Massachusetts 1918 ballot measures

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In 1918, voters decided on 19 statewide ballot measures in Massachusetts on November 5.

• 19 were convention-referred constitutional amendments.
• Voters approved 19 (100%) and rejected zero (0%).

On the ballot

November 5, 1918

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CRCA	Question 10	Constitutional rights	Allow women to be notaries public	a	153,315 (59%)	105,591 (41%)
CRCA	Question 11	Judiciary	Allow the Governor to retire judges for reasons of advanced age or mental or physical disability	a	156,796 (65%)	86,023 (35%)
CRCA	Question 12	Administration	Make franchises, grants, privileges, and immunities revocable and amendable	a	161,833 (67%)	79,787 (33%)
CRCA	Question 13	Property	Allow the legislature to limit where certain buildings are located	a	161,214 (66%)	83,095 (34%)
CRCA	Question 14	Voting policy	Allow the legislature to provide for compulsory voting	a	134,128 (51%)	128,403 (49%)
CRCA	Question 15	Budgets	Limit the General Court's power to lend the credit of the state and to make loans	a	153,972 (63%)	90,233 (37%)
CRCA	Question 16	Budgets	Provide for the state budget and allow for the veto by the Governor of portions of the appropriation bills	a	155,738 (66%)	81,302 (34%)
CRCA	Question 17	Elections	Provide for the biennial elections of certain state officers	a	142,868 (57%)	108,588 (43%)
CRCA	Question 18	Legislature	Prohibit legislators from serving on any paid recess committees	a	152,800 (64%)	87,009 (36%)
CRCA	Question 19	Administration	Require the reorganization of the state's executive and administrative departments and offices by 1921	a	158,394 (66%)	81,586 (34%)
CRCA	Question 1	Direct democracy	Establish an initiative and referendum process in Massachusetts	a	170,646 (51%)	162,103 (49%)
CRCA	Question 2	Natural resources	Establish that there is a public interest in natural resources and establish procedures for promoting that public interest	a	172,111 (63%)	102,768 (37%)
CRCA	Question 3	Business	Allow for restrictions on advertising on public ways, in public places, and on private property in public view	a	193,925 (70%)	84,127 (30%)
CRCA	Question 4	Culture	Establish that property of historical or antiquarian interest is a public use and allow for procedures for acquiring such property	a	183,265 (69%)	81,933 (31%)
CRCA	Question 5	Legislature	Allow the legislature to take recesses not totaling more than 30 days, so long as they do not extend past the 60th days since the legislature gathered	a	147,104 (59%)	100,552 (41%)
CRCA	Question 6	War	Revise the manner in which military and naval officers are appointed and removed	a	155,649 (63%)	91,686 (37%)
CRCA	Question 7	War	Define the powers and duties of the General Court and Governor in relation to the military and naval forces and the Governor's powers relating to being Commander-in-Chief	a	155,114 (65%)	84,822 (35%)
CRCA	Question 8	Administration	Provide the order of succession in cases of vacancies in the office of Governor and Lieutenant Governor	a	172,125 (69%)	78,245 (31%)
CRCA	Question 9	Legislature	Allow the Governor to return bills and resolves to the General Court with recommendations for amendments	a	164,493 (68%)	76,972 (32%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in Massachusetts
• List of Massachusetts ballot measures
• 1918 ballot measures

External links

• The Greenfield Recorder, "Town Warrant," October 30, 1918