1955 ballot measures

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Maine

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2 Missouri
3 North Dakota
4 Ohio
5 Oklahoma
6 Texas
7 Wisconsin

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Maine Juvenile Delinquency Power Pardon of the Governor (1955)	Executives	Power pardon of the Governor of Maine	a
LRCA	Maine Citizenship Qualifications for Governor (1955)	Executives	Qualifications for citizenship for state governor	a
LRCA	Maine Debt Limit of School Building Authority (1955)	Education	Debt limit of the school building authority	a
LRCA	Maine Rules Governing Voting by Persons in Military Service (1955)	Elections	Rules governing voting by those in the military	a

Missouri

See also: Missouri 1955 ballot measures

a Missouri Cigarette Tax for Schools, Proposition A (1955)
a Missouri School Foundation Program, Proposition B (1955)

North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 1955 ballot measures

a North Dakota State Loan Fund Issue (1955)

Ohio

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CISS	Initiated Issue 1	Labor	Increase unemployment compensation	d
LRCA	Referred Issue 1	Bond Issue	Bonds to fund a long range building program for public buildings	a
LRCA	Referred Issue 2	State Government	Compensation of a public officer may be increased or diminished	d
LRCA	Referred Issue 3	Judicial reform	Compensation of judges may be increased or diminished	d

Oklahoma

See also: Oklahoma 1955 ballot measures

a Oklahoma Ad Valorem Taxes for Public Schools, State Question 368 (1955)

Texas

See also: Texas 1955 ballot measures

9 statewide ballot propositions were on the 1955 ballot in Texas. All 9 measures were approved.

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1955 ballot measures

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Spending	Debt limit for school bonds is based on equalized property value	a
LRCA	Question 2	Judiciary	Places a law licensing requirement and sets a retirement age of 70 for judges	a

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