1925 ballot measures
This page provides a list of statewide ballot measures that appeared before voters in 1925.
In the United States, a ballot measure is a law, issue, or question that appears on a statewide or local ballot for voters of that jurisdiction to decide.
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List of ballot measures by state
Arizona
See also: Arizona 1925 ballot measures
September 29
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure Nos. 100-101 | Workers' compensation laws | Provide for the extension of workmen's compensation |
| 11,879 (57%) | 9,078 (43%) |
Maine
See also: Maine 1925 ballot measures
December 7
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | Time standards | Establish the standard time in Maine as based on the mean astronomical time of the seventy-fifth degree of longitude west from Greenwich, also known as Standard Eastern Time |
| 34,414 (55%) | 28,454 (45%) | |
| Question 2 | Food policy; Business regulations | Define certain grades of milk offered for sale in the state |  | 19,607 (34%) | 38,056 (66%) |
September 14
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incorporation of Dexter P. Cooper Measure | Hydroelectric energy | Incorporate Dexter P. Cooper for the purpose of developing and utilizing the power of the tides in the Bay of Fundy and the waters adjacent to it |
| 53,547 (88%) | 7,220 (12%) | |
| Question 1 | Highways and bridges; Bond issues | Authorize bonds to fund the building of a bridge across the Kennebec River between the city of Bath and the town of Woolwich |
| 54,107 (87%) | 8,228 (13%) | |
| Question 2 | Highways and bridges; Bond issues | Increase the amount of bonds that could be issued to fund building state highways and intrastate, interstate and international bridges to $16 million |
| 49,821 (83%) | 10,332 (17%) |
New York
See also: New York 1925 ballot measures
November 3
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 1 | Bond issues; Public works labor and contracting | Authorize a 10 million bond issue for the construction of public buildings |
| 960,385 (51%) | 937,990 (49%) | |
| Amendment 2 | Railways; Bond issues | Authorize a 3 hundred million bond issue for the elimination of railroad grade crossings |
| 1,032,109 (55%) | 859,702 (45%) | |
| Amendment 3 | Administrative organization | Abolish a number of constitutional offices and establish twenty civil departments of the state government which shall exercise all the civil, administrative and executive functions of the state government, be approved? |
| 1,048,087 (57%) | 775,768 (43%) | |
| Amendment 4 | State judiciary structure | Enact changes related to the organization of the state judicial system |
| 1,090,632 (61%) | 711,018 (39%) |
Ohio
See also: Ohio 1925 ballot measures
November 3
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indebtedness Limitations for Political Subdivisions Amendment | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Place restrictions on the incurring of indebtedness by political subdivisions. | | 450,218 (46%) | 535,251 (54%) | |
| Taxation of Real Estate, Tangible Property, and Intangible Property Amendment | Taxes; Property | Establish uniform taxation rules on all real estate and tangible property and establish taxation on intangible property. | | 435,944 (47%) | 501,221 (53%) | |
| Term Lengths for Executive and Elective County Officials Amendment | State executive official measures; County and municipal governance | Establish term lengths for a variety of executive and elective county offices. | | 325,451 (37%) | 543,183 (63%) |
Other years
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