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| State | Year | Name | Type | Topics | Description | Status | Yes Votes Total | No Votes Total | Mov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 1972 | Constitution Question | CCRCA | State constitution ratification | Defeated | 37.31% (64,073) | 62.69% (107,643) | 25.37% | |
| Wisconsin | 1972 | Question 1 | LRCA | Administration of government | Create more than one type of county government | Approved | 52.58% (571,285) | 47.42% (515,255) | 5.16% |
| Wisconsin | 1972 | Question 2 | LRCA | Local government officials and elections | Allow counties with 500,000 people or fewer to choose whether to have an elected coroner or use a me... | Approved | 71.06% (795,497) | 28.94% (323,930) | 42.13% |
| Wisconsin | 1972 | Question 3 | LRCA | Religion-related policy, Public education governance, Property, Religion in public schools | Permit the use of public school buildings by civic, religious, or charitable organizations after hou... | Approved | 74.52% (871,707) | 25.48% (298,016) | 49.05% |
| Wisconsin | 1972 | Question 4 | LRCA | Religion-related policy, Religion in public schools | Authorize the legislature to allow public schools to release students during school hours to receive... | Approved | 50.41% (595,075) | 49.59% (585,511) | 0.81% |
| Florida | 1972 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | State judiciary oversight, State judicial selection, State judiciary structure | Reorganize the state trial courts into a uniform court system, provide standards for the selection a... | Approved | 70.51% (933,221) | 29.49% (390,223) | 41.03% |
| Florida | 1972 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Bond issues, Public economic investment policy | Allow for bonds for establishing a fund from which to make loans to students | Approved | 65.56% (862,300) | 34.44% (453,050) | 31.11% |
| Florida | 1972 | Equal Opportunity Education Straw Ballot Measure | LRAQ | Race and ethnicity issues, Public education governance | Advise officials that there should be "equal opportunity for quality education for all children" reg... | Approved | 78.61% (1,065,393) | 21.39% (289,839) | 57.23% |
| Florida | 1972 | Forced Busing Straw Ballot Measure | LRAQ | Public education governance, Race and ethnicity issues | Advise officials to prohibit forced busing and guarantee children can attend school closest to home | Approved | 74.06% (1,103,856) | 25.94% (386,724) | 48.11% |
| Florida | 1972 | School Prayer Straw Ballot Measure | LRAQ | Religion-related policy, Religion in public schools, Federal government issues | Advise officials to amend the U.S. Constitution to allow prayer in public schools | Approved | 79.36% (1,138,621) | 20.64% (296,102) | 58.72% |
| Oklahoma | 1972 | State Question 485 | LRCA | Bond issues, Transportation | Authorize the state to issue up to $250 million in general obligation bonds for highway improvements... | Defeated | 24.11% (114,493) | 75.89% (360,399) | 51.78% |
| Louisiana | 1972 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | State legislatures measures | This measure proposed adding Section 18 of Article IV. This would permit the adoption of new legisl... | Approved | 78.50% (456,133) | 21.50% (124,939) | 57.00% |
| Louisiana | 1972 | Amendment 10 | LRCA | County and municipal governance | It proposed modifications to the jurisdiction of the traffic court of New Orleans regarding violatio... | Defeated | 42.69% (223,799) | 57.31% (300,417) | 14.62% |
| Louisiana | 1972 | Amendment 11 | LRCA | Taxes | It proposed to allow a two and one-half mill property tax in Orleans Parish along with a bond sale t... | Defeated | 42.52% (226,846) | 57.48% (306,660) | 14.96% |
| Louisiana | 1972 | Amendment 12 | LRCA | Taxes | It proposed to reduce the maximum annual tax that could be levied by the Red River, Atchafalaya and ... | Defeated | 39.18% (200,560) | 60.82% (311,281) | 21.63% |
| Louisiana | 1972 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | State legislatures measures, County and municipal governance, Constitutional wording changes | Grant the state legislature authority to provide for special districts through statutes | Defeated | 45.40% (239,175) | 54.60% (287,686) | 9.21% |
| Louisiana | 1972 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | Civil service | This measure proposed to add Article XIX-A to the constitution. This article provided for merit-bas... | Defeated | 45.56% (240,101) | 54.44% (286,897) | 8.88% |
| Louisiana | 1972 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | Water irrigation policy | It proposed to repeal Sections 1 through 4 of Article XV of the constitution. These sections were c... | Defeated | 43.02% (225,946) | 56.98% (299,311) | 13.97% |
| Louisiana | 1972 | Amendment 5 | CRCA | Constitutional wording changes, Environment, County and municipal governance | Repeal the constitutional provision authorizing mosquito abatement districts | Defeated | 44.51% (236,876) | 55.49% (295,258) | 10.97% |
| Louisiana | 1972 | Amendment 6 | LRCA | Bond issues, Taxes | It proposed constitutional modifications regarding the ability of political subdivisions to incur in... | Defeated | 41.87% (222,706) | 58.13% (309,186) | 16.26% |
| Louisiana | 1972 | Amendment 7 | LRCA | Taxes, Higher education funding | This measure proposed to allow parishes to assess and additional tax of up to ten mills for the supp... | Defeated | 35.26% (186,426) | 64.74% (342,235) | 29.47% |
| Louisiana | 1972 | Amendment 8 | LRCA | Veterans policy, Bond issues | It proposed to authorize the issuance of $14 million in bonds to pay and administer bonuses to Vietn... | Approved | 71.65% (500,632) | 28.35% (198,132) | 43.29% |
| Louisiana | 1972 | Amendment 9 | LRCA | County and municipal governance | It proposed modifications to the makeup of the East Baton Rouge family court. | Defeated | 43.31% (228,027) | 56.69% (298,522) | 13.39% |
| Oregon | 1972 | Measure 1 | VR | Tobacco laws, Taxes | Increase the tax on cigarettes from four cents to nine cents per package. | Approved | 50.91% (245,717) | 49.09% (236,937) | 1.82% |
| Oklahoma | 1971 | State Question 478 | CISS | Sunday regulations, Business regulations | Prohibit the sale of specific merchandise on both Saturday and Sunday at the same location. | Defeated | 46.26% (109,409) | 53.74% (127,080) | 7.47% |
| Oklahoma | 1971 | State Question 479 | LRCA | Bond issue requirements | Allow city, town, and county bonds for industrial development without requiring voters to be propert... | Defeated | 40.83% (91,191) | 59.17% (132,176) | 18.35% |
| Oklahoma | 1971 | State Question 481 | LRCA | Education, State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Allow the investment of permanent school and educational funds in federally or state-insured student... | Approved | 57.21% (125,902) | 42.79% (94,176) | 14.42% |
| Oklahoma | 1971 | State Question 482 | LRCA | Criminal trials | Require testimony or evidence, even if self-incriminating, with immunity from prosecution or penalti... | Approved | 55.49% (120,842) | 44.51% (96,935) | 10.98% |
| Oklahoma | 1971 | State Question 483 | LRCA | Civil and criminal trials, State judiciary | Allow grand juries to be convened by citizen petitions or the Attorney General for investigations an... | Approved | 65.59% (142,436) | 34.41% (74,736) | 31.17% |
| Oklahoma | 1971 | State Question 484 | LRCA | Voting age policy | Lower the voting age requirement for qualified electors to 18 years. | Approved | 57.73% (130,284) | 42.27% (95,400) | 15.46% |
| Florida | 1971 | Corporate Income Tax Amendment | LRCA | Business regulations, Income taxes | Allow for an income tax on corporations | Approved | 70.33% (841,433) | 29.67% (355,023) | 40.65% |
| Kentucky | 1971 | Senior Residence Tax Exemption Referendum | LRCA | Property, Property tax exemptions | Approved | ||||
| Maine | 1971 | Question 1 | IndISS | Business taxes, Income taxes | Repeal the state income tax law for individuals and corporations | Defeated | 24.99% (63,393) | 75.01% (190,261) | 50.02% |
| Maine | 1971 | Question 2 | LRCA | Voting age policy | Reduce the voting age requirement from 20 to 18 years old | Approved | 59.35% (144,949) | 40.65% (99,274) | 18.70% |
| Maine | 1971 | Question 3 | LRCA | State executive elections | Allow the Governor to continue in office until his successor is determined and take the oath of offi... | Approved | 71.57% (170,851) | 28.43% (67,875) | 43.14% |
| Maine | 1971 | Question 4 | LRCA | Higher education funding, Bond issues | Allow for the pledging of state credit to back loans for higher education and issued $4 million in b... | Approved | 58.96% (139,984) | 41.04% (97,430) | 17.92% |
| Montana | 1971 | R-68 | LRSS | Taxes | Defeated | 30.21% (66,967) | 69.79% (154,680) | 39.57% | |
| New Jersey | 1971 | Public Question No. 1 | BI | Bond issues | An act authorized $155 million in bonds for higher education buildings. | Approved | 54.07% (846,433) | 45.93% (719,109) | 8.13% |
| New Jersey | 1971 | Public Question No. 2 | LRCA | Taxes | The amendment excluded federal benefits from determining eligibility for the property tax deduction ... | Approved | 80.12% (1,278,729) | 19.88% (317,229) | 60.25% |
| New Jersey | 1971 | Public Question No. 3 | BI | Bond issues | An act authorized $80 million in bonds for acquiring land for recreational and conservational purpos... | Approved | 66.74% (1,029,200) | 33.26% (512,985) | 33.47% |
| New York | 1971 | Proposed Amendment No. 1 | LRCA | Land use and development policy, State and local government budgets, spending, and finance, State legislative authority | Authorize the state legislature to establish community development programs | Defeated | 35.38% (1,322,065) | 64.62% (2,414,805) | 29.24% |
| New York | 1971 | Proposed Amendment No. 2 | LRCA | Utility policy, Debt limits, State and local government budgets, spending, and finance, Sewage and stormwater | Extend the ability of counties, cities, towns, or villages to exclude debt accrued from the developm... | Defeated | 48.97% (1,801,271) | 51.03% (1,876,683) | 2.05% |
| New York | 1971 | Proposition 1 | BI | Environment, Bond issues | This proposition allowed for $1.5 billion in state debt for the preservation and improvement of the ... | Defeated | 35.38% (1,322,065) | 64.62% (2,414,805) | 29.24% |
| Ohio | 1971 | Publication of Ballot Measures in Newspapers | LRCA | Ballot measure process | Authorize the state to publish copies of ballot measures in newspapers, rather than sending copies t... | Approved | 64.64% (1,645,961) | 35.36% (900,549) | 29.27% |
| North Dakota | 1971 | Measure 1 | LRSS | Administration of government, State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Approved | 61.09% (61,342) | 38.91% (39,076) | 22.17% | |
| Nevada | 1971 | Question 1 | LRCA | Voting age policy | Reduce the voting age from 21 years to 18 years in Nevada | Approved | 51.08% (37,142) | 48.92% (35,577) | 2.15% |
| Pennsylvania | 1971 | Question 1 | LRCA | Jury rules, Civil trials | require a five-sixths jury in civil cases | Approved | 66.30% (833,283) | 33.70% (423,606) | 32.59% |
| Pennsylvania | 1971 | Question 2 | LRCA | Sex and gender issues, Constitutional rights | add language to the state constitution to prohibit the denial or abridgment of rights on account of ... | Approved | 62.76% (783,441) | 37.24% (464,882) | 25.52% |
| Pennsylvania | 1971 | Question 3 | LRCA | Constitutional rights, Environment | add environmental rights to the state constitution | Approved | 79.71% (1,021,342) | 20.29% (259,979) | 59.42% |
| Pennsylvania | 1971 | Question 4 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials, County and municipal governance | allow a county officer's salary or emoluments to be increased or decreased during the officer's term... | Defeated | 46.36% (567,472) | 53.64% (656,603) | 7.28% |