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| State | Year | Name | Type | Topics | Description | Status | Yes Votes Total | No Votes Total | Mov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 2008 | Measure 57 | LRSS | Drug crime policy, Criminal sentencing | Increase prison sentences for specified drug and property crimes, require addiction treatment to cer... | Approved | 61.39% (1,058,955) | 38.61% (665,942) | 22.78% |
| Oregon | 2008 | Measure 58 | CISS | Immigration policy, English language policy, Education | Prohibit teaching public school students in any language other than English for more than two years... | Defeated | 43.64% (756,903) | 56.36% (977,696) | 12.73% |
| Oregon | 2008 | Measure 59 | CISS | Taxes | Create an unlimited deduction for federal income taxes on Oregon returns, exempting taxpayers from s... | Defeated | 36.22% (615,894) | 63.78% (1,084,422) | 27.56% |
| Oregon | 2008 | Measure 60 | CISS | Public school teachers and staff | Require pay raises for public school teachers based on classroom performance instead of seniority. | Defeated | 38.61% (673,296) | 61.39% (1,070,682) | 22.79% |
| Oregon | 2008 | Measure 61 | CISS | Law enforcement, State judiciary | Create mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain theft, identity theft, forgery, drug, and burg... | Defeated | 48.90% (848,901) | 51.10% (887,165) | 2.20% |
| Oregon | 2008 | Measure 62 | CICA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance, Gambling policy | Allocate 15% of lottery proceeds to a public safety fund, reducing the percentage of funds for other... | Defeated | 39.44% (674,428) | 60.56% (1,035,756) | 21.13% |
| Oregon | 2008 | Measure 63 | CISS | Property | Exempt residential and farm property owners from building permit requirements for improvements under... | Defeated | 45.79% (784,376) | 54.21% (928,721) | 8.43% |
| Oregon | 2008 | Measure 64 | CISS | Campaign finance | Prohibit the use of public resources to collect money for political purposes, providing definitions ... | Defeated | 49.44% (835,563) | 50.56% (854,327) | 1.11% |
| Oregon | 2008 | Measure 65 | CISS | Primary election systems | Establish a top-two system for primary elections and change general election nomination processes fo... | Defeated | 34.09% (553,640) | 65.91% (1,070,580) | 31.83% |
| Pennsylvania | 2008 | Water Infrastructure Bond Measure | BI | Bond issues | authorize the state to incur $400 million in debt in order to give loans and grants to municipalitie... | Approved | 62.27% (2,879,592) | 37.73% (1,744,555) | 24.55% |
| South Carolina | 2008 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Public employee retirement funds | Defeated | 41.86% (723,136) | 58.14% (1,004,384) | 16.28% | |
| South Carolina | 2008 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | Public employee retirement funds | Defeated | 43.58% (743,406) | 56.42% (962,304) | 12.83% | |
| South Dakota | 2008 | Amendment G | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Repeal reimbursement restrictions for legislative members' travel to and from a legislative session | Defeated | 41.14% (147,763) | 58.86% (211,413) | 17.72% |
| South Dakota | 2008 | Amendment H | LRCA | Business regulations | Repeal restrictions on corporations, and allow corporations to issue stock and restrict cumulative v... | Defeated | 30.97% (103,172) | 69.03% (229,985) | 38.06% |
| South Dakota | 2008 | Amendment I | LRCA | State legislative processes and sessions | Establish the annual length of legislative session to a maximum of forty days | Approved | 52.41% (184,722) | 47.59% (167,751) | 4.81% |
| South Dakota | 2008 | Amendment J | LRCA | State legislative term limits | Remove term limits for state legislators | Defeated | 24.27% (87,380) | 75.73% (272,635) | 51.46% |
| South Dakota | 2008 | Initiative 10 | CISS | Open meetings and public information, Ethics rules and commissions, Campaign finance | Prohibit the use of tax funds for lobbying or campaigning, restrict government contractors and offic... | Defeated | 35.32% (127,040) | 64.68% (232,684) | 29.37% |
| South Dakota | 2008 | Initiative 11 | CISS | Abortion policy | Places restrictions on abortion | Defeated | 44.79% (167,560) | 55.21% (206,535) | 10.42% |
| South Dakota | 2008 | Initiative 9 | CISS | Business regulations | Prohibit short sales of stocks and require a maximum of three business days to have securities deliv... | Defeated | 43.39% (146,872) | 56.61% (191,596) | 13.21% |
| Utah | 2008 | Amendment A | LRCA | State executive branch structure | Modify the process for vacancies of governor and lieutenant governor | Approved | 75.86% (656,706) | 24.14% (208,985) | 51.72% |
| Utah | 2008 | Amendment B | LRCA | Restricted-use funds | Expand the sources of revenue that can be put in the state trust fund | Approved | 65.94% (564,174) | 34.06% (291,357) | 31.89% |
| Utah | 2008 | Amendment C | LRCA | State legislative processes and sessions | Change the legislative session start date and exclude federal holidays from the session length calcu... | Approved | 70.50% (607,989) | 29.50% (254,383) | 41.00% |
| Utah | 2008 | Amendment D | LRCA | Redistricting policy | Permit the legislature to wait to finish redistricting measures until they receive federal census re... | Approved | 78.24% (663,052) | 21.76% (184,423) | 56.48% |
| Utah | 2008 | Amendment E | LRCA | Restricted-use funds, Public education funding | Authorize an exception to the prohibition of investing in private stock | Defeated | 43.32% (374,152) | 56.68% (489,478) | 13.35% |
| Washington | 2008 | Initiative 1000 | CISS | Assisted death policy | Permit mentally competent, terminally ill adults to request and self-administer a lethal overdose of... | Approved | 57.82% (1,715,219) | 42.18% (1,251,255) | 15.64% |
| Washington | 2008 | Initiative 1029 | CISS | Labor and unions, Healthcare governance | Require long-term care workers to be trained and certified as home care aides. | Approved | 72.53% (2,113,773) | 27.47% (800,733) | 45.05% |
| Washington | 2008 | Initiative 985 | CISS | Revenue allocation, Transportation taxes and fees, Transportation | Open high-occupancy vehicle lanes during specified hours and the allocation of certain revenues to t... | Defeated | 40.01% (1,163,216) | 59.99% (1,744,156) | 19.98% |
| Wyoming | 2008 | Constitutional Amendment B | LRCA | Initiative and referendum process | Defeated | 54.21% (120,333) | 45.79% (101,655) | 8.41% | |
| Alaska | 2008 | Measure 1 | IndISS | Administrative organization, Gambling policy | Create a seven-member gaming commission to regulate gaming activities | Defeated | 38.64% (73,463) | 61.36% (116,670) | 22.72% |
| Alaska | 2008 | Measure 2 | IndISS | Hunting regulations | Revise the ban on same-day airborne shooting to include grizzly bears | Defeated | 44.82% (85,619) | 55.18% (105,417) | 10.36% |
| Alaska | 2008 | Measure 3 | IndISS | Campaign finance | Create a public campaign financing program | Defeated | 35.72% (67,162) | 64.28% (120,875) | 28.57% |
| Alaska | 2008 | Measure 4 | IndISS | Pollution, waste, and recycling policy, Business regulations, Mineral resources | Require new metallic mineral mining operations to meet water quality standards that prohibit the dis... | Defeated | 43.59% (83,574) | 56.41% (108,138) | 12.81% |
| Maine | 2008 | Question 1 | BI | Bond issues, Transportation, Agriculture policy | Allow an issue of $29.73 million in bonds for natural resource, agricultural, and transportation inf... | Approved | 58.48% (101,171) | 41.52% (71,822) | 16.97% |
| California | 2008 | Proposition 98 | CICA | Eminent domain policy, Rent control and regulations | Enact new limits on eminent domain, prohibit any future rent control measures, and phase out rent co... | Defeated | 38.49% (1,675,213) | 61.51% (2,677,456) | 23.03% |
| California | 2008 | Proposition 99 | CICA | Property, Eminent domain policy | Prohibit state and local governments from acquiring an owner-occupied residence for the purpose of c... | Approved | 61.96% (2,678,106) | 38.04% (1,644,509) | 23.91% |
| North Dakota | 2008 | Constitutional Measure 1 | LRCA | State executive elections | Defeated | 42.45% (35,888) | 57.55% (48,644) | 15.09% | |
| Oregon | 2008 | Measure 51 | LRCA | Crime victims' rights | Allow crime victims to seek remedies through due process for violations of their constitutional righ... | Approved | 74.92% (744,195) | 25.08% (249,143) | 49.84% |
| Oregon | 2008 | Measure 52 | LRCA | Crime victims' rights | Allow crime victims to seek remedies through due process for violations of constitutional rights reg... | Approved | 74.87% (738,092) | 25.13% (247,738) | 49.74% |
| Oregon | 2008 | Measure 53 | LRCA | Criminal trials | Allow property forfeiture for similar crimes and without conviction. | Approved | 50.03% (490,158) | 49.97% (489,477) | 0.07% |
| Nebraska | 2008 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Authorize cities to invest public endowment funds | Approved | 57.83% (137,047) | 42.17% (99,920) | 15.67% |
| Wisconsin | 2008 | Question 1 | LRCA | State executive powers and duties | Remove the governor’s partial veto power to create a new sentence by combining parts of two or more ... | Approved | 70.61% (575,582) | 29.39% (239,613) | 41.21% |
| California | 2008 | Proposition 91 | CICA | Transportation, State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Prohibit funds generated from certain gas taxes dedicated for transportation projects from being dep... | Defeated | 41.69% (3,427,588) | 58.31% (4,794,776) | 16.63% |
| California | 2008 | Proposition 92 | CICA/SS | Education | Change the existing formula for community college funding, reduce the credit fee from $20 per unit t... | Defeated | 42.79% (3,613,332) | 57.21% (4,831,445) | 14.42% |
| California | 2008 | Proposition 93 | CICA | State legislative term limits | Change the state's term limits to limit state legislators to a maximum of 12 years in office without... | Defeated | 46.41% (3,961,466) | 53.59% (4,574,826) | 7.19% |
| California | 2008 | Proposition 94 | VR | Gambling policy, American Indian issues | Uphold a change to the gaming compact between the state and the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Ind... | Approved | 55.56% (4,812,313) | 44.44% (3,848,998) | 11.12% |
| California | 2008 | Proposition 95 | VR | Gambling policy, American Indian issues | Uphold a change to the gaming compact between the state and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians to a... | Approved | 55.60% (4,809,573) | 44.40% (3,841,352) | 11.19% |
| California | 2008 | Proposition 96 | VR | Gambling policy, American Indian issues | Uphold a gaming compact enacted in early 2007 between the state of California and the Sycuan Band of... | Approved | 55.45% (4,785,413) | 44.55% (3,844,408) | 10.90% |
| California | 2008 | Proposition 97 | VR | American Indian issues, Gambling policy | Uphold a change to the gaming compact between the state and the Aqua Caliente Band of Cahuilla India... | Approved | 55.50% (4,786,884) | 44.50% (3,838,892) | 10.99% |
| Florida | 2008 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Property tax exemptions, Homestead tax exemptions | Amend exemptions and benefits based on homestead property, provide an exemption on tangible personal... | Approved | 64.08% (2,667,543) | 35.92% (1,495,270) | 28.16% |
| Maine | 2007 | Question 1 | IndISS | American Indian issues, Gambling policy | Allow a Maine tribe to operate a harness racing track with slot machines and high-stakes beano games... | Defeated | 47.75% (130,164) | 52.25% (142,458) | 4.51% |