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| State | Year | Name | Type | Topics | Description | Status | Yes Votes Total | No Votes Total | Mov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1978 | Proposition 1 | LRCA | Administration of government | Exempt purchases from handicapped individuals at nonprofit rehab facilities from bidding, remove app... | Approved | 73.17% (1,252,696) | 26.83% (459,316) | 46.34% |
| Texas | 1978 | Proposition 2 | LRCA | Bond issues | Permit the legislature to authorize localities to issue bonds to develop employment opportunity for ... | Defeated | 46.67% (797,428) | 53.33% (911,385) | 6.67% |
| Texas | 1978 | Proposition 3 | LRCA | Bond issues | Authorize cities and towns to issue bonds to help in the redevelopment of blighted areas in a tax in... | Defeated | 48.24% (818,439) | 51.76% (878,111) | 3.52% |
| Texas | 1978 | Proposition 4 | LRCA | Taxes | Authorize the legislature to exempt wind and solar powered energy devices from taxation | Approved | 64.60% (1,123,114) | 35.40% (615,361) | 29.21% |
| Texas | 1978 | Proposition 5 | LRCA | State judiciary | Extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace to include concurrent civil cases up to $500, with ... | Approved | 55.71% (945,779) | 44.29% (751,817) | 11.43% |
| Texas | 1978 | Proposition 6 | LRCA | State judiciary | Authorize legislature to increase civil court of appeals, allow smaller panels, and require majority... | Approved | 62.89% (1,052,788) | 37.11% (621,210) | 25.78% |
| Texas | 1978 | Proposition 7 | LRCA | Administration of government | Repeal state building commission's constitutional authority, transferring powers to the state board ... | Approved | 60.84% (971,939) | 39.16% (625,653) | 21.68% |
| Texas | 1978 | Proposition 8 | LRCA | Bond issues | Authorize water districts to provide firefighting services within their districts and to issue bonds... | Approved | 68.20% (1,154,322) | 31.80% (538,228) | 36.40% |
| Texas | 1978 | Proposition 9 | LRCA | Taxes | Provide for a package of tax reforms aimed at lowering ad valorem property taxes | Approved | 84.47% (1,571,248) | 15.53% (288,821) | 68.95% |
| Virginia | 1978 | Pari-Mutuel Betting on Horse Racing Measure | LRSS | Gambling policy | Allow for pari-mutuel betting on horse racing and create regulations for such betting | Defeated | 48.01% (544,781) | 51.99% (589,843) | 3.97% |
| Virginia | 1978 | Tax Exemptions for Renovated Properties Amendment | LRCA | State legislative authority, Property taxes, Property tax exemptions | Allow the General Assembly to authorize tax exemptions for property that has undergone necessary ren... | Approved | 68.05% (690,479) | 31.95% (324,236) | 36.09% |
| Washington | 1978 | Initiative 350 | CISS | Public education governance | Prohibit school authorities from assigning students to other than the nearest or next-nearest school... | Approved | 66.29% (585,903) | 33.71% (297,991) | 32.57% |
| West Virginia | 1978 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Taxes | Defeated | 23.27% (90,173) | 76.73% (297,266) | 53.45% | |
| West Virginia | 1978 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Public education funding, Bond issues | Defeated | 44.03% (180,222) | 55.97% (229,103) | 11.94% | |
| Wisconsin | 1978 | Question 1 | LRSS | Residency voting requirements | Permit all bona fide residents of Wisconsin regardless of length of residency to vote for president ... | Approved | 64.83% (782,181) | 35.17% (424,386) | 29.65% |
| Wisconsin | 1978 | Question 2 | LRSS | Residency voting requirements | Permit all U.S. citizens who live overseas to vote in federal elections in Wisconsin if it was their... | Approved | 55.68% (658,289) | 44.32% (524,029) | 11.36% |
| North Dakota | 1978 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Tax and revenue administration, Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements, State legislative authority | Defeated | 47.83% (35,313) | 52.17% (38,512) | 4.33% | |
| North Dakota | 1978 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Redistricting policy | Approved | 51.88% (37,307) | 48.12% (34,598) | 3.77% | |
| North Dakota | 1978 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | Taxes | Defeated | 24.19% (18,110) | 75.81% (56,755) | 51.62% | |
| North Dakota | 1978 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | County and municipal governance, Bond issues | Defeated | 33.31% (24,459) | 66.69% (48,974) | 33.38% | |
| North Dakota | 1978 | Amendment 5 | LRCA | State legislative processes and sessions | Approved | 60.79% (46,442) | 39.21% (29,960) | 21.57% | |
| North Dakota | 1978 | Amendment 6 | LRCA | State constitutional conventions, Bond issues, Veterans policy | Approved | 55.92% (41,379) | 44.08% (32,613) | 11.85% | |
| North Dakota | 1978 | Amendment 7 | LRCA | Business regulations | Defeated | 38.84% (27,933) | 61.16% (43,985) | 22.32% | |
| North Dakota | 1978 | Amendment 8 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Defeated | 45.14% (34,185) | 54.86% (41,539) | 9.71% | |
| North Dakota | 1978 | Measure 1 | VR | Public land policy | Approved | 56.00% (41,368) | 44.00% (32,498) | 12.01% | |
| Oklahoma | 1978 | State Question 528 | LRCA | Administration of government, Healthcare facility funding | Allow elections to create or dissolve hospital districts funded by annual tax levy, provisions for t... | Defeated | 42.59% (238,444) | 57.41% (321,479) | 14.83% |
| Missouri | 1978 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Local government organization | Authorize a county with a population of 80,000 inhabitants or more to adopt a charter form of govern... | Approved | 56.53% (473,755) | 43.47% (364,355) | 13.05% |
| Missouri | 1978 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | State executive powers and duties | Revise the state treasurer's duties with investment of state funds and authorizes the legislature to... | Defeated | 33.58% (295,849) | 66.42% (585,052) | 32.83% |
| Missouri | 1978 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | Redistricting policy | Authorize an appointed commission of appellate judges to draw state legislative districts | Defeated | 40.49% (333,911) | 59.51% (490,684) | 19.01% |
| Missouri | 1978 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | Public employee retirement funds | Require a cost analysis by a qualified actuary before approving substantial changes to public offici... | Approved | 54.41% (451,327) | 45.59% (378,231) | 8.81% |
| Missouri | 1978 | Amendment 5 | CICA | Local government finance and taxes, Fuel taxes | Increase the gas tax from $0.07 to $0.10 a gallon and increase the the counties' share of net procee... | Defeated | 12.27% (112,425) | 87.73% (803,936) | 75.46% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 1 | BI | Education, Bond issues | Issue $350 million in bonds for the construction or improvement of public school buildings | Defeated | 34.96% (2,047,496) | 65.04% (3,809,609) | 30.09% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 10 | LRCA | Property, Housing, Taxes | Allow the Legislature to exempt from property taxes the value of improvements made to qualified reha... | Defeated | 42.82% (2,306,938) | 57.18% (3,080,947) | 14.37% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 11 | LRCA | Taxes | Prohibit a new county or other political subdivision from taxing property owned by the county that t... | Defeated | 43.70% (2,299,581) | 56.30% (2,962,838) | 12.60% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 12 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Establish a commission to set the salary, retirement, insurance, and other benefits of constitutiona... | Defeated | 38.06% (2,009,835) | 61.94% (3,270,577) | 23.88% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 13 | CICA | Taxes | Require that properties be taxed at no more than 1% of their full cash value and limit annual increa... | Approved | 64.79% (4,280,689) | 35.21% (2,326,167) | 29.58% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 2 | BI | Bond issues, Water | Issue $375 million in bonds for water pollution control and water conservation projects | Approved | 53.48% (3,111,505) | 46.52% (2,706,544) | 6.96% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 3 | LRCA | Energy, Taxes | Allow the Legislature to exempt property that is used for alternative energy systems from taxation | Defeated | 45.18% (2,510,658) | 54.82% (3,046,041) | 9.63% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 4 | LRCA | Residency voting requirements, Public education governance | Require that all voters living in a school district governed by the city board of education be allow... | Approved | 51.99% (2,778,474) | 48.01% (2,565,319) | 3.99% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 5 | LRCA | Constitutional rights | Prohibit any agency from declaring a state law unconstitutional and refusing to enforce a state law | Approved | 54.45% (2,784,847) | 45.55% (2,329,365) | 8.91% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 6 | LRCA | Local government officials and elections | Require county sheriffs to be elected offices in all counties | Approved | 60.83% (3,276,230) | 39.17% (2,109,533) | 21.66% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 7 | LRCA | Insurance policy | Allow two or more local government bodies to join in insurance pools to provide payment for losses | Approved | 53.51% (2,780,013) | 46.49% (2,414,946) | 7.03% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 8 | LRCA | Taxes, Housing | Allow local governments to tax owner-occupied dwellings at a lower tax rate than all other types of ... | Defeated | 47.05% (2,972,424) | 52.95% (3,345,622) | 5.91% |
| California | 1978 | Proposition 9 | LRCA | State judiciary | Allow the Legislature to set interest rates on court judgments at up to 10% | Approved | 51.21% (2,696,517) | 48.79% (2,568,989) | 2.42% |
| Ohio | 1978 | Issue 1 | LRCA | Initiative and referendum process, Election administration and governance, Ballot measure process | Require the Ohio Ballot Board to write the language for legislative and citizen-initiated ballot mea... | Approved | 65.53% (720,661) | 34.47% (379,067) | 31.06% |
| Oregon | 1978 | Measure 1 | LRCA | County and municipal governance, Initiative and referendum process | Require a 90-day minimum for filing petitions and set signature requirements for petitions based on ... | Approved | 66.18% (306,506) | 33.82% (156,623) | 32.36% |
| Oregon | 1978 | Measure 2 | LRCA | State legislatures measures | Require open joint committees meetings and establish rules for transparency in each house and joint ... | Approved | 84.45% (435,338) | 15.55% (80,176) | 68.89% |
| Oregon | 1978 | Measure 3 | LRCA | Housing, Public assistance programs | Authorizes bonds up to one-half of one percent of true cash value of taxable property to fund multif... | Approved | 53.78% (291,778) | 46.22% (250,810) | 7.55% |
| Oregon | 1978 | Measure 4 | LRCA | Water, Bond issues | Authorize bond debt up to 0.5% of the value of property in the state to acquire local government obl... | Defeated | 29.72% (148,822) | 70.28% (351,843) | 40.55% |
| Oregon | 1978 | Measure 5 | LRSS | Transportation, Taxes | Prioritize highway maintenance under the Six Year Highway Improvement Plan before new highway constr... | Defeated | 34.26% (190,301) | 65.74% (365,170) | 31.48% |