South Dakota 1914 ballot measures

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Twelve statewide ballot questions were on the November 3, 1914 ballot in South Dakota.

• Eight of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Two of the measures were indirect initiated state statutes.
• One of the measures was a constitutional convention question.
• One of the measures was a veto referendum.
• One of the measures was approved and 11 were defeated.

On the ballot

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ConCon	Call for Constitutional Convention	ConCon	Calls a constitutional convention	d
LRCA	Superintendent's Term Limit	Term Limits	Removes the term limit of four consecutive years from the superintendent of schools	d
LRCA	Legislative Terms	Term Limits	Extends the term of office for state legislators to four years	d
LRCA	Municipal Initiative and Referendum	Direct Democracy	Extends the initiative and referendum processes to municipal laws	d
LRCA	School Lands Purchase Interest	Gov't Finances	Reduces the interest on the purchases of school lands to 5 percent	a
LRCA	Institutional Board Changes	Admin of Gov't	Renames the State Board of Charities and Corrections to the State Board of Control; modifies board powers	d
LRCA	Irrigation Control and Promotion	Water	Declares irrigation for agricultural land a public purpose	d
LRCA	Judge Disqualification	Judiciary	Provides for the disqualification of supreme court justices from certain cases and for their temporary replacements	d
LRCA	Women's Suffrage	Suffrage	Grants suffrage to women by removing the word "male" from Section 1 of Article VII	d
IndISS	Coffey Primary Election Law	Elections	Repeals and replaces the Richard's Primary Law	d
IndISS	Local Liquor Option	Alcohol	Provides for the licensing, restriction and regulation of liquor sales on a local basis	d
VR	Normal School Course	Education	Affects the course of study at the Northern Normal and Industrial School	d

See also

• 1914 ballot measures
• List of South Dakota ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in South Dakota

External links

• South Dakota Political Almanac, Table 7. Results of Elections Concerning State Constitutional Amendments and Initiated and Referred Laws, 1889-1968
• South Dakota Legislature, "Enabling Act and Constitution and the Laws Passed by the Thirteenth Session of the Legislature of the State of South Dakota," 1913