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1948 Nov 2 :: State of Connecticut :: Statewide ReferendumPROPOSED WORLD GOVERNMENT REFERENDUM See summary »

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Yes
 
 
No
 
 
Summary

Do you, as a sovereign citizen of Connecticut and the United States of America, direct our representative in the national congress to urge the president and the congress to take the lead in calling for amendments to the United Nations charter strengthening the United Nations into a limited world federal government capable of enacting, interpreting and enforcing laws to prevent war?

1948 Nov 2 :: State of Connecticut :: Statewide ReferendumPROPOSED WORLD GOVERNMENT REFERENDUM See summary »

Ballot Question Results

View results as: # | %  
City/Town
Yes
No
Total Votes Cast
Totals
 
141,625
14,132
155,757
Andover
 
115
6
121
Ansonia
 
407
80
487
Ashford
 
123
4
127
Avon
 
269
21
290
Barkhamsted
 
139
11
150
Beacon Falls
 
132
11
143
Berlin
 
337
31
368
Bethany
 
124
18
142
Bethel
 
222
26
248
Bethlehem
 
151
17
168
Bloomfield
 
762
34
796
Bolton
 
203
11
214
Bozrah
 
72
5
77
Branford
 
1,049
65
1,114
Bridgeport
 
5,992
593
6,585
Bridgewater
 
82
9
91
Bristol
 
3,132
496
3,628
Brookfield
 
198
14
212
Brooklyn
 
204
10
214
Burlington
 
161
14
175
Canaan
 
51
19
70
Canterbury
 
121
5
126
Canton
 
324
14
338
Chaplin
 
82
5
87
Cheshire
 
558
71
629
Chester
 
194
4
198
Clinton
 
308
64
372
Colchester
 
173
20
193
Colebrook
 
93
4
97
Columbia
 
96
4
100
Cornwall
 
275
40
315
Coventry
 
231
10
241
Cromwell
 
410
32
442
Danbury
 
565
67
632
Darien
 
2,166
390
2,556
Deep River
 
700
40
740
Derby
 
256
31
287
Durham
 
107
9
116
E. Granby
 
126
5
131
E. Haddam
 
100
8
108
E. Hampton
 
400
24
424
E. Hartford
 
3,505
246
3,751
E. Haven
 
800
49
849
E. Lyme
 
271
14
285
E. Windsor
 
258
25
283
Eastford
 
93
3
96
Easton
 
329
26
355
Ellington
 
126
12
138
Enfield
 
396
36
432
Essex
 
391
42
433
Fairfield
 
3,040
313
3,353
Farmington
 
889
74
963
Franklin
 
92
7
99
Glastonbury
 
600
44
644
Goshen
 
137
7
144
Granby
 
253
7
260
Greenwich
 
3,287
525
3,812
Griswold
 
141
7
148
Groton
 
1,031
71
1,102
Guilford
 
476
31
507
Haddam
 
290
31
321
Hamden
 
4,032
291
4,323
Hampton
 
167
13
180
Hartford
 
11,214
1,050
12,264
Hartland
 
37
4
41
Harwinton
 
151
7
158
Hebron
 
90
2
92
Kent
 
202
17
219
Killingly
 
554
21
575
Killingworth
 
103
13
116
Lebanon
 
166
4
170
Ledyard
 
194
3
197
Lisbon
 
157
11
168
Litchfield
 
718
38
756
Lyme
 
209
23
232
Madison
 
395
76
471
Manchester
 
5,030
199
5,229
Mansfield
 
874
40
914
Marlborough
 
85
4
89
Meriden
 
2,388
215
2,603
Middlebury
 
405
40
445
Middlefield
 
221
19
240
Middletown
 
888
154
1,042
Milford
 
2,570
267
2,837
Monroe
 
302
26
328
Montville
 
183
5
188
Morris
 
92
19
111
Naugatuck
 
733
92
825
New Britain
 
2,622
270
2,892
New Canaan
 
1,420
228
1,648
New Fairfield
 
128
7
135
New Hartford
 
227
9
236
New Haven
 
7,921
896
8,817
New London
 
2,423
156
2,579
New Milford
 
289
24
313
Newington
 
870
49
919
Newtown
 
607
77
684
Norfolk
 
185
24
209
N. Branford
 
204
21
225
N. Canaan
 
332
44
376
N. Haven
 
752
49
801
N. Stonington
 
119
7
126
Norwalk
 
2,606
509
3,115
Norwich
 
1,630
80
1,710
Old Lyme
 
404
51
455
Old Saybrook
 
260
17
277
Orange
 
330
23
353
Oxford
 
159
14
173
Plainfield
 
544
31
575
Plainville
 
479
27
506
Plymouth
 
559
30
589
Pomfret
 
297
13
310
Portland
 
225
40
265
Preston
 
190
7
197
Prospect
 
145
29
174
Putnam
 
584
24
608
Redding
 
222
24
246
Ridgefield
 
432
63
495
Rocky Hill
 
454
20
474
Roxbury
 
124
18
142
Salem
 
83
5
88
Salisbury
 
344
98
442
Scotland
 
62
2
64
Seymour
 
258
20
278
Sharon
 
232
15
247
Shelton
 
700
151
851
Sherman
 
91
39
130
Simsbury
 
374
13
387
Somers
 
295
13
308
S. Windsor
 
431
29
460
Southbury
 
399
53
452
Southington
 
575
38
613
Sprague
 
192
8
200
Stafford
 
236
11
247
Stamford
 
7,767
1,171
8,938
Sterling
 
131
7
138
Stonington
 
449
20
469
Stratford
 
3,010
385
3,395
Suffield
 
631
38
669
Thomaston
 
223
17
240
Thompson
 
358
23
381
Tolland
 
156
11
167
Torrington
 
3,386
298
3,684
Trumbull
 
963
60
1,023
Union
 
34
1
35
Vernon
 
254
13
267
Voluntown
 
56
1
57
Wallingford
 
1,137
66
1,203
Warren
 
63
9
72
Washington
 
337
47
384
Waterbury
 
4,464
582
5,046
Waterford
 
793
58
851
Watertown
 
532
73
605
W. Hartford
 
4,946
418
5,364
W. Haven
 
1,714
157
1,871
Westbrook
 
296
28
324
Weston
 
357
34
391
Westport
 
1,495
156
1,651
Wethersfield
 
1,126
89
1,215
Willington
 
168
14
182
Wilton
 
902
103
1,005
Winchester
 
438
30
468
Windham
 
593
38
631
Windsor
 
1,109
82
1,191
Windsor Locks
 
389
11
400
Wolcott
 
282
14
296
Woodbridge
 
361
37
398
Woodbury
 
417
80
497
Woodstock
 
498
20
518
Totals
 
141,625
14,132
155,757