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November 1958 General

Referendum Bill 10

Yes/NoVotesPercentage
For40293750.71%
Against39172649.29%
Ballot Title:
BUILDING BONDS FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS An Act providng for the issuance and sale of state general obligation bonds up to twenty-five million dollars for the purpose of providing buildings at the state operated charitable, educational and penal institutions and at state supported institutions of higher learning.
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Senate Joint Resolution 12

CandidateVotesPercentage
Yes32059746.76%
No36501853.24%
Ballot Title:
REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL REAPPORTIONMENT Shall the state consitution be amended to provide that, upon the legislature's failure to reapportion its members and to revise legislative and congressional district boundaries after each federal census, or to revise congressional district boundaries after each congressional reapportionment, such redistricting and/or reapportionment shall be undertaken by a seven-member commission, including one each from labor, industry and agriculture appointed by the governor, the secretary of state, a supreme court judge, and two state legislators, one from each major party?
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Senate Joint Resolution 14

CandidateVotesPercentage
Yes49204763.76%
No27970036.24%
Ballot Title:
Shall Article I, Section 11 of the state constitution as amended by Amendment 4 be further amended to provide that the legislature may authorize the employment by the state of a chaplain for such of the state custodial, correctional and mental institutions as seems justified to the legislature?
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Senate Joint Resolution 18

CandidateVotesPercentage
Yes38879751.13%
No37165248.87%
Ballot Title:
PENSIONS AND EMPLOYEES' EXTRA COMPENSATION Shall Article II, Section 25 of the state constitution be amended to prohibit the legislature from granting any extra compensation to any public employee after the services have been rendered or the contract entered into and to provide that Article II, Section 25 shall not be deemed to prevent increases in pensions after such pensions have been granted?
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Initiative to the People 202

CandidateVotesPercentage
For33974236.27%
Against59694963.73%
Ballot Title:
RESTRICTING LABOR AGREEMENTS An act declaring void any agreement hereafter made or extended which requires membership in or payment to a labor organization as a condition of employment.
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Initiative to the Legislature 23

CandidateVotesPercentage
For53964065.08%
Against28957534.92%
Ballot Title:
CIVIL SERVICE FOR SHERIFF'S EMPLOYEES An act providing civil service status for certain employees of the various county sheriffs; creating civil service commissions to administer the act; and setting forth their powers and duties; excepting certain employees therefrom; listing grounds for dismissal, censure or disciplining of employees within the act; forbidding sheriff's employees to engage in any political activity or to contribute to political funds; making county commissioners responsible for funds to administer the act; and providing penalties for violations thereof.
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Referendum Measure 30

CandidateVotesPercentage
For522236.05%
Against81153993.95%
Ballot Title:
INHERITANCE TAX ON INSURANCE PROCEEDS An act relating to revenue and taxation; providing that insurance payable upon the death of any person shall be taxable under the inheritance tax; providing that such tax shall be a lien upon the proceeds of the policy; amending section 115, chapter 180, Laws of 1935 as amended by section 5, chapter 202, Laws of 1939 and RCW 83.16.080; repealing section 1, chapter 134, Laws of 1931 as amended by section 2, chapter 184, Laws of 1945 and RCW 83.40.050.
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Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 9 Part I

CandidateVotesPercentage
Yes Yes19936126.98%
No No53948373.02%
Ballot Title:
COMPENSATION OF ELECTED OFFICIALS Shall the state constitution be amended to provide that the legislature may increase or decrease the compensation of all elected officials of the state and all elected officials of the counties and that any such change in compensation shall be effective immediately; subject to the people's power of referendum?
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Substitute Senate Joint Resolution 9 Part II

CandidateVotesPercentage
Yes14014219.72%
No57063080.28%
Ballot Title:
STATE LEGISLATORS: COMPENSATION & ELIGIBILITY Shall the state constitution be amended so as to allow a member of the legislature to be appointed or elected to a civil office created, or the emoluments of which have been increased, during the term for which he was elected?
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Senate Joint Resolution 10

CandidateVotesPercentage
Yes39596956.09%
No30992243.91%
Ballot Title:
STATE BOUNDARIES: MODIFICATION BY COMPACT Shall Article XXIV, Section 1 of the state constitution be amended to authorize the modification of the boundaries of the state of Washington by appropriate interstate compacts duly approved by the Congress of the United States?
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Substitute House Joint Resolution 4

CandidateVotesPercentage
Yes29338637.78%
No48316562.22%
Ballot Title:
SCHOOL DISTRICTS: INCREASING LEVY PERIODS Shall the state constitution be amended to permit school district electors to authorize excess tax levies at a specified maximum rate for up to two years for operation and/or up to six years for capital outlay, if the proposition or propositions therefor shall be approved by a three-fifths majority, and the number of electors voting thereon constitutes not less than forty percentum of the votes cast at the last preceding general election in such district?
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