1947 General Election Overview
Official Tabulation: November 4, 1947
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
To provide a bonus to veterans
YES 1,497,804
NO 478,701
Six-year term for judges of probate courts, and to eliminate the provision that their compensation be payable out of the county treasury.
YES 855,106
NO 692,061
To increase the number of members of the Sinking Fund Commission to include the Governor and the Treasurer of State.
YES 782,158
NO 762,129
Relative to the prohibition of the expenditure of money from motor vehicle license taxes and gasoline taxes for other than highway and related purposes.
YES 1,037,650
NO 669,718