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California

See also: California 1896 ballot propositions

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	Exempts mortgages from taxation	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Elections	Authorizes elections by ballot	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Business Reg	Limits the liability of stockholders of corporations	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	Local Gov't	Relates to laws for incorporated cities and towns	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Elections	Provides for the election of county officers in cities and towns	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Suffrage	Grants women the right to vote	d

Florida

See also: Florida 1896 ballot measures

October 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Admin of Gov't	Relates to the publication of laws and Supreme Court Opinions	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Legislature	Relates to manner of legislative proceedings	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	State Exec	Relates to how pardons can be granted	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	Relates to authority of Justices of the Peace	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Elections	Establishes November as the month for general elections	a

Idaho

See also: Idaho 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	HJR 10	Local Gov't	Removes the election requirement for township, precinct and municipal officers	a
LRCA	SJR 2	Suffrage	Extends the equal right of suffrage to women	a
LRCA	SJR 5	Local Gov't	Removes the Office of the District Attorney and created the Office of the County Attorney	a

Illinois

See also: Illinois 1896 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Illinois Gateway Amendment	Legislature	Shall the general assembly be able to modify up to three articles of the constitution per session?	d

Minnesota

See also: Minnesota 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Law enforcement	Confers pardoning powers to a pardon board	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Suffrage	Prohibits aliens from voting	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local gov't	Authorizes home rule for cities	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Property	Requires compensation for property damaged for public use	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Gov't finances	Permits cities to borrow school and university funds	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	Provides a system for taxing large corporations	a

Montana

See also: Montana 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Suffrage	Relates to voting qualifications	d

Nebraska

See also: Nebraska 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Judiciary	Sets Supreme Court justice term limits	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Judiciary	Sets guidelines for compensation of judges	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	State exec	Sets guidelines for compensation of state officers	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	Judiciary	Vests judicial power in Supreme Court and lower courts	d
LRCA	Amendment 5	Judiciary	Allows an increase in number of judges in state courts	d
LRCA	Amendment 6	Trials	Requires a five-sixths jury verdict	d
LRCA	Amendment 7	State exec	Provides term limits for state officers	d
LRCA	Amendment 8	State exec	Provides guidelines for increasing the number of state officers	d
LRCA	Amendment 9	Education	Relates to the investment of educational funds	d
LRCA	Amendment 10	Elections	Requires questions of merging governments to be submitted to voters	d
LRCA	Amendment 11	Elections	Provides for methods of voting	d
LRCA	Amendment 12	Elections	Requires questions of donations for internal improvements to be submitted to voters	d

New Hampshire

See also: New Hampshire 1896 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Constitutional Convention	Con Convention	Shall a convention be convened to amend the constitution?	a

New York

See also: New York 1896 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Forests & Parks	Relates to the forest preserve	d

South Dakota

See also: South Dakota 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Civil Township Debt Limit Referendum	Gov't Finances	Extends five percent debt limit to civil townships	a
LRCA	Abolish Regents' Board of Trustees Referendum	Admin of Gov't	Abolish the Regents' Board of Trustees	a
LRCA	Prohibition of Monopolies Referendum	Business	Makes monopolies, trusts and price fixing illegal	a
LRCA	Prohibition Repeal Referendum	Alcohol	Repeals prohibition of alcohol	a

Texas

See also: Texas 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1	Gov't Finances	Authorizes investment of the public school fund in agricultural lands	d
LRCA	Proposition 2	Elections	Requires foreign-born individuals to declare intention for citizenship prior to any election	a

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Gov't Salaries	Removes the limit to the salary of the state superintendent of education	d

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