't	Removes the Superintendent of Public Instruction from the Land Board	d
LRCA	SJR 4	Term limits	Extends the terms of state officers to four years	d

Maine

See also: Maine 1914 ballot measures

September 14

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	REFERENDUM	Utilities	Creates a Public Utilities Commission	a

Maryland

See also: Maryland 1914 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutions	Amends Section 44 of Article 4 of the Constitution	a

Michigan

See also: Michigan 1914 ballot measures

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Absentee Voting Amendment	Revise provisions of the constitution relative to absentee voting	a	190,510 (52%)	175,948 (48%)
LRCA	Bonds for Drains and Agricultural Lands Amendment	Allow counties to issue bonds for the construction of drains and the improvement of agricultural lands		165,290 (45%)	199,873 (55%)
LRCA	Bonds for Public Wagon Roads Amendment	Allow the state to issue bonds for the improvement of public wagon roads		164,333 (45%)	202,087 (55%)
CICA	Regulation of Fraternal Beneficiary Societies Initiative	Revise provisions relating to the regulation of fraternal beneficiary societies		92,392 (24%)	291,776 (76%)

Minnesota

See also: Minnesota 1914 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Direct democracy	Establishes initiative and referendum	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Judiciary	Increases the number of justices of the Supreme Court	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	Gov't Finances	Authorizes a fund to improve state school lands	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	Gov't Acc	Repeals the requirement of publication of the treasurer's report	d
LRCA	Amendment 5	Education	Authorizes investment of school funds in first mortgages	d
LRCA	Amendment 6	Judiciary	Extends terms of probate judges	d
LRCA	Amendment 7	Legislature	Limits the size of the state senate	d
LRCA	Amendment 8	Admin of gov't	Authorizes the recall of any public official	d
LRCA	Amendment 9	Taxes	Authorizes special dog taxes	d
LRCA	Amendment 10	Environment	Authorizes state bounties for reforestation	d
LRCA	Amendment 11	Forests & parks	Authorizes public lands to be set aside as state forests	a

Missouri

See also: Missouri 1914 ballot measures

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 13	Sex and gender; Suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution		182,257 (36%)	322,463 (64%)
CICA	Amendment 14	Transportation; Bonds	Authorize an issue of $50 million in bonds to fund construction and maintenance of public highways, and authorize a tax levy to pay principal and interest on those bonds		76,547 (17%)	378,530 (83%)
CICA	Amendment 15	Taxes; Transportation; Bonds	Enact a tax levy and allow petitions to authorize an issue of bonds to fund road construction and maintenance		80,935 (18%)	373,302 (82%)
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Revise the initiative and referendum law to restrict submissions of "single tax" measures and implementing other provisions		138,039 (29%)	334,310 (71%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Budgets; Local government	Increase the debt limit for Kansas City in order to purchase public utilities		123,596 (28%)	312,651 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes; Transportation	Enact a state tax of $0.10 per $100 of assessed valuation for public road construction and maintenance in several counties		112,497 (24%)	346,995 (76%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Salaries	Establish an annual salary of $1,000 for General Assembly members		89,629 (20%)	355,326 (80%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Budgets; Transportation	Increase the debt limit for cities with a population of 100,000 inhabitants or more in order to construct a subway system		117,197 (27%)	316,959 (73%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes; Transportation	Allow a majority vote to increase the local tax rate to fund road maintenance not to exceed sixty-five cents on the one hundred dollar valuation		117,041 (26%)	333,576 (74%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Public retirement funds	Authorize the General Assembly to establish a pension for those who are blind		214,951 (46%)	255,717 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Local government	Allow for city charters to be amended by a less challenging process		140,475 (33%)	290,562 (67%)
VR	Proposition 10	Alcohol; Local government	Refer House bill No. 19, which would have changed local laws that allowed towns with a population of 2,500 inhabitants or more could vote if their municipality prohibited alcohol, and instead established that counties have complete jurisdiction of the sale of alcohol		172,909 (36%)	311,285 (64%)
VR	Proposition 11	Local government	Refer House bill No. 7, which would have abolished the current governor-appointed Excise Commissioner in cities with a population of 300,000 or more, and establish a bipartisan Board of Excise Commissioners appointed by the mayors of those cities		134,449 (31%)	303,757 (69%)
VR	Proposition 12	Law enforcement	Refer House bill No. 6 which would have terminated the governor-appointed Board of Police Commissioners in cities with a population of 300,000 or more inhabitants, and instead establish a bipartisan Board of Police Commissioners appointed by the mayor of those cities		131,382 (30%)	306,942 (70%)
VR	Proposition 9	Business; Railways	Refer Senate bill No. 117, which established a minimum number of employees in crews that must be present on passenger, mail, express, and freight trains to operate in Missouri		159,892 (33%)	324,384 (67%)

Montana

See also: Montana 1914 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Suffrage	Permits women's suffrage	a
LRSS	Referendum 1	Education	Creates a levy to support education institutions	d
VR	IR-6	Athletics	Establishes an Athletic Commission	d
CISS	I-7	Labor	Provides workmen's compensation	d
CISS	I-8	Gov't Finances	Relates to the investment of permanent state funds	a
CISS	I-9	Education	Consolidates state institutions of higher education	d

Nebraska

See also: Nebraska 1914 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Provides for uniform taxation	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Trials	Authorizes a five-sixths jury verdict	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	State exec	Provides for the salaries of state executive officers	d
VR	Referendum 1	Labor	Provides for workmen's compensation	a
VR	Referendum 2	Gov't Finances	Provides funding for building city armories	d
CISS	Initiative 1	Education	Removes a university campus	d
CICA	Amendment 4	Suffrage	Gives women the right to vote	d

New York

See also: New York 1914 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Con Convention	Calls a constitutional convention to revise the constitution	a

North Carolina

See also: North Carolina 1914 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Con language	Substitutes new language in two sections of the constitution	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Legislature	Increases compensation of members of the general assembly	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	Admin of gov't	Restricts local, private and special legislation	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	State exec	Fixes the day of inauguration for the governor	d
LRCA	Amendment 5	Trials	Provides emergency judges to prevent trial delays	d
LRCA	Amendment 6	Con language	Removes obsolete sections from the constitution	d
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes	Revises and reforms the system of revenue and taxation	d
LRCA	Amendment 8	Legislature	Prevents special charters to corporations by the general assembly	d
LRCA	Amendment 9	Local gov't	Prevents special charters to towns, cities and incorporated villages	d
LRCA	Amendment 10	Education	Requires a six-month public school term	d

North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 1914 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Referendum	Admin of Gov't	Renames state Blind Asylum	a
LRCA	Referendum	Direct Democracy	Creates the initiated constitutional amendment process	a
LRCA	Referendum	Direct Democracy	Creates the initiated state statute process	a
LRCA	Referendum	Transportation	Allowes state to aid construction of highways	a
LRCA	Referendum	Food and Agri	Empowers the Legislative Assembly to operate terminal grain elevators with in the state	a
LRCA	Referendum	Taxes	Authorizes Legislative Assembly to recognize different classifications of property and apply uniform taxation within each	a
LRCA	Referendum	Suffrage	Deals with women's suffrage	d

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1914 ballot measures

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Alcohol Prohibition Initiative	Prohibit alcohol		504,177 (46%)	588,329 (54%)
CICA	Home Rule on Alcohol Initiative	Provide home rule on alcohol	a	559,872 (51%)	547,254 (49%)
CICA	Tax Rate and Property Classification Initiative	Provide a limitation on the tax rate and provide for the classification of property for tax purposes		223,873 (29%)	551,760 (71%)
CICA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Provide for women's suffrage in state constitution		335,390 (39%)	518,295 (61%)

Oklahoma

See also: Oklahoma 1914 ballot measures

August 4, 1914

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	State Question 59	Education; Taxes	Authorize the legislature to levy taxes for common schools and distribute funds to districts with insufficient local revenue to maintain schools for five months annually.		89,653 (61%)	56,916 (39%)
VR	State Question 61	Gambling	Repeal Chapter 185 of the 1913 Session Laws, which prohibited gambling, bookmaking, and related activities.		68,878 (47%)	76,495 (53%)
VR	State Question 62	Gambling	Invalidate Chapter 128 of the 1913 Session Laws, which penalized gambling, operating slot machines, and maintaining buildings used for such activities.		67,562 (48%)	73,770 (52%)
CISS	State Question 68	Taxes	Re-establish a taxation system with changes to assessment methods, bond exemptions, taxes on banks and transmission companies, higher oil production tax, and a graduated tax on landholdings over 640 acres or $10,000 in value.		88,994 (66%)	45,232 (34%)
CICA	State Question 73	Alcohol; Impeachment; Ethics	Make drunkenness and excessive use of intoxicating liquors grounds for impeachment or removal from office.	a	114,833 (78%)	31,659 (22%)

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	State Question 71	Judiciary	Consolidate the state’s final appellate courts into a single Supreme Court with one chief justice and nine associate justices.		105,529 (62%)	64,782 (38%)
CICA	State Question 74	Taxes	Reduce the maximum state ad valorem tax levy from 3.5 mills to 2.5 mills and prohibit the legislature from making appropriations exceeding this limit.		117,675 (67%)	57,120 (33%)
CICA	State Question 75	Severance taxes; Public education funding; Fossil fuels; Transportation	Levy a 2% mine production tax on natural gas, petroleum, and crude oil, with revenue split between the state, local road and bridge funds, and school funds in the county of production.		107,342 (63%)	62,380 (37%)
CICA	State Question 77	Legislature	Restructure the legislature into an 80-member House of Representatives with a subordinate body of Commissioners, including the Lieutenant Governor.		94,686 (57%)	71,742 (43%)

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1914 ballot measures

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Citizenship voting	Require voters to be citizens of the United States of America.	a	164,879 (81%)	39,847 (19%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Executive officials	Create the office of the Lieutenant Governor and provide a line of succession to the governorship.		52,040 (27%)	143,804 (73%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Local government	Permit county-city consolidation in a county that contains a city with over 100,000 inhabitants.		77,392 (43%)	103,194 (57%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Irrigation; Budgets	Allow the state to incur more than $50,000 of debt to build and maintain roads, construct irrigation, and develop land and projects.		49,759 (27%)	135,550 (73%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Taxes	Omit the requirement that “all taxation shall be equal and uniform.”		59,206 (34%)	116,490 (66%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 310-311	Taxes	Change existing rules on uniform taxation by authorizing property classification for taxation purposes and specific taxes on income.		52,362 (30%)	122,704 (70%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Education; Taxes	Levy a one-fortieth of a mill property tax for the construction and maintenance of the Southern Oregon State Normal School at Ashland, Jackson County.		84,041 (43%)	109,643 (57%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Local government	Allow towns, cities, or municipalities to merge into an adjoining city or town through a vote by by the interested electors.	a	96,116 (55%)	77,671 (45%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 316-317	Education; Taxes	Levy a one-fortieth of a mill property tax for the construction and maintenance of the Eastern Oregon State Normal School at Weston, Umatilla County.		87,450 (45%)	105,345 (55%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 318-319	Salaries	Establish compensation for state legislators at five dollars per working day and ten cents per mile for traveling.		41,087 (22%)	146,278 (78%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 320-321	Labor	Mandate that no person should be required to work more than eight hours per day or forty-eight hours per week.		49,360 (23%)	167,888 (77%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 322-323	Sex and gender; Labor; Gender-based labor	Require employers to install ventilation in work rooms over 80°F and mandate eight-hour workdays for women.		88,480 (42%)	120,296 (58%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 324-325	Judiciary; Elections	Prohibit party nominations for judges and allow candidates to run by filing a petition signed by one percent of eligible district voters.		74,323 (41%)	107,263 (59%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 326-327	Taxes; Property	Exempt personal property and land improvements, such as dwellings and furniture and goods, from taxation up to $1,500.		65,495 (32%)	136,193 (68%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 328-329	Water; Transportation	Prohibit the sale of of navigable waterway beds and authorize the construction and leasing of municipal docks.		67,128 (37%)	114,564 (63%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 330-331	Transportation; Public works	Allow municipalities to build, manage, and maintain wharves, docks, and piers, and lease submerged lands for private construction.		67,110 (38%)	111,113 (62%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 332-333	Alcohol; Business	Prohibit intoxicating liquor manufacture and sale, except upon prescription or for scientific, mechanical, or religious purposes.	a	136,842 (58%)	100,362 (42%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 334-335	Death penalty	Abolish the death penalty for murder committed and fix life imprisonment as the maximum punishment for any crime.	a	100,522 (50%)	100,395 (50%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 336-337	Taxes	Establish a graduated tax on realty and distribute tax revenues to county schools and libraries and other county expenses.		59,186 (32%)	124,943 (68%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 338-339	Administration	Consolidate the office of the Corporation Commissioner with the office of the Insurance Commissioner.		55,469 (32%)	120,154 (68%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 340-341	Business	Allow people with “reputable” dental college degrees or out-of-state dental licenses to practice dentistry in Oregon.		92,722 (46%)	110,404 (54%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 342-343	Local government	Extend the term length for county officers from two years to four years.		82,841 (44%)	107,039 (56%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 344-345	Taxes	Require the Governor to appoint a five-member tax code commission to prepare and present a new tax code to the legislature.		34,436 (19%)	143,468 (81%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 346-347	Administration	Abolish the Desert Land Board and the State Water board and transfer its powers and duties to the State Land Board and the State Water Commissioner.		32,701 (19%)	143,366 (81%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 348-349	Legislature; Proportional representation; Elections	Enact a system for electing sixty state legislators		39,740 (22%)	137,116 (78%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 350-351	Legislature	Eliminate the Oregon Senate, making the legislature unicameral		62,376 (34%)	123,429 (66%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 352-353	Administrative organization	Create a Department of Industry and Public Works under the State Labor Commissioner to provide jobs for unemployed citizens.		57,859 (31%)	126,201 (69%)
CISS	Measure Nos. 354-355	Elections	Authorize the election of delegates by voters to recommend candidates at primary nominating conventions.		25,058 (14%)	153,638 (86%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 356-357	Taxes; Property	Provide equal assessment and taxation of all property with a $300 exemption, and exempt municipal, educational, literacy, scientific, religious, and charitable properties.		43,280 (24%)	140,507 (76%)

South Dakota

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November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ConCon	Call for Constitutional Convention	ConCon	Calls a constitutional convention	d
LRCA	Superintendent's Term Limit	Term Limits	Removes the term limit of four consecutive years from the superintendent of schools	d
LRCA	Legislative Terms	Term Limits	Extends the term of office for state legislators to four years	d
LRCA	Municipal Initiative and Referendum	Direct Democracy	Extends the initiative and referendum processes to municipal laws	d
LRCA	School Lands Purchase Interest	Gov't Finances	Reduces the interest on the purchases of school lands to 5 percent	a
LRCA	Institutional Board Changes	Admin of Gov't	Renames the State Board of Charities and Corrections to the State Board of Control; modifies board powers	d
LRCA	Irrigation Control and Promotion	Water	Declares irrigation for agricultural land a public purpose	d
LRCA	Judge Disqualification	Judiciary	Provides for the disqualification of supreme court justices from certain cases and for their temporary replacements	d
LRCA	Women's Suffrage	Suffrage	Grants suffrage to women by removing the word "male" from Section 1 of Article VII	d
IndISS	Coffey Primary Election Law	Elections	Repeals and replaces the Richard's Primary Law	d
IndISS	Local Liquor Option	Alcohol	Provides for the licensing, restriction and regulation of liquor sales on a local basis	d
VR	Normal School Course	Education	Affects the course of study at the Northern Normal and Industrial School	d

Texas

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November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Initiative process	Establish a state initiative and referendum process		62,371 (48%)	66,785 (52%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Water; Local government	Authorize counties to designate seawall reclamation districts and build seawalls		47,259 (38%)	78,118 (62%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Legislature; Salaries	Increase the length of regular sessions, the legislator salary in odd years, the per diem compensation in even years, and the mileage reimbursement.		37,296 (29%)	89,535 (71%)

Vermont

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
AQ	Primary Elections Act	Elections	Two advisory questions regarding enacting primary elections	a
LRSS	Supreme Court Building Act	State judiciary	When to appropriate $300,000 to design and construct a new Vermont Supreme Court building no later than September 1916.	d July 1, 1915

Washington

See also: Washington 1914 ballot measures

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Allow Noncitizen Residents to Own Land Amendment	Immigration; Property	Allow noncitizen residents to purchase and own land		55,080 (21%)	212,542 (79%)
CISS	Initiative 10	Law enforcement; Labor	Provide the employment of certain convicts to construct public highways, payment for dependent families of such convicts, and creation of state road funds to implement this measure		111,805 (38%)	183,726 (62%)
CISS	Initiative 13	Labor	Prohibit employers from having employees work more than eight hours a day, except in agricultural labor, cases of emergency, or additional compensation for overtime work		118,881 (36%)	212,935 (64%)
CISS	Initiative 3	Alcohol	Prohibit the production and sale of alcohol in Washington	a	189,840 (53%)	171,208 (47%)
CISS	Initiative 6	Administration; Business	Transfer power from the secretary of state to the public service commission to regulate businesses to prevent fraud in the dealings of land, stocks, bonds, and other securities		142,017 (49%)	147,298 (51%)
CISS	Initiative 7	State executive; Administrative organization	Abolish the bureau of inspection and supervision of public offices, transfer the bureau's power to the state auditor, and require the state auditor to provide a balance sheet of each department's expense		117,882 (41%)	167,080 (59%)
CISS	Initiative 8	Business; Labor	Prohibit fees to secure employment or employment interviews	a	162,054 (53%)	144,544 (47%)
CISS	Initiative 9	Labor	Require employers to cover up to one hundred dollars in expenses for injured workers, with the additional cost paid for by the industry, and prohibit certain wage deductions		143,738 (48%)	154,166 (52%)
VR	Referendum 1	Teachers; Public retirement funds	Provide for the creation of a retirement fund for retired public school teachers, principals, supervisors, supervising principals and superintendents and a board of trustees to oversee the fund		59,051 (19%)	252,356 (81%)
VR	Referendum 2	Irrigation; Bonds	Provided for the construction and operation of an irrigation and storage system to irrigate lands in the Quincy Valley and the authorization of $40 million in state bonds sales to raise funds		102,315 (35%)	189,065 (65%)

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1914 ballot measures

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 10	Legislature; Salaries	change legislative pay to $600 per year and allow for 2 cents a mile travel compensation		68,907 (30%)	157,202 (70%)
LRCA	Question 1	Ballot measures; Legislature	Require a three-fifths (60%) vote in a single legislative session for the legislature to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot		71,734 (31%)	160,761 (69%)
LRCA	Question 2	Initiative process	Establish an initiative and referendum process in Wisconsin		84,934 (36%)	148,536 (64%)
LRCA	Question 3	Public assistance; Insurance	Create a state annuity insurance system		59,909 (26%)	170,338 (74%)
LRCA	Question 4	Local government	Create the right of city and village home rule		86,020 (38%)	141,472 (62%)
LRCA	Question 5	Judiciary	Allow the legislature to decrease the number of judiciary circuits and increase the number of judges		63,311 (29%)	154,827 (71%)
LRCA	Question 6	Recall	Create the right to recall elected officials other than judges		81,628 (36%)	144,386 (64%)
LRCA	Question 7	Local government; Eminent domain	Define the property that can be taken by municipal corporations for public purposes		61,122 (28%)	154,945 (72%)
LRCA	Question 8	Initiative process; Ballot measures	Allow citizens to petition the legislature for constitutional amendments		68,435 (31%)	150,215 (69%)
LRCA	Question 9	Public assistance; Insurance	Allow for the creation of a state insurance system		58,490 (26%)	165,966 (74%)

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