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| State | Year | Name | Type | Topics | Description | Status | Yes Votes Total | No Votes Total | Mov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 1978 | Question 1 | LRCA | State executive elections | Provide that the state attorney general be elected by voters | Approved | 83.13% (1,017,830) | 16.87% (206,528) | 66.26% |
| Pennsylvania | 1978 | Question 2 | LRCA | State judicial selection | Provide for terms for filling vacancies in the offices of justice, judge, or justice of the peace | Approved | 83.90% (1,000,662) | 16.10% (192,059) | 67.79% |
| Wisconsin | 1978 | Question 1 | LRCA | Administration of government | Allow more than one system of town government | Defeated | 31.83% (179,011) | 68.17% (383,395) | 36.34% |
| Maine | 1977 | Question 1 | BI | Pollution, waste, and recycling policy, Bond issues | Issue up to $30 million in bonds for pollution abatement facilities for a period less than 20 years | Approved | 59.38% (125,760) | 40.62% (86,039) | 18.75% |
| Maine | 1977 | Question 2 | BI | Bond issues, Higher education funding | Issue $300k in bonds for renovation projects at Leavitt Hall at the Maine Maritime Academy | Defeated | 47.28% (100,512) | 52.72% (112,075) | 5.44% |
| Maine | 1977 | Question 3 | BI | Bond issues, Higher education funding | Issued $5,965,000 in bonds for renovation projects at the University of Maine | Defeated | 49.76% (106,796) | 50.24% (107,832) | 0.48% |
| Maine | 1977 | Question 4 | BI | Bond issues, Higher education funding | Issue $3,748,000 in bonds for construction projects at the state technical-vocational institutes | Approved | 62.62% (134,101) | 37.38% (80,034) | 25.25% |
| Maine | 1977 | Question 5 | BI | Bond issues, Energy conservation and efficiency | Issue up to $10 million in bonds for energy conservation improvements to state owned buildings and p... | Approved | 62.13% (131,514) | 37.87% (80,178) | 24.25% |
| Maine | 1977 | Question 6 | BI | Bond issues, Airport infrastructure | Issue $1.8 million in bonds for improvements to multiple airports | Approved | 54.98% (116,745) | 45.02% (95,591) | 9.96% |
| Maine | 1977 | Question 7 | BI | Highways and bridges, Bond issues | Issue $11.5 million in bonds to fund the Highway and Bridge Improvement Program | Approved | 68.86% (147,569) | 31.14% (66,722) | 37.73% |
| Maine | 1977 | Question 8 | BI | Veterans policy, Bond issues | Issue $2.1 million in bonds to fund the construction of a Maine Veterans Home | Approved | 56.94% (121,836) | 43.06% (92,153) | 13.87% |
| Maine | 1977 | Uniform State Property Tax Initiative | IndISS | Public education funding, Initiative and referendum process | Repeal the uniform property tax and change portions of the school funding law | Approved | 56.58% (124,322) | 43.42% (95,413) | 13.16% |
| Kentucky | 1977 | Constitutional Convention Referendum | LRCA | State constitutional conventions | Defeated | 39.34% (165,311) | 60.66% (254,934) | 21.33% | |
| New Jersey | 1977 | Public Question 1 | BI | Bond issues | The Beaches and Harbors Bond Act of 1977 authorized $30 million in bonds for beach and harbor restor... | Approved | 58.65% (907,904) | 41.35% (640,029) | 17.31% |
| New Jersey | 1977 | Public Question 2 | BI | Bond issues | The New Jersey Medical Education Facilities Bond Act of 1977 authorized $120 million in bonds to ref... | Approved | 60.11% (929,138) | 39.89% (616,502) | 20.23% |
| New York | 1977 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | State judicial selection, State judiciary structure | Create a judicial nominating commission and establish its process for selecting Court of Appeals jud... | Approved | 53.49% (1,508,258) | 46.51% (1,311,621) | 6.97% |
| New York | 1977 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | State judiciary structure | Provide for the reorganization and governance of the administration of the Unified Court System. | Defeated | 57.99% (1,551,190) | 42.01% (1,123,636) | 15.98% |
| New York | 1977 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | State judiciary oversight | Establish a commission on judicial conduct and authorizing admonition, censure, removal or retiremen... | Approved | 64.26% (1,729,357) | 35.74% (961,989) | 28.51% |
| New York | 1977 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | State judicial authority | Expand the jurisdiction of town, village and city courts outside New York City. | Defeated | 47.45% (1,195,211) | 52.55% (1,323,455) | 5.09% |
| New York | 1977 | Amendment 5 | LRCA | Public employee retirement funds | Increase pension benefits payable to widows and widowers of state retirees. | Approved | 57.12% (1,598,758) | 42.88% (1,200,116) | 14.24% |
| New York | 1977 | Amendment 6 | LRCA | Public education governance | Provide for the process for filling vacancies on boards of education. | Approved | 50.17% (1,281,541) | 49.83% (1,272,654) | 0.35% |
| New York | 1977 | Amendment 7 | LRCA | Public economic investment policy, Bond issues | Increase the state’s guarantee cap from $150 million to $300 million for Job Development Authority b... | Defeated | 47.41% (1,239,333) | 52.59% (1,374,781) | 5.18% |
| New York | 1977 | Amendment 8 | LRCA | Bond issues, Public economic investment policy | Authorize a state-chartered public corporation to provide and back loans for business construction, ... | Approved | 54.29% (1,399,211) | 45.71% (1,178,071) | 8.58% |
| New York | 1977 | Proposition 1 | BI | Bond issues, Public economic investment policy | Authorize $750 million in state bonds to finance public capital projects aimed at promoting economic... | Defeated | 38.38% (1,067,589) | 61.62% (1,714,156) | 23.24% |
| New York | 1977 | Proposition 2 | ACCQ | State constitutional conventions | Call a convention to revise and amend the Constitution. | Defeated | 40.32% (1,126,902) | 59.68% (1,668,137) | 19.36% |
| North Carolina | 1977 | Balanced Budget Amendment | LRCA | Balanced budget requirements | Require that state expenditures for a fiscal period not exceed total revenue and any surplus from th... | Approved | 80.86% (443,453) | 19.14% (104,935) | 61.73% |
| North Carolina | 1977 | Governor Elected Terms Amendment | LRCA | Executive official term limits | Allow the governor and lieutenant governor to serve a second consecutive term in office | Approved | 52.54% (307,754) | 47.46% (278,013) | 5.08% |
| North Carolina | 1977 | Highway Bonds Referendum | BI | Highways and bridges, Bond issues | Issue $300 million in highway bonds | Approved | 66.80% (390,626) | 33.20% (194,129) | 33.60% |
| North Carolina | 1977 | Life Insurance Benefits for Spouse and Children Free from Creditors Amendment | LRCA | Insurance policy, Family-related policy | Grant every person the right to insure their life for the benefit of their spouse, children, or both... | Approved | 89.88% (513,526) | 10.12% (57,835) | 79.76% |
| North Carolina | 1977 | Municipal Electric Facilities Amendment | LRCA | Bond issues, Utility policy, Local government organization | Allow municipalities to partner on electric facilities and issue bonds to finance their share | Approved | 65.96% (349,935) | 34.04% (180,624) | 31.91% |
| North Carolina | 1977 | Spousal Homestead Exemption Amendment | LRCA | Homestead tax exemptions | Extend homestead exemption rights to widowed men if the spouse does not own a separate homestead | Approved | 89.65% (517,366) | 10.35% (59,714) | 79.30% |
| North Carolina | 1977 | Water Quality and Water System Improvements Bond Measure | BI | Water irrigation policy, Water storage, Drinking water systems, Bond issues | Issue $230 million in clean water bonds | Approved | 72.77% (427,392) | 27.23% (159,949) | 45.53% |
| Ohio | 1977 | Bonds for Low and Moderate Income Housing Amendment | LRCA | Housing, Bond issues | Allow state and local governments to issue bonds for the construction of low and moderate income hou... | Defeated | 38.72% (1,120,885) | 61.28% (1,773,779) | 22.56% |
| Ohio | 1977 | Limits on State Debt Amendment | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Revise limitations on state government indebtedness. | Defeated | 27.52% (759,327) | 72.48% (1,999,791) | 44.96% |
| Ohio | 1977 | Prohibition on the Use of Certain Trapping Devices Initiative | CICA | Hunting regulations | Prohibit the use of leghold traps and other trapping devices that cause prolonged suffering. | Defeated | 36.57% (1,169,068) | 63.43% (2,027,642) | 26.86% |
| Ohio | 1977 | Voter Registration and Voting Eligibility Initiative | CICA | Voter registration | Allow those who have been registered to vote for at least 30 days to vote in any election and requir... | Approved | 61.57% (1,964,361) | 38.43% (1,225,852) | 23.15% |
| Oregon | 1977 | Measure 1 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance, Water | Permit state debt up to 1.5% of all property value to create the Water Development Fund to finance l... | Approved | 51.14% (124,484) | 48.86% (118,953) | 2.27% |
| Oregon | 1977 | Measure 2 | LRCA | Hydroelectric energy, Energy market regulations | Repeal and replace Article XI-D of the Oregon Constitution to shift from state control of hydroelect... | Defeated | 43.32% (105,219) | 56.68% (137,693) | 13.37% |
| Pennsylvania | 1977 | Question 1 | LRCA | Taxes, Veterans policy | extend property tax exemptions already given to certain disabled veterans to all residents of Pennsy... | Approved | 76.76% (1,189,626) | 23.24% (360,211) | 53.52% |
| Pennsylvania | 1977 | Question 2 | LRCA | State legislatures measures | allow the state legislature, by a two-thirds vote, to enact special emergency legislation to make ap... | Approved | 71.34% (1,066,563) | 28.66% (428,388) | 42.69% |
| Texas | 1977 | Proposition 1 | LRCA | State judiciary | Increase the size of the court of criminal appeals to nine judges and permitting the court to sit in... | Approved | 73.11% (410,170) | 26.89% (150,862) | 46.22% |
| Texas | 1977 | Proposition 2 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Increase the Veterans' Land Fund from $500 million to $700 million, allowing surviving unmarried wid... | Approved | 59.32% (329,417) | 40.68% (225,919) | 18.64% |
| Texas | 1977 | Proposition 3 | LRCA | Bail policy | Allow denial of bail for felons with prior convictions or charged while on bail, or involved in weap... | Approved | 83.63% (472,948) | 16.37% (92,568) | 67.26% |
| Texas | 1977 | Proposition 4 | LRCA | Property, Taxes | Authorize tax reliefs for certain cultural, historical, or natural history resources | Approved | 55.60% (306,102) | 44.40% (244,477) | 11.19% |
| Texas | 1977 | Proposition 5 | LRCA | Agriculture policy, Business regulations | Authorize creation of agricultural or marine associations to levy refundable assessments on individu... | Defeated | 43.60% (231,164) | 56.40% (299,060) | 12.81% |
| Texas | 1977 | Proposition 6 | LRCA | Banking policy | Permit the legislature to authorize banks to use electronic devices | Defeated | 37.68% (208,264) | 62.32% (344,483) | 24.64% |
| Texas | 1977 | Proposition 7 | LRCA | State judiciary | Rename the State Judicial Qualifications Commission to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and ... | Approved | 66.21% (354,275) | 33.79% (180,837) | 32.41% |
| Virginia | 1977 | Correctional Facilities Bond Measure | BI | Bond issues, Prison and jail funding | Allow for the issuance of up to $21,525,000 in bonds for correctional facilities | Approved | 63.78% (537,172) | 36.22% (305,055) | 27.56% |
| Virginia | 1977 | Educational Institutions Bond Measure | BI | Higher education funding, Bond issues, Public education funding | Allow for the issuance of up to $86,475,000 in bonds for educational institutions | Approved | 67.63% (594,098) | 32.37% (284,375) | 35.26% |
| Virginia | 1977 | Mental Health Facilities Bond Measure | BI | Bond issues, Healthcare facility funding | Allow for the issuance of up to $4,000,000 in bonds for mental health facilities | Approved | 73.13% (623,139) | 26.87% (228,953) | 46.26% |