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| State | Year | Name | Type | Topics | Description | Status | Yes Votes Total | No Votes Total | Mov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 1916 | Measure Nos. 316-317 | CICA | Alcohol laws, Business regulations | Ban the importation of intoxicating liquors from outside of Oregon. | Approved | 51.17% (114,932) | 48.83% (109,671) | 2.34% |
| Oregon | 1916 | Measure Nos. 318-319 | CICA | Bond issues, Agriculture policy | Create a Rural Credits Fund to offer five percent interest loans to purchase land, livestock, and eq... | Approved | 56.17% (107,488) | 43.83% (83,887) | 12.33% |
| Oregon | 1916 | Measure Nos. 320-321 | CICA | Taxes | Provide limitations for state and county tax levies and county indebtedness. | Approved | 54.22% (99,536) | 45.78% (84,031) | 8.45% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Amendent 3 | LRCA | Income taxes, Property taxes, Business taxes | Revise Article XI on revenue and finance | Defeated | 44.07% (43,793) | 55.93% (55,568) | 11.85% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Highways and bridges, Fossil fuel energy | Allow the state to construct and maintain roads and supply coal from state lands | Approved | 69.37% (75,922) | 30.63% (33,521) | 38.74% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Water irrigation policy | Allow the legislature to establish irrigation districts and fund irrigation of agricultural land thr... | Approved | 57.06% (58,775) | 42.94% (44,238) | 14.11% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | Property taxes | Allow the state or counties to establish a rural credit system allowing loans and credit to resident... | Approved | 57.84% (57,569) | 42.16% (41,957) | 15.69% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Amendment 4 | IndISS | Banking policy | Establish a Department of Banking and Finance | Defeated | 47.75% (47,715) | 52.25% (52,205) | 4.49% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Amendment 5 | LRCA | State constitutional conventions | Call a constitutional convention to revise the state constitution and reduce the number of conventio... | Defeated | 38.53% (35,377) | 61.47% (56,432) | 22.93% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Amendment 7 | LRCA | Alcohol laws | Prohibit the production and sale of alcohol | Approved | 55.03% (65,334) | 44.97% (53,380) | 10.07% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Amendment 8 | LRCA | Public education funding, Public land policy | Remove five-year lease limits on school lands | Defeated | 40.10% (41,379) | 59.90% (61,798) | 19.79% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Amendment 9 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Allow the legislature to determine the salaries of state officials by a two-thirds vote | Defeated | 39.02% (39,169) | 60.98% (61,223) | 21.97% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Referred Law 1 | IndISS | Primary election systems | Regulate political party transactions to simplify primary elections, ensure party accountability to ... | Defeated | 49.85% (52,410) | 50.15% (52,733) | 0.31% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Referred Law 2 | VR | Business regulations, Alcohol laws | Regulate the issuance of permits for the sale of intoxicating liquors by calling an election on the ... | Defeated | 47.47% (49,174) | 52.53% (54,422) | 5.07% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Referred Law 5 | VR | Jury rules | Require a five-sixths jury verdict in civil trials | Defeated | 49.05% (49,601) | 50.95% (51,529) | 1.91% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | State Banking Board Initiative | IndISS | Banking policy, Administrative organization | Create a state banking board | Defeated | 48.83% (47,925) | 51.17% (50,226) | 2.34% |
| South Dakota | 1916 | Women's Suffrage Amendment | LRCA | Sex and gender issues, Women's suffrage | Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution | Defeated | 47.80% (53,432) | 52.20% (58,350) | 4.40% |
| Texas | 1916 | Proposition 1 | LRCA | Taxes | Authorize a county school tax of up to $0.50 per $100 valuation and increased the maximum school dis... | Defeated | 48.59% (122,040) | 51.41% (129,139) | 2.83% |
| Utah | 1916 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | State executive powers and duties | Permit the Board of Examiners to supervise the treasurer | Defeated | 29.91% (18,103) | 70.09% (42,416) | 40.17% |
| Utah | 1916 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Property taxes, Mineral resources | Change the rate of taxation on mines | Defeated | 21.34% (14,957) | 78.66% (55,133) | 57.32% |
| Washington | 1916 | Initative 24 | CISS | Business regulations, Alcohol laws | Authorize the sale of beer between one and four percent alcohol and provide a system of licensing fo... | Defeated | 30.13% (105,803) | 69.87% (245,399) | 39.75% |
| Washington | 1916 | Initiative 18 | IndISS | Business regulations, Alcohol laws | Remove alcohol purchases restrictions at home and authorize malt liquor production and sale, alcohol... | Defeated | 15.51% (48,354) | 84.49% (263,390) | 68.98% |
| Washington | 1916 | Property Ownership Requirement for Voting on Indebtedness Amendment | LRCA | Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements | Require voters to own property with tax obligations to vote on propositions regarding financial matt... | Defeated | 33.05% (88,963) | 66.95% (180,179) | 33.89% |
| Washington | 1916 | Referendum 3 | VR | Initiative and referendum process | Modify the laws governing the initiative and referendum process. | Defeated | 24.03% (62,117) | 75.97% (196,363) | 51.94% |
| Washington | 1916 | Referendum 4 | VR | Recall process | Alter the provisions regarding the recall of elected officials. | Defeated | 24.70% (63,546) | 75.30% (193,686) | 50.59% |
| Washington | 1916 | Referendum 5 | VR | Elections and campaigns | Provide the formation of state and county party conventions and the election of delegates to such co... | Defeated | 19.76% (49,370) | 80.24% (200,499) | 60.48% |
| Washington | 1916 | Referendum 6 | VR | Labor disputes and strikes | Define picketing, prohibit it, and provide penalities for violation. | Defeated | 31.88% (85,672) | 68.12% (183,042) | 36.24% |
| Washington | 1916 | Referendum 7 | VR | Utility policy | Require utility services to obtain public service commission certification based on public necessity... | Defeated | 18.87% (46,921) | 81.13% (201,742) | 62.26% |
| Washington | 1916 | Referendum 8 | VR | Local government organization, Ports and harbors | Create port districts, rank them into classes, and provide for harbor development. | Defeated | 18.82% (45,264) | 81.18% (195,253) | 62.36% |
| Washington | 1916 | Referendum 9 | VR | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Require state and local governments, port, school, and park districts to establish a budget and limi... | Defeated | 32.40% (87,205) | 67.60% (181,933) | 35.20% |
| West Virginia | 1916 | Women's Suffrage Amendment | LRCA | Women's suffrage, Sex and gender issues | Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution | Defeated | 28.22% (63,540) | 71.78% (161,607) | 43.56% |
| Maine | 1916 | Question 1 | VR | Gender-based labor regulations, Child labor regulations, Working hours regulations, Sex and gender issues | Limit the number of hours of employment for women and children to 54 hours per week | Approved | 70.37% (95,591) | 29.63% (40,252) | 40.74% |
| Maine | 1916 | Question 2 | LRCA | Highways and bridges, Local government organization, Local government finance and taxes | Provide state and county aid to towns for the construction of highway bridges | Approved | 87.24% (96,677) | 12.76% (14,138) | 74.48% |
| Oklahoma | 1916 | State Question 81 | LRCA | Taxes, Administration of government | Create a State Tax Commission and abolish the State Board of Equalization. | Defeated | 25.74% (50,656) | 74.26% (146,130) | 48.52% |
| Oklahoma | 1916 | State Question 82 | LRCA | Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements | Establish a literacy test for electors, exempting those who served in the U.S. Army or Navy during t... | Defeated | 40.49% (90,605) | 59.51% (133,140) | 19.01% |
| Oklahoma | 1916 | State Question 83 | LRCA | Education, Taxes | Repeal Section 12-a of Article 10, which required taxes from public service corporations in multiple... | Defeated | 37.37% (76,093) | 62.63% (127,525) | 25.26% |
| Oklahoma | 1916 | State Question 84 | LRCA | State judiciary, Salaries of government officials | Reduce the salary of the Clerk of the Supreme Court from $3,000 to $2,500 and require the Clerk to b... | Defeated | 30.39% (58,933) | 69.61% (134,963) | 39.21% |
| Oklahoma | 1916 | State Question 85 | LRCA | County and municipal governance, State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Limit the indebtedness of incorporated cities and towns to 5% of the assessed property valuation, pl... | Defeated | 23.20% (44,687) | 76.80% (147,933) | 53.60% |
| Oklahoma | 1916 | State Question 86 | LRCA | Labor and unions, Administration of government | Authorize the legislature to establish compulsory or elective employer compensation for employees in... | Defeated | 26.82% (50,998) | 73.18% (139,132) | 46.35% |
| Oklahoma | 1916 | State Question 87 | LRCA | State judiciary | Consolidate the Supreme Court and the Criminal Court of Appeals into a single court known as the "Su... | Defeated | 22.32% (42,896) | 77.68% (149,272) | 55.36% |
| Oklahoma | 1916 | State Question 88 | LRCA | Jury rules | Establish jury sizes at eight members in courts of record and six members in county courts and court... | Defeated | 25.98% (49,954) | 74.02% (142,333) | 48.04% |
| Oklahoma | 1916 | State Question 89 | LRCA | State judiciary | Abolish County Courts and transfer their jurisdiction, including probate matters, to District Courts... | Defeated | 23.08% (47,194) | 76.92% (157,284) | 53.84% |
| Iowa | 1916 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Sex and gender issues, Women's suffrage | Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution | Defeated | 48.50% (162,849) | 51.50% (172,930) | 3.00% |
| Vermont | 1916 | Prohibition on the Sale of Intoxicating Liquor Act | LRSS | Alcohol laws | Defeated | ||||
| Alabama | 1915 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Taxes | The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Article XIX, Section 1, 2 and 3. The amendm... | Approved | 59.32% (69,341) | 40.68% (47,543) | 18.65% |
| Alabama | 1915 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | The amendment proposed the system by which Montgomery County officers would be paid, which took effe... | Approved | 55.65% (53,207) | 44.35% (42,411) | 11.29% |
| Alabama | 1915 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | Banking policy | The amendment proposed to repeal Article 13, Section 250. The amendment proposed would repeal the se... | Approved | 54.15% (51,996) | 45.85% (44,034) | 8.29% |
| Alabama | 1915 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | Taxes | The amendment proposed to allow the city of Selma further allowances on tax collection. The amendmen... | Approved | 53.66% (50,373) | 46.34% (43,494) | 7.33% |
| Alabama | 1915 | Amendment 5 | LRCA | Administration of government | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution: Section 48. The amendment proposed that the legisl... | Defeated | 45.58% (42,946) | 54.42% (51,284) | 8.85% |
| Alabama | 1915 | Amendment 6 | LRCA | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that municipalities, except... | Defeated | 48.21% (41,686) | 51.79% (44,780) | 3.58% |