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Alabama

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature fix, regulate, or alter fees, commissions, allowances and salaries, including the basis upon which they are based, for the county of Houston.	a	83,159 (70%)	36,216 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Veterans policy; Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that those who have fought between January 1, 1917 and November 11, 1918, and September 16, 1940 and December 8, 1941, or anytime in the future, when the U.S. is at war, at the beginning of military service no such person shall pay the poll tax while in the service.	a	143,021 (84%)	27,605 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local government officials and elections	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that candidates for county offices need 25 percent of the votes cast in a primary election to run in the general election.	d	47,209 (38%)	76,819 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Law enforcement officers and departments	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution: Article 5, Section 138. The amendment proposed that a county sheriff may serve a term of six years and may run as his own successor. The sheriff may be impeached for the death or bodily harm made to a prisoner due to neglect, connivance, cowardice or other grave fault of the sheriff or his deputies.	d	78,812 (50%)	80,181 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature fix, regulate, or alter fees, commissions, allowances and salaries, including the basis upon which they are based, for the county of Walker.	a	75,477 (67%)	37,720 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Banking policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution: Section 251. The amendment proposed that there would be no limit of time for the duration of a corporation hereafter organized as a bank or banking company, and it shall not be necessary hereafter to renew or extend the life or charter of any such corporation now existing. And all extensions of the life or charter of any such corporations are hereby ratified and confirmed.	a	70,546 (65%)	37,662 (35%)

Arizona

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Measure Nos. 100-101	Public assistance programs	Provide permanently disabled, disabled veterans, widowed, or blind individuals with public welfare benefits	d	22,698 (23%)	77,693 (77%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Public assistance programs	Provide for the establishment of a state system for public old-age assistance benefits	d	37,287 (44%)	48,228 (56%)

Arkansas

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	Initiated Act No. 2	Animal treatment laws	d	80,337 (43%)	107,743 (57%)
CISS	Initiated Act No. 3	Healthcare facility funding	d	44,333 (24%)	142,554 (76%)
CICA	Proposed Amendment 34	Taxes	d	88,803 (49%)	94,169 (51%)
CICA	Proposed Amendment 35	Right-to-work laws	a	105,300 (55%)	87,652 (45%)
CICA	Proposed Amendment 36	Game and fish commissions	a	115,214 (61%)	72,297 (39%)
CICA	Proposed Amendment 37	Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements	a	151,564 (80%)	38,964 (20%)
CICA	Proposed Amendment 38	Executive official term limits	d	78,551 (42%)	107,698 (58%)

California

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Proposition 1	Veterans policy; Bond issues	Allow for bonds up to $30,000,000 for helping war veterans acquire farms and homes and establish the terms of such bonds.	a	2,385,571 (88%)	333,892 (12%)
LRCA	Proposition 10	Salaries of government officials; Government continuity policy; County and municipal governance	Allow the legislature, during times of war, to approve a suspension on the prohibition against increasing the compensation of local officers.	a	1,250,876 (52%)	1,156,956 (48%)
CICA	Proposition 11	Taxes; Public assistance programs	Establish a $60 monthly payment to those above 60 or are permanently disabled and create an income tax to fund such payments.	d	1,017,924 (33%)	2,089,102 (67%)
CICA	Proposition 12	Right-to-work laws	Provide that people have the right to work regardless of whether a person belongs to or pays money to a labor organization	d	1,304,418 (41%)	1,893,589 (59%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Taxes; Veterans policy	Extend the property tax exemption to veterans who served during times of peace and were honorably released and to veterans who have continued their service.	a	2,244,775 (80%)	557,949 (20%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	State executive official measures; Salaries of government officials	Allow the legislature to set the pay for the Lieutenant Governor, Controller, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Treasurer	a	1,285,238 (52%)	1,163,543 (48%)
LRCA	Proposition 4	Property tax exemptions	Exempt property owned for religious, hospital, or charitable non-profit purposes from taxation	a	1,532,141 (55%)	1,277,160 (45%)
LRCA	Proposition 5	Military service policy; Civil service; Veterans policy	Authorize the legislature to allow the reinstatement of public officers and employees who resign to serve in the armed forces.	a	2,230,692 (86%)	372,722 (14%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; State legislatures measures	Establish that the session of the legislature shall not exceed 60 days and require that budget and appropriation bill should cover one year.	d	935,763 (40%)	1,408,066 (60%)
LRCA	Proposition 7	Salaries of government officials; State legislatures measures	Provide that members of the legislature receive the necessary funds to cover their attendance of legislative sessions.	a	1,285,929 (54%)	1,081,759 (46%)
LRCA	Proposition 8	State judiciary; Taxes	Declare that all deeds issued because of tax delinquency or assessments are valid unless declared invalid by a court.	d	745,771 (33%)	1,539,318 (67%)
CICA	Proposition 9	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Education	Increase the amount of money given to public elementary schools to 166.66% of the amount of generated by counties.	a	1,753,818 (64%)	996,808 (36%)

May 16

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Property; Taxes	Remove the property tax exemption from federal property, except from property exempted under federal law.	a	1,059,398 (69%)	485,959 (31%)

Colorado

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 1	Constitutional rights; Jury rules; Civil trials; Sex and gender issues	Allow women to serve on juries	a	195,793 (61%)	127,057 (39%)
CICA	Amendment 3	Immigration policy; Property	Create a constitutional right of aliens eligible for citizenship to acquire property and provide in state law for aliens ineligible for citizenship to acquire property	d	173,652 (47%)	195,752 (53%)
CICA	Amendment 4	Veterans policy; Civil service	Give veterans and their widows preference in civil service hiring	a	256,563 (71%)	107,100 (29%)
IndISS	Measure 2	Public employee retirement funds	Appropriate funds in the State Treasury to pay County Department of Public Welfare old age pensions in the amount of $500,000.00 for the present biennial period and $1,500,000.00 annually each year after	a	243,863 (63%)	140,187 (37%)

Florida

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property taxes; Sales taxes; Income taxes	Set tax rates	a	95,632 (67%)	47,904 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Local government finance and taxes; Tax and revenue administration	Establish that the County Tax Assessor for Hillsborough County assesses for all tax districts in the county	a	72,376 (59%)	49,707 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Redistricting policy; State legislative authority; State legislative structure	Establish new legislative districts and provide for reapportionment of the legislative districts	d	63,304 (48%)	69,953 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judicial authority; State judiciary structure	Limit the number of Justice of Peace Districts in any county to five	a	94,312 (67%)	47,248 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judicial selection; State judicial authority; State judiciary structure	Establish state attorneys, judges of the criminal courts of record and county solicitors as elected positions	a	91,276 (65%)	48,549 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Collective bargaining; Right-to-work laws	Prohibit denying or restricting a person’s right to work based on membership or non-membership in a labor union	a	147,860 (55%)	122,770 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Administrative organization; Local government organization	Establish a uniform system of county and municipal government	d	69,364 (49%)	72,186 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State judicial selection; State legislative authority; State legislative elections	Amend provisions relating to the terms of those appointed or elected to fill vacancies	a	89,760 (67%)	44,230 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Local government officials and elections; Local government organization	Provide for five county commissioners districts in each county	a	84,548 (57%)	64,986 (43%)

Idaho

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November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	HJR 3	Corrections governance; Administrative organization	d	53,864 (46%)	63,640 (54%)
LRCA	HJR 4	State executive official measures	d	59,725 (49%)	61,764 (51%)
LRCA	SJR 1	State executive official measures	a	83,483 (62%)	51,061 (38%)
LRCA	SJR 3	Administration of government	a	72,266 (59%)	49,968 (41%)
LRCA	SJR 4	Taxes; Property	a	62,583 (53%)	56,408 (47%)

Illinois

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Banking Law Amendment	Banking policy	It proposed amendments to section 10 of the general banking law.	a	973,159 (69%)	434,767 (31%)
LRCA	County Officer Term Limits	Local official term limits	It proposed to remove the constitutional provision that required elected county officers to wait for four years after their term expired before they were eligible to hold that office again.Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, it did not pass because at the time of the vote Illinois required that amendments receive a vote of more than 50 percent of those voting in the election. There were 4,079,024 voters in this election, requiring at least 2,039,513 “yes” votes for the measure to pass.	d	898,107 (58%)	653,877 (42%)

Maine

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September 11

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Highway Use Fun Amendment	Highways and bridges; Revenue allocation	Use revenues derived from the taxation of vehicles and fuels used on public highways for public highways only	a	139,805 (81%)	33,172 (19%)

Maryland

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional wording changes	d	99,371 (46%)	118,179 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary structure	a	130,478 (64%)	72,773 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judiciary structure	a	97,995 (51%)	94,239 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Salaries of government officials	a	123,340 (65%)	67,295 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance	a	113,945 (63%)	66,401 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Constitutional wording changes	a	121,483 (67%)	59,183 (33%)

Massachusetts

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Ballot measure process; Initiative and referendum process	Require a fair, concise summary, instead of a full description, for each ballot measure	a	861,148 (87%)	124,517 (13%)
LRCA	Question 2	State legislative authority; State executive powers and duties	Allow the legislature to prescribe conditions for pardons of felonies	a	650,475 (62%)	405,039 (38%)
LRCA	Question 3	State legislative processes and sessions	Provide for annual sessions of the General Court and an annual budget	a	557,930 (52%)	514,675 (48%)
LRCA	Question 4	Absentee and mail voting	Allow qualified voters with physical disabilities to vote by absentee ballot	a	893,139 (82%)	197,782 (18%)
VR	Question 5	Gambling policy	Permit non-profit organizations to conduct games of chance	a	738,387 (68%)	351,918 (32%)

Michigan

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposal No. 1	Drinking water systems	Allow the legislative bodies of villages and cities to establish how much water may be provided to places outside the corporate limits of the village or city	a	860,219 (60%)	568,090 (40%)
LRCA	Proposal No. 2	State legislative elections	Allow members of the legislature to run and be elected to other state offices while during their term as legislator, provided that the term for the legislature and the other state office do not overlap	d	676,142 (48%)	725,858 (52%)
LRCA	Proposal No. 3	Salaries of government officials	Set the compensation of members of the legislature at $5.00 per day during their term of office	d	614,300 (43%)	803,104 (57%)
CICA	Proposal No. 4	Local government organization	Allow Wayne County to adopt a charter	d	638,876 (43%)	851,926 (57%)

Minnesota

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Fuel taxes; Airport infrastructure; Transportation taxes and fees	Permit the state to construct and maintain air navigation facilities, levy an excise tax on fuel for aircrafts, and levy taxes for aircrafts	a	737,091 (74%)	264,149 (26%)

Missouri

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local government finance and taxes; Public education funding	Enact a law authorizing legislation that regulates the time and manner of investment, use, or disbursement of revenue and income of county free public school fund	a	444,104 (56%)	347,984 (44%)
CICA	Amendment 2	State legislative structure	Amend the Missouri State Constitution to establish a unicameral legislature with 50 to 75 members, an annual salary range of $1200 to $1800	d	364,794 (48%)	401,900 (52%)

Montana

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Education	d	53,089 (38%)	86,270 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	County and municipal governance	d	68,898 (48%)	76,057 (52%)
CISS	I-48	Complementary and alternative healthcare; Business regulations	d	72,206 (40%)	108,882 (60%)

Nebraska

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 1	Transportation taxes and fees	Provide that all proceeds from motor vehicle registration fees, license taxes, and fuel taxes go towards the construction and maintenance of public highways in Nebraska.	d	205,262 (43%)	271,901 (57%)
CISS	Initiative 1	Alcohol laws	Prohibit the manufacture, sale, and use of intoxicating liquors.	d	130,947 (25%)	397,190 (75%)

Nevada

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November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State legislative processes and sessions	Allow county commissioners to appoint same-party legislative replacements if no election occurs before session.	a	25,266 (79%)	6,730 (21%)
IndISS	Question 2	Public assistance programs; Public employee retirement funds	Provide compulsory old-age assistance to needy seniors in Nevada and establish state and county funds.	a	19,078 (54%)	16,573 (46%)

North Carolina

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Board of Education Amendment	Administrative organization; Public education governance	Modify the North Carolina State Board of Education’s membership	a	164,723 (60%)	107,742 (40%)
LRCA	Commissioner Officers Amendment	State executive branch structure	Establish commissioners of agriculture, labor, and insurance as constitutional officers on the council of state	a	234,683 (69%)	106,321 (31%)
LRCA	Homestead Deeds Amendment	Family-related policy	Require a wife's signature to make a homestead deed valid	a	183,802 (54%)	155,359 (46%)
LRCA	Lieutenant Governor Compensation Amendment	Salaries of government officials; State legislative authority	Provide fixed compensation by the general assembly for the lieutenant governor	a	181,083 (56%)	140,477 (44%)
LRCA	Notaries Public in Multiple Offices Amendment	Local government officials and elections	Exempt notaries public from rules against holding multiple offices simultaneously	a	205,373 (62%)	127,965 (38%)

North Dakota

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	Financing Highway Construction Initiative	Bond issues; Transportation	a	128,421 (73%)	48,253 (27%)
LRCA	Legislative Pay Amendment	Salaries of government officials	d	85,212 (50%)	86,340 (50%)
CISS	Liquor Sale Restriction Initiative	Business regulations; Alcohol laws	d	94,071 (49%)	97,058 (51%)
LRCA	Municipal Liquor Stores Amendment	Alcohol laws; County and municipal governance	d	85,874 (46%)	100,726 (54%)

June 27

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	Repeal State Income Tax Laws Initiative	Taxes	d	50,378 (45%)	60,355 (55%)
LRSS	Sale of School and Public Lands Measure	Administration of government	a	56,033 (54%)	48,641 (46%)
LRSS	State Equalization Fund Levy Measure	Taxes	d	47,026 (43%)	61,200 (57%)

Ohio

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November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Revision of Judicial Jurisdiction and Procedures Amendment	State judiciary	Revise judicial procedures and jurisdictions and provide means for laws to be passed relative to the qualifications of court of appeals judges	a	1,279,216 (67%)	633,813 (33%)
LRCA	Supreme Court Temporary Judges Amendment (1944)	State judiciary	Allow appeals court judges to temporarily stand in place of absent supreme court judges if they are unable to serve	a	1,429,635 (70%)	611,276 (30%)

Oklahoma

July 11

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	State Question 309	Administrative organization; Parole policy	Create a Pardon and Parole Board and require reporting all clemency acts to the Legislature.	a	140,496 (63%)	82,911 (37%)
LRCA	State Question 310	Education; Administration of government	Create a nine-member Board of Regents for Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, including the State Board of Agriculture President and members appointed by the Governor with Senate approval.	a	117,194 (52%)	108,047 (48%)
LRCA	State Question 311	Administration of government; Education	Create a seven-member Board of Regents for the University of Oklahoma, appointed by the Governor with Senate approval.	a	109,886 (52%)	100,049 (48%)
LRSS	State Question 312	Primary election systems; Runoff elections	Provide for runoff primary elections	a	131,071 (58%)	94,060 (42%)
LRCA	State Question 313	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Require surplus state general revenue funds to be placed in a sinking fund to pay off state bonded debt.	a	145,039 (69%)	63,816 (31%)

Oregon

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November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Measure Nos. 300-301	Banking policy	Authorize banks to secure depositors through membership in the federal deposit insurance corporation while maintaining double liability.	a	228,744 (66%)	115,745 (34%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 302-303	County and municipal governance	Allow counties, with a majority vote, to adopt a county manager and commission form of county government.	a	175,716 (53%)	154,504 (47%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 304-305	Taxes; Veterans policy	Authorize state debt up to three percent of assessed property value for WWII veteran home loans and levy an additional 2 mill property tax for principal payment and issued bond interest.	a	190,520 (52%)	178,581 (48%)
LRCA	Measure Nos. 306-307	Voting rights for persons with criminal convictions	Forfeit voting rights for convictions punishable by imprisonment and replace the term “insane” for “mentally diseased"	a	183,855 (54%)	156,219 (46%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 308-309	Education; Veterans policy	Provide educational aid to World War II veterans and authorize a two-tenths of a mill property tax to provide aid funds.	a	238,350 (64%)	135,317 (36%)
LRSS	Measure Nos. 310-311	Taxes	Implement retail sales tax on tangible property and allocate the revenue to support old-age assistance, property tax reduction, and common schools.	d	96,697 (26%)	269,276 (74%)
VR	Measure Nos. 312-313	Business regulations; Alcohol laws	Require all intoxicating liquors with over fourteen percent alcohol to be sold exclusively by the liquor control commission.	a	228,853 (56%)	180,158 (44%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 314-315	Taxes; Education	Create a state fund to support public elementary and secondary schools using tax revenues for school support.	d	177,153 (49%)	186,976 (51%)
CICA	Measure Nos. 316-317	Taxes; Public assistance programs	Levy a three to five percent gross income tax to create a retirement and disability fund.	d	180,691 (45%)	219,981 (55%)

South Dakota

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Public education funding; Public economic investment policy	Restrict loans on educational funds to one-third of value	d	77,021 (45%)	92,842 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Administrative organization; Public education governance	Establish State Charitable and Penal Institutions and a state-appointed board to oversee educational institutions	a	86,392 (54%)	72,253 (46%)

Texas

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November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	County and municipal governance; Public employee retirement funds	Allow cities and towns to provide a system of retirement and disability pensions for city officers and employees	a	258,036 (61%)	162,953 (39%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	State legislatures measures; Public employee retirement funds	Allow the legislature to provide a state retirement and disability pensions for city staff with voluntary municipal participation	a	242,579 (59%)	166,007 (41%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	County and municipal governance; Taxes	Authorize county commissioners to reallocate city, county, road and bridge, public improvement and juror maximum tax rates for up to $0.80 per $100	a	228,346 (62%)	137,761 (38%)

Utah

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November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judicial selection; State judiciary structure	Create a system to select state judges	a	84,122 (78%)	23,414 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Salaries of government officials	Change the compensation levels of the legislature	a	74,296 (72%)	28,510 (28%)

Virginia

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Board for the Review of Capital Punishment, Reprieves, and Pardons Amendment	Death penalty; Criminal sentencing	Allow the General Assembly to create a board, to be appointed by the governor, to commute capital punishment and to grant reprieves and pardons	a	176,545 (74%)	61,399 (26%)
LRCA	Public School Funding from the Literary Fund Amendment	Public education funding; Revenue allocation	Assign funds from the principal of literary fund to public school purposes	a	140,353 (61%)	89,048 (39%)

Washington

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	HJR 1	Property taxes	Provide for a constitutional amendment that limits the tax on real and personal property to forty mills	a	357,488 (67%)	179,273 (33%)
LRCA	HJR 4	Fuel taxes; Highways and bridges	Provide for a constitutional amendment that limits revenue from vehicle-related fees and taxes to be used for highways	a	358,581 (69%)	160,898 (31%)
CISS	Initiative 157	Public assistance programs	Expand social security and unemployment aid to veterans and government employees and grants to blind and senior citizens.	d	240,565 (37%)	404,256 (63%)
CISS	Initiative 158	Public assistance programs; Income taxes; Tax and revenue administration	Establish three percent income tax to fund $60 monthly payments to the elderly, blind, disabled and widowed.	d	184,405 (30%)	437,502 (70%)
VR	Referendum 25	Utility policy	Allow the formation of joint public utility districts	d	297,919 (44%)	373,051 (56%)

Wisconsin

April 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Taxes; Education	Levy a two-tenths of a cent per dollar property tax to aid high schools	d	131,004 (24%)	410,315 (76%)

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