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	VOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS	99

VOTE ON SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS SUBMITTED WITH THE
CONSTITUTION OF 1871

Following is the vote by counties as reported by the special board of canvassers appointed by the constitution, namely, the president of the convention, Silas A. Strickland, the secretary of state, William H. James, the state auditor, John Gillespie.

	Liabilities of		Aid to		Compulsory		Prohibition		Extension
Counties	Stockholders		Corporations		Education		or License		of Suffrage
	For	Agst.	For	Agst.	For	Agst.	For	Agst.	For	Agst.
Buffalo	1	25	1	25		26		26	4	22
Burt	110	224	110	226	101	232	95	239	38	289
Butler	120	37	118	39	102	63	109	48	39	118
Cass	698	112	553	455	462	545	538	470	312	690
Cedar	26	127	7	146	31	122	6	147	9	144
Cheyenne	12	36	11	37	38	10	13	35	8	40
Colfax	97	127	81	143	106	118	91	133	34	190
Cuming	191	204	190	205	124	270	96	299	55	340
Dakota	10	298	9	298	13	295	11	297	9	298
Dawson			4						4
Dixon	75	117	76	118	74	118	62	130	38	153
Dodge	218	484	221	481	188	514	173	529	118	584
Douglas	607	1,646	516	1,741	545	1,714	442	1,615	371	1,872
Fillmore	41	1	39	3	41	1	42		34	8
Gage	181	224	157	242	128	273	174	227	73	328
Hall	81	67	62	86	74	73	41	106	33	114
Jefferson	139	49	139	48	146	50	125	71	57	129
Johnson	222	365	240	348	179	416	217	371	181	406
L'Eau Qui Court		29		29	6	23	6	23		29
Lancaster	1,164	248	987	426	923	407	894	517	543	848
Lincoln	67	42	59	157	60	155	59	162	42	191
Madison	79	80	65	94	74	85	45	114	27	132
Merrick	81	62	76	67	64	79	56	87	37	106
Nemaha	273	921	248	946	267	926	257	935	173	1,019
Otoe	510	646	450	705	461	690	464	689	265	885
Pawnee	183	396	157	420	140	435	193	382	107	468
Pierce		30		30		30		30	14	16
Platte	24	318	14	328	28	314	13	329	15	327
Polk
Richardson	701	551	676	697	596	768	569	795	244	1,130
Saline	284	60	278	66	264	81	209	135	60	282
Sarpy	135	263	128	272	108	200	91	308	79	319
Saunders	411	133	417	174	391	201	386	206	198	383
Seward	341	22	304	55	293	67	314	46	151	201
Stanton	12	104	19	97	17	99	12	104	2	114
Washington	217	296	220	293	194	319	202	311	94	419
Wayne	18	7	10	15	22	3	17	8	7	18
York	56	20	48	37	29	56	49	36	27	56
Total	7,425	8,580	6,690	9,549	6,289	9,958	6,071	10,160	3,502	12,496¹
Majority Against		1,155		2,859		3,669		4,089		8,994

The above table was copied from the Omaha Weekly Herald of Oct. 17, 1871. Adams, Brown, Clay, Franklin, Greeley, Hamilton, Howard, Kearney, Nuckolls, Sherman, Valley and Webster counties were included in the list of the official canvass, but no returns were credited to them. Only one of these counties--Hamilton--sent returns in 1870. In 1872 Clay, Franklin, Hamilton, Howard, Kearney, Nuckolls and Webster made returns.

VOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, SEPTEMBER, 1920

At the special election held September 21, 1920, upon the forty-one proposals submitted by the constitutional convention there was a very

¹ These figures total 12,668, but early records list 12,496 as the total The original abstract of votes is not available to determine the correct total.


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light vote-about one-sixth of the qualified electors (men and women) going to the polls, Separate ballot boxes were provided for the woman vote-there being some legal question raised whether women were entitled at that time, to vote upon constitutional amendments. It will be noted that the vote of the men rejected by a majority of 2,113 Proposal No. 6, permitting the Legislature to increase the membership of the Senate. The woman vote gave a majority of 4,458 for the measure and it was decided carried. Upon each of the other propositions both the man vote and the woman vote gave a majority in favor.

The following tabulation gives separately the vote of the men and women and the combined vote:

VOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, SEPTEMBER, 1920

Amendment	Men		Women		Total		Total
Number	For	Against	For	Against	For	Against	vote
1.	48,743	15,400	15,807	2,434	64,550	17,834	82,384
2.	49,619	13.363	16,302	1,860	65,921	15,223	81,144
3	52,111	12,089	17,515	1,535	69,626	13,624	83,256
4	42,379	16,882	13,667	2,972	56,046	19,834	75,880
5	45,185	16,899	14,309	3,183	59,494	20,082	79,576
6	30,153	32,266	10,930	6,472	41,083	38,738	79,821
7	42,239	17,094	14,094	2,659	56,333	19.753	76,086
8	39,425	15,105	13,048	2,309	52,473	17,414	69,887
9	47,973	12,909	15,602	1,594	63,575	14,503	78,078
10	49,250	13,996	16,149	1,965	65,399	15,961	81,360
11	51,359	9,910	16,154	1,254	67,513	11,164	78,677
12	44,439	11,442	14,396	1,378	58,835	12,820	71.655
13	45,391	14,168	15,093	1,942	60,484	16,110	76,594
14	43,653	15,542	14,483	2,254	58,136	17,796	75,932
15	42.751	13,844	13,583	2,064	56,334	15,908	72,242
16	49,836	10.885	15,306	1,559	65,142	12.444	77.586
17	44,073	17.051	12,639	4,302	56,912	21,353	78,265
18	47.471	14,462	18,012	954	65,483	15,416	80,891
19	54.763	7,605	17,216	1,081	71,979	8.686	80.689
20	49,923	10,505	16,117	1,356	66,040	11,861	77,901
21	51,282	11,958	15,261	2,445	66,543	14,403	80,946
22	42,119	17,235	12,743	3,973	54,862	21,208	76,070
23	45.725	13,242	15,270	2,123	60,995	15,365	76,360
24	49,873	11,734	17,040	1,465	66,913	13,199	80,152
25	44,015	14,723	15,009	2,361	59,024	17,084	76,108
26	44,903	13,489	14,202	2,072	59,108	15,561	74,666
27	52,492	10,793	16,411	1,798	68,903	12,591	81.494
28	48,454	12,861	15,009	1,831	63,463	14,692	78,155
29	41.771	15,371	13,768	1,994	55,539	17,365	72,904
30	47,658	11,218	14,118	1,769	61,776	12,987	74,783
31	51.282	11,958	15,261	2,445	66,543	14,403	80,946
32	47,828	9,721	14,254	1,307	62,082	11.028	73,110
33	44.735	11,648	13,847	1,808	58,582	13.456	72,038
34	49,612	8,608	14,831	1,093	64,443	9,701	74,144
35	49,265	8,388	15,088	1,056	64,353	9,444	73.797
36	53,576	6,502	16,285	875	69,861	7,377	77.238
37	51,221	9.095	16,792	1,223	68,013	10,318	78,331
38	43,219	18,263	14,285	3,210	57,504	21,473	78,977
39	45,735	12,736	14,509	1,919	60,244	14.685	74,899
40	46,544	13,254	14,849	2,256	61,393	15.510	76.903
41	40,982	12,721	13,712	1,541	54,694	14,262	68,956


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