1991 ballot measures
From Ballotpedia
Thirty-four (34) ballot measures were on statewide ballots in 1991 in five states.
Maine
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| CISS | Turnpike Initiative | Transportation | Width of Maine turnpike | 
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| LRCA | State Retirement Fund | State budget | State retirement funds not to be diverted |
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| LRSS | Question 3 | Bonds | $5.5 million bond for correctional facilities | 
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| LRSS | Question 4 | Bonds | $16.5 million bond for water projects |
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| LRSS | Question 5 | Bonds | $7.5 million bond for natural resource financing |
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| LRSS | Question 6 | Bonds | $5 million bond to purchase land for parks, preservation |
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| LRSS | Question 7 | Bonds | $10 million bond for recycling equipment for municipalities |
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| LRSS | Question 8 | Bonds | $5 million bond for state parks, historic buildings |
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| LRSS | Question 9 | Bonds | $29.7 million bond for highways, bridges |
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Missouri
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRSS | Proposition B | Taxes | Tax increase to fund education programs |
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Oklahoma
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| CICA | Question 639 | Education | Repeal HB 1017, an education reform package |
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Texas
Texas held two statewide elections on ballot measures in 2001 to vote on fifteen measures altogether, with two measures on the August 10 ballot and thirteen on the November 5 ballot.
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Prop 1 August | Taxes | Allow voters of a county education district to adopt certain exemptions from the districts ad valorem taxation |
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| LRCA | Prop 2 August | Bonds | Allow general obligation bonds to provide educational loans to students. |
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| LRCA | Prop 1 November | Initiative rights | Allow home-rule cities with a population of 5,000 or less to amend charters by popular vote |
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| LRCA | Prop 2 November | Budget | Turnpike Authority required to repay certain monies to the Department of Transportation |
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| LRCA | Prop 3 | Budget | Expand investment authority of the Veterans' Land Board |
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| LRCA | Prop 4 | Bond issues | $1.1 billion in bonds for prisons |
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| LRCA | Prop 5 | Taxes | In enterprise zones, exempt some property from taxation |
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| LRCA | Prop 6 | Admin of gov't | Establish the Texas Ethics Commission |
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| LRCA | Prop 7 | Spending | Allow board of trustees of public retirement system to invest funds as it considers prudent. |
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| LRCA | Prop 8 | Spending | Authorize state legislature to submit debt questions to voters as ballot measures |
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| LRCA | Prop 9 | Admin of gov't | Authorize General Land Office to issue patents for public free school fund land for 50 years under some conditions |
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| LRCA | Prop 10 | Taxes | Some property owned by non-profit water supply or wastewater companies exempt for property taxes |
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| LRCA | Prop 11 | Gambling | State lottery authorized |
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| LRCA | Prop 12 | Spending | Increase amount of bonds that may be issued for economically distressed areas |
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| LRCA | Prop 13 | Spending | Allow the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to issue bonds |
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Washington
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| ITP | Term Limits, #553 | Term limits | Term limits for statewide elective offices |
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| ITP | Property Taxes, #559 | Taxes | Value property at the January 1, 1985 rate or subsequent sales price, adjusted for cost of living |
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| ITL | Aid-in-Dying, #119 | Suicide | Terminally ill patients allowed to request aid-in-dying from physician |
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| ITL | Abortion, #120 | Abortion | State abortion laws declare woman's right to choose abortion prior to viability |
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| LRSS | 911 Phone Tax, #42 | Taxes | 911 emergency service throughout state funded by telephone tax |
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| LRCA | Superior Court Commissioners | Judicial reform | County commissions allowed to establish number of Superior Court Commissioners |
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| LRCA | Superior Court Jurisdiction | Judicial reform | Reference to "cases in equity" deleted from Superior Court's original jurisdiction |
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| LRCA | County Home Rule | Admin of gov't | Provide alternative method of drafting county home rule charters for submission to voters |
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External links
- "Votes on Initiated Bills: 1910-", compiled by the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library.
- Votes on Maine bond issues
- Oklahoma Question 639
- Amendments proposed for the November 5, 1991 election
- Amendments proposed for the August 10, 1991 election
- Washington Initiatives to the People
- Washington Initiatives to the Legislature
- Washington Legislatively-Referred Statutes through 2006
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