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November 1920 General

Constitutional Amendment Article III

Yes/NoVotesPercentage
For7128429.51%
Against17024270.49%
Ballot Title:
An Act for the amendment of sections 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21 and 22, article 3, of the state constitution by fixing the annual salaries of certain state officers as follows: Governor, ten thousand dollars; lieutenant governor, two thousand five hundred dollars; secretary of state, five thousand dollars; treasurer, five thousand dollars; auditor, five thousand dollars; attorney general, six thousand dollars; superintendent of public instruction, five thousand dollars.
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Referendum Bill 1

CandidateVotesPercentage
For11742537.98%
Against19178362.02%
Ballot Title:
An Act providing for the construction of a state system of trunk line hard surface highways, providing for the issuance and sale of state bonds to create a fund for such purpose and the redemption of such bonds from motor vehicle license fees and if the revenues from such license fees are insufficient, levying a tax for such deficiency.
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Referendum Bill 2

CandidateVotesPercentage
For22435671.80%
Against8812828.20%
Ballot Title:
An Act providing for the payment of equalized compensation to veterans of the war with the Central Allied Powers who were bona fide residents of the State of Washington at the time of their entry into the service, authorizing the issuance and sale of state bonds to pay such compensation and the levy of a tax to pay said bonds, appropriating the proceeds of the sale of such bonds for the payment of such compensation and expenses incident thereto, and providing penalties for violations of this act.
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Constitutional Amendment Article I, Sec. 16

CandidateVotesPercentage
For12102251.65%
Against11328748.35%
Ballot Title:
An Act providing for the amendment of section 16, article 1 of the state constitution relating to eminent domain by declaring that the taking of private property by the state for land reclamation and settlement is a public use.
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