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California

See also: California 1919 ballot propositions

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Authorize $40 million in bonds to construct and complete portions of state highways	a	196,084 (88%)	27,992 (12%)

Illinois

See also: Illinois 1919 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
AQ	Initiative and Referendum Question	Elections	Shall the people of Illinois have the power of initiative and referendum?	a
AQ	Gateway Amendment	Elections	Shall the constitution be amended with regard to the passage of amendments?	a
AQ	Public Ownership Question	Utilities	Shall municipal goverenments be able to purchase income producing utilities?	a

Maine

See also: Maine 1919 ballot measures

September 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment No. 1	War & Peace	Requires all commissioned officers of the militia be appointed and commissioned by the governor	a
LRCA	Amendment No. 2	Suffrage	Continues right of suffrage in town or plantation for three months after moving to another part of the state	a
LRCA	Amendment No. 3	Bonds	Provides bond issue for building and maintaining public wharves and establishment of adequate port facilities	a
LRCA	Amendment No. 4	Gov't Finance	Increase the state debt limit from $300,000 to $800,000	a
LRCA	Amendment No. 5	Bonds	Increases amount of bonds issued for the building of state highways and intrastate, interstate and international bridges	a

Massachusetts

See also: Massachusetts 1919 ballot measures

November 4, 1919

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Question 1	Rearrange the constitution of the commonwealth	a	263,359 (80%)	64,978 (20%)
VR	Question 2	Place limitations on interest and dividends on savings deposits in banks	a	257,136 (70%)	110,412 (30%)

Michigan

See also: Michigan 1919 ballot measures

April 7, 1919

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Money for Highway Improvements Amendment	Allow the state to borrow money and issue bonds for highway improvement	a	558,572 (71%)	225,239 (29%)
CICA	Permission for Alcohol Initiative	Permit the import, transport, manufacture, use, buying, selling, keeping for sale, giving away, bartering, and furnishing of alcohol		322,603 (38%)	530,123 (62%)
LRCA	Salaries of Public Officers Amendment	Prohibit the increase and decrease of public officers' salaries, with certain exceptions		313,539 (43%)	418,778 (57%)

New York

See also: New York 1919 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Water	Relates to drainage	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Direct Democracy	Relates to absentee voting	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 3	Gov't Salaries	Increases the salary of the House speaker and legislators	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 4	Gov't Salaries	Increases the salary of judges on the court of appeals	d

North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 1919 ballot measures

June 26

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Referendum	Banking	Creates the Bank of North Dakota	a
VR	Referendum	Education	Allows governor to remove the Superintendent of Public Instruction and appoint replacement; also empowers appoint of each county superintendent	a
VR	Referendum	Admin of Gov't	Creates office of Commissioner of Immigration	a
VR	Referendum	Admin of Gov't	Creates North Dakota Industrial Commission conduct commerce on the behalf of the state	a
VR	Referendum	Judiciary	Creates district courts system	a
VR	Referendum	Admin of Gov't	Creates State Printing Commission to coordinate and supervise all state printing	a
VR	Referendum	Admin of Gov't	Creates office of tax commissioner by gubernatorial appointment	a

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1919 ballot measures

November 4, 1919

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Classification of Property for Taxation Amendment	Establish a system of classification of property for taxation purposes.		439,987 (46%)	517,245 (54%)
CICA	Definition of Intoxicating Liquor to Exclude Certain Beverages Initiative	Define intoxicating liquor as not including beverages with 2.75% or less alcohol by weight		474,907 (48%)	504,688 (52%)
VR	Ratification of Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) of U.S. Constitution Referendum	Uphold the state legislature’s ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which established federal prohibition on alcohol		499,971 (50%)	500,450 (50%)
CICA	Repeal State Alcohol Prohibition Initiative	Repeal the statewide prohibition on alcohol		454,933 (48%)	496,876 (52%)
VR	State Alcohol Prohibition Referendum	Establish the state prohibition of alcohol and provide for the enforcement of such prohibition.		474,078 (49%)	500,812 (51%)

Oklahoma

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May 6, 1919

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	State Question 100	Transportation	Authorize the state to issue $50 million in bonds to establish a system of durable, hard-surfaced highways.		69,917 (29%)	171,327 (71%)

Oregon

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June 3, 1919

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Budgets; Local government; Transportation	Increase the limit on the amount of debt that counties could incur to construct roads	a	49,728 (60%)	33,561 (40%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	Healthcare; Local government	Permit industrial and reconstruction hospitals to be located outside of a county's seat of government without approval from voters.		38,204 (48%)	40,707 (52%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Irrigation; Bonds	Provide for the issuance and sale of state bonds for the creation of irrigation and drainage districts.	a	43,010 (54%)	35,948 (46%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Bonds	Provide for the bond issuance and sale of $5,000,000 to promote reconstruction, reclamation and land settlement projects.		39,130 (49%)	40,580 (51%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 308-309	Executive officials	Establish the office of lieutenant governor, serving as senate president and governor in case of a vacant seat.		32,653 (41%)	46,861 (59%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Transportation	Appropriate $2.5 million to construct the Roosevelt Coast Military Highway	a	56,966 (66%)	29,159 (34%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 312-313	Bonds	Issue $5,000,000 in bonds for constructing hospitals, college buildings, armories, a penitentiary, land settlement, reclaiming arid, swamped, and logged land, and aiding settlement for honorably discharged military.		37,294 (47%)	42,792 (53%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 314-315	Education; Veterans	Allow honorably discharged soldiers to attend any public or private educational institution in Oregon with their necessary expenses covered by the state.	a	49,158 (59%)	33,513 (41%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 316-317	Taxes; Transportation	Provide for the construction of state market roads, funded through an annual tax levy on all taxable property.	a	53,191 (65%)	28,039 (35%)

Texas

See also: Texas 1919 ballot measures

May 24, 1919

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Alcohol	Provide for a statewide prohibition on the sale and manufacture of alcoholic beverages	a	159,723 (53%)	140,099 (47%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Sex and gender; Suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution		141,773 (46%)	166,893 (54%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Salaries; Executive officials	Increase the governor's salary to $10,000		108,536 (36%)	193,359 (64%)
LRCA	Proposition 4	Housing	Authorize the giving or lending of state credit to assist citizens in acquiring or improving their homes		152,422 (50%)	153,243 (50%)
LRCA	Proposition 5	Budgets	Establish constitutional status for the University of Texas and other higher education institutions and allocate interest from the Permanent University Fund		37,560 (33%)	76,422 (67%)

November 4, 1919

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 10	Family; Prison work	Allow the legislature to authorize the distribution of up to 50% of the net profits from the state prison system to incarcerated individuals or their dependents for any given fiscal year		42,358 (37%)	70,911 (63%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Transportation; Bonds	Authorize up to $75 million in bonds to construct hard surfaced public highways and levy up to $0.20 per $100 to pay for the bonds		29,844 (26%)	84,518 (74%)
LRCA	Proposition 7	Taxes	Increase maximum rates for city, county, road, bridge, public improvements, and local-option taxes for infrastructure and public buildings.		30,214 (27%)	83,285 (73%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	Local government; Bonds	Authorize the city and county of Galveston to issue bonds of up to $5 million dollars for protective works such as building seawalls		51,657 (49%)	54,678 (51%)
LRCA	Proposition 9	Taxes; Veterans	Levy a property tax a rate of $0.07 per $100 of assessed value to fund pensions for confederate soldiers and their widows		56,886 (49%)	59,701 (51%)

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1919 ballot measures

September 2, 1919

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Provide a bonus to veterans of World War I through a property and income tax increase	a	165,762 (74%)	57,324 (26%)

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