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| State | Year | Name | Type | Topics | Description | Status | Yes Votes Total | No Votes Total | Mov |
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| Florida | 2002 | Amendment 7 | LRCA | Homestead tax exemptions, Local government finance and taxes | Allow counties to exempt increases in homestead property values resulting from construction of livin... | Approved | 67.30% (3,206,142) | 32.70% (1,557,694) | 34.60% |
| Florida | 2002 | Amendment 8 | CICA | Early childhood education | Require that all four-year-old children be offered the ability to attend pre-kindergarten for free | Approved | 59.23% (2,868,500) | 40.77% (1,974,408) | 18.46% |
| Florida | 2002 | Amendment 9 | CICA | School class size policy | Require the Legislature to provide funding so that class sizes do not exceed a set maximum | Approved | 52.39% (2,550,201) | 47.61% (2,317,671) | 4.78% |
| Georgia | 2002 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | State legislative elections, State judicial selection, State executive elections | Prohibit an individual who had defaulted on his or her taxes to hold public office | Approved | 78.76% (1,523,282) | 21.24% (410,702) | 57.53% |
| Georgia | 2002 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Property, Property taxes, Housing assistance programs | Allow qualified low-income building projects to be classified separately for ad valorem property tax... | Defeated | 46.13% (857,496) | 53.87% (1,001,452) | 7.74% |
| Georgia | 2002 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | Property taxes, Property tax exemptions, Property | Allow counties and municipalities to create community redevelopment tax incentive programs that incr... | Approved | 59.60% (1,114,217) | 40.40% (755,315) | 19.20% |
| Georgia | 2002 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | Environment, Property tax exemptions | Allow the General Assembly to create separate tax classifications for properties contaminated by haz... | Approved | 68.58% (1,304,683) | 31.42% (597,811) | 37.16% |
| Georgia | 2002 | Amendment 5 | LRCA | Property taxes, Property | Allow commercial dockside seafood facilities to be classified separately for ad valorem property tax... | Defeated | 43.31% (797,188) | 56.69% (1,043,362) | 13.38% |
| Georgia | 2002 | Amendment 6 | LRCA | Animal treatment laws | Establish a dog and cat sterilization support program to reduce overpopulation and shelter euthanasi... | Approved | 70.88% (1,355,383) | 29.12% (556,840) | 41.76% |
| Georgia | 2002 | Referendum A | LRSS | Homestead tax exemptions, Property | Replace the $10,000 gross household income limit for the homestead exemption from school district ad... | Approved | 79.63% (1,510,731) | 20.37% (386,481) | 59.26% |
| Georgia | 2002 | Referendum B | LRSS | Veterans policy, Taxes | The measure extended certain ad valorem tax exemptions to surviving unremarried spouses of military ... | Approved | 82.99% (1,583,756) | 17.01% (324,523) | 65.99% |
| Georgia | 2002 | Referendum C | LRSS | Property taxes, Property tax exemptions, Property | Exempt medical societies and museums housed in historic properties from ad valorem property taxes | Defeated | 44.83% (832,327) | 55.17% (1,024,393) | 10.34% |
| Georgia | 2002 | Referendum D | LRSS | Property tax exemptions, Property | Exempt commercial fishing vessels from ad valorem taxes | Defeated | 32.91% (609,817) | 67.09% (1,243,392) | 34.19% |
| Georgia | 2002 | Referendum E | LRSS | Property, Property taxes | Increase the tax exemption for tangible personal property from $500 to $7,500 | Approved | 72.19% (1,353,304) | 27.81% (521,332) | 44.38% |
| Hawaii | 2002 | Question 2 | LRCA | Bond issues, Education | Allow the state to allocate bond revenue to non-profit private schools | Approved | 60.87% (28,379) | 39.13% (18,243) | 21.74% |
| Idaho | 2002 | Initiative 1 | CISS | American Indian issues, Gambling policy | Approved | 57.80% (232,986) | 42.20% (170,097) | 15.60% | |
| Idaho | 2002 | Initiative 2 | VR | Executive official term limits, Local official term limits, State legislative term limits | Approved | 50.23% (203,005) | 49.77% (201,116) | 0.47% | |
| Louisiana | 2002 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | State legislative processes and sessions | This measure proposed a number of modifications to the rules relating to legislative sessions. | Approved | 55.40% (560,348) | 44.60% (451,199) | 10.79% |
| Louisiana | 2002 | Amendment 10 | LRCA | Water | It proposed to create a Drought Protection Trust Fund and to pay farmers to refrain from using groun... | Defeated | 45.54% (452,991) | 54.46% (541,754) | 8.92% |
| Louisiana | 2002 | Amendment 11 | LRCA | Taxes | It proposed that an ad valorem tax exemption should be given for drilling rigs that would be used ou... | Defeated | 47.51% (467,722) | 52.49% (516,788) | 4.98% |
| Louisiana | 2002 | Amendment 12 | LRCA | Administration of government | It proposed that the qualifications of the coroner of Livingston Parish could be determined by law. | Defeated | 44.51% (436,823) | 55.49% (544,517) | 10.97% |
| Louisiana | 2002 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Taxes | This amendment proposed a number of changes to the state tax law. It would exempt food, utilities a... | Approved | 51.35% (534,985) | 48.65% (506,938) | 2.69% |
| Louisiana | 2002 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | This measure proposed to give the legislature and governor the ability to make certain appropriation... | Approved | 57.67% (581,086) | 42.33% (426,539) | 15.34% |
| Louisiana | 2002 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | Criminal trials | This measure proposed a means of terminating the employment of any public employee who was convicte... | Approved | 70.06% (714,992) | 29.94% (305,509) | 40.13% |
| Louisiana | 2002 | Amendment 5 | LRCA | Taxes | This measure proposed a property tax exemption for developers of retirement communities. | Defeated | 39.21% (389,693) | 60.79% (604,163) | 21.58% |
| Louisiana | 2002 | Amendment 6 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | This measure proposed that the supplemental pay for police and firefighters be fully funded in the g... | Approved | 62.86% (647,113) | 37.14% (382,260) | 25.73% |
| Louisiana | 2002 | Amendment 7 | LRCA | Taxes | This measure proposed that individuals 65 years old and older would not need to apply annually for t... | Approved | 68.06% (677,606) | 31.94% (317,956) | 36.13% |
| Louisiana | 2002 | Amendment 8 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | It proposed that public institutions of higher education should be permitted to invest some part of ... | Defeated | 49.06% (489,884) | 50.94% (508,645) | 1.88% |
| Louisiana | 2002 | Amendment 9 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | It proposed that a certain portion of the Medicaid Trust Fund for the Elderly could be invested in s... | Defeated | 48.45% (485,728) | 51.55% (516,706) | 3.09% |
| Maine | 2002 | Question 1 | BI | Prison and jail funding, Bond issues | Issue $25 million in bonds to fund a new correctional facility and improve the standing Maine Correc... | Defeated | 36.66% (179,173) | 63.34% (309,569) | 26.68% |
| Maine | 2002 | Question 2 | BI | Open meetings and public information, Drinking water systems, Bond issues, Pollution, waste, and recycling policy | Issue $24.1 million in bonds to fund water treatment and pollution control facilities, public health... | Approved | 57.27% (283,740) | 42.73% (211,736) | 14.53% |
| Maine | 2002 | Question 3 | LRCA | Debt limits | Exempt short-term loans from the $2 million debt limit, if they are to be repaid within 12 months by... | Approved | 55.25% (262,900) | 44.75% (212,940) | 10.50% |
| Maryland | 2002 | Question 1 | LRCA | State judicial authority | Approved | 87.54% (1,223,425) | 12.46% (174,157) | 75.08% | |
| Maryland | 2002 | Question 2 | LRCA | State legislative authority | Approved | 50.57% (675,314) | 49.43% (660,115) | 1.14% | |
| Maryland | 2002 | Question 3 | LRCA | Eminent domain policy | Approved | 59.34% (704,009) | 40.66% (482,446) | 18.67% | |
| Massachusetts | 2002 | Question 1 | IndISS | Income taxes | Prohibit a state personal income tax | Defeated | 45.27% (885,683) | 54.73% (1,070,668) | 9.46% |
| Massachusetts | 2002 | Question 2 | IndISS | Public education governance, English language policy | Replace the transitional bilingual education system in public schools with a sheltered English immer... | Approved | 67.98% (1,359,935) | 32.02% (640,525) | 35.96% |
| Massachusetts | 2002 | Question 3 | LRAQ | Campaign finance | Provide public funding for political campaigns | Defeated | 26.13% (517,285) | 73.87% (1,462,435) | 47.74% |
| Michigan | 2002 | Proposal 02-1 | VR | Election administration and governance | Eliminate the straight party ticket voting option | Defeated | 40.32% (1,199,236) | 59.68% (1,775,043) | 19.36% |
| Michigan | 2002 | Proposal 02-2 | BI | Sewage and stormwater, Bond issues, Pollution, waste, and recycling policy | Authorize up to $1 billion in bonds for water quality projects | Approved | 60.21% (1,774,053) | 39.79% (1,172,612) | 20.41% |
| Michigan | 2002 | Proposal 02-3 | CICA | Collective bargaining, Civil service | Give state employees the right to collectively bargain with binding arbitration | Defeated | 45.64% (1,336,249) | 54.36% (1,591,756) | 8.73% |
| Michigan | 2002 | Proposal 02-4 | CICA | Tobacco laws, Healthcare facility funding, Restricted-use funds, Revenue allocation | Establish the allocation of funds from tobacco settlement revenue | Defeated | 33.62% (1,018,644) | 66.38% (2,011,105) | 32.76% |
| Mississippi | 2002 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Judicial term limits | Defeated | 38.72% (243,618) | 61.28% (385,570) | 22.56% | |
| Missouri | 2002 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Local government organization | Authorize the citizens of St. Louis to amend or revise their city charter to reorganize county funct... | Approved | 69.44% (1,173,822) | 30.56% (516,584) | 38.88% |
| Missouri | 2002 | Amendment 2 | CICA | Collective bargaining, Labor disputes and strikes | Allow firefighters, ambulance personnel, and emergency dispatchers the right to collectively bargain... | Defeated | 48.81% (840,493) | 51.19% (881,395) | 2.38% |
| Missouri | 2002 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | State legislative term limits | Exclude service of less than half a legislative term due to a special election from the calculation ... | Approved | 54.27% (879,162) | 45.73% (740,941) | 8.53% |
| Missouri | 2002 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | Utility policy, Bond issue requirements, Local government organization | Authorize joint boards or commissions formed by political subdivisions to own projects, issue bonds ... | Approved | 57.77% (927,715) | 42.23% (678,137) | 15.54% |
| Missouri | 2002 | Constitutional Amendment | ACCQ | State constitutional conventions | Initiate a convention to revise and amend the Missouri State Constitution | Defeated | 34.55% (569,598) | 65.45% (1,079,085) | 30.90% |
| Missouri | 2002 | Constitutional Convention Question | ACCQ | State constitutional conventions | Defeated | 34.55% (569,598) | 65.45% (1,079,085) | 30.90% | |
| Missouri | 2002 | Proposition A | CISS | Healthcare facility funding, Tobacco laws, Early childhood education, Tobacco and cigarette taxes, Restricted-use funds | Enact a law to increase tobacco taxes to fund healthcare, emergency preparedness, medical research, ... | Defeated | 49.15% (881,701) | 50.85% (912,210) | 1.70% |