Proposition Summary

Initiative measure. Repeals Act of Legislature commonly known as Wright Act, approved by electors on referendum November 7, 1922, which Act provided tor enforcement by State of California of the Eighteenth Amendment to United States Constitution, prohibited all acts or omissions prohibited by Volstead Act, adopted penal provisions of that Act, imposed duties on courts, prosecuting attorneys, sheriffs, grand juries, magistrates and peace officers in this State, extended their jurisdiction, and provided for the disposition of fines and forfeitures.

Proposition Number

9

Year

1926

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 502258; A: 47.0; N: 565875; B: 53.0

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative

For Author

Matt I. Sullivan, President of the Wright Act Repeal Association

Against Author

David Starr Jordan

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