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| State | Year | Name | Type | Topics | Description | Status | Yes Votes Total | No Votes Total | Mov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1970 | Proposition 4 | LRCA | Administration of government | Reconstitute the State Building Commission as a three-member appointed commission | Defeated | 49.80% (789,337) | 50.20% (795,674) | 0.40% |
| Texas | 1970 | Proposition 5 | LRCA | County and municipal governance, Bond issues | Authorize counties by a simple majority vote to issue road bonds not to exceed one-fourth of the ass... | Approved | 52.22% (858,775) | 47.78% (785,905) | 4.43% |
| Texas | 1970 | Proposition 6 | LRCA | Property | Increase the value of the homestead which is exempt from forced sale | Approved | 61.73% (1,057,765) | 38.27% (655,890) | 23.45% |
| Texas | 1970 | Proposition 7 | LRCA | Administration of government | Allow legislature to consolidate government functions and enable performance of such functions by co... | Approved | 50.94% (832,366) | 49.06% (801,532) | 1.89% |
| Utah | 1970 | Proposition 1 | LRCA | Residency voting requirements | Decrease the length of residency requirements to vote in an election | Approved | 53.77% (177,602) | 46.23% (152,704) | 7.54% |
| Utah | 1970 | Proposition 2 | LRCA | Ballot measure process | Create a single-subject rule for constitutional amendments | Approved | 76.10% (256,561) | 23.90% (80,590) | 52.19% |
| Utah | 1970 | Proposition 3 | LRCA | Income taxes, State legislative authority | Grant the legislature the power to determine on what income taxes are calculated | Approved | 55.66% (181,039) | 44.34% (144,218) | 11.32% |
| Virginia | 1970 | Question 1 | LRCA | Ballot measure process, Sex and gender issues, Dueling bans, State executive branch structure, Race and ethnicity issues, Constitutional rights, Constitutional wording changes, State legislative authority, Religion-related policy, Residency voting requirements | Revise the Virginia State Constitution as proposed by the 1969–1970 General Assembly | Approved | 71.83% (576,776) | 28.17% (226,219) | 43.66% |
| Virginia | 1970 | Question 2 | LRCA | Gambling policy | Repeal Section 60 of the state constitution, thus allowing the General Assembly to make decisions on... | Approved | 62.86% (491,124) | 37.14% (290,168) | 25.72% |
| Virginia | 1970 | Question 3 | LRCA | Bond issues, State legislative authority | Allow the General Assembly, subject to a referendum, to authorize general obligation bonds for capit... | Approved | 65.88% (504,315) | 34.12% (261,220) | 31.75% |
| Virginia | 1970 | Question 4 | LRCA | Tax and revenue administration, Bond issues, State legislative authority | Allow the Legislature, by 2/3 vote, to pledge the full faith and credit of the Commonwealth for bond... | Approved | 64.56% (484,274) | 35.44% (265,784) | 29.13% |
| Washington | 1970 | HJR 42 | LRCA | Income taxes, Property taxes, State legislative authority | Reduce maximum property tax to 1 percent and allow the legislature to impose income tax without prop... | Defeated | 31.55% (309,882) | 68.45% (672,446) | 36.91% |
| Washington | 1970 | HJR 6 | LRCA | Voting age policy | Provide for the lowering of the voting age from 21 to 19. | Defeated | 45.33% (473,029) | 54.67% (570,438) | 9.34% |
| Washington | 1970 | Initiative 251 | CISS | Revenue and spending limits, Tax and revenue administration | Prohibit the state of Washington from enacting new taxes or increasing existing taxes. | Defeated | 48.91% (504,779) | 51.09% (527,263) | 2.18% |
| Washington | 1970 | Initiative 256 | CISS | Business regulations, Food and beverage taxes, Pollution, waste, and recycling policy, Alcohol laws | Prohibit the sale of soft drinks and alcohol in containers without a recycling deposit value of at l... | Defeated | 48.72% (511,248) | 51.28% (538,118) | 2.56% |
| Washington | 1970 | Referendum 20 | LRSS | Abortion policy | Legalize abortion during the first four months of pregnancy. | Approved | 56.49% (599,959) | 43.51% (462,174) | 12.97% |
| Washington | 1970 | Referendum 21 | BI | Bond issues, Parks, land, and natural area conservation | Amend the $40 million outdoor recreation bond law to remove the pre-1975 bond sale requirement and f... | Approved | 52.29% (520,162) | 47.71% (474,548) | 4.59% |
| Washington | 1970 | Referendum 22 | LRSS | Bond issue requirements | Amend the $63 million public building construction bond law, remove the pre-1972 bond sale requireme... | Defeated | 41.01% (399,608) | 58.99% (574,887) | 17.99% |
| Washington | 1970 | Referendum 23 | LRSS | Bond issues, Pollution, waste, and recycling policy | Amend the $25 million water pollution control bond law to remove the pre-1971 bond sale requirement ... | Approved | 58.37% (581,819) | 41.63% (414,976) | 16.74% |
| West Virginia | 1970 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Taxes | Approved | 68.31% (253,638) | 31.69% (117,660) | 36.62% | |
| West Virginia | 1970 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | State legislatures measures | Approved | 59.44% (208,032) | 40.56% (141,970) | 18.87% | |
| West Virginia | 1970 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | State executive official measures | Approved | 57.56% (213,758) | 42.44% (157,597) | 15.12% | |
| Oklahoma | 1970 | State Question 475 | LRCA | Race and ethnicity issues, Education | Prohibit the segregation of children in Oklahoma public schools based on race, creed, color, or nati... | Defeated | 46.36% (138,887) | 53.64% (160,694) | 7.28% |
| Oklahoma | 1970 | State Question 476 | LRCA | Healthcare | Authorize hospital districts to issue bonds for hospitals, levy up to 10 mills for bond repayment, a... | Defeated | 25.09% (73,653) | 74.91% (219,952) | 49.83% |
| North Dakota | 1970 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Veterans policy, Bond issues | Approved | 74.92% (75,294) | 25.08% (25,199) | 49.85% | |
| North Dakota | 1970 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | State constitutional conventions | Approved | 58.59% (56,734) | 41.41% (40,094) | 17.19% | |
| North Dakota | 1970 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Approved | 52.78% (48,552) | 47.22% (43,435) | 5.56% | |
| North Dakota | 1970 | Measure 1 | LRSS | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance, Administration of government | Defeated | 25.10% (24,035) | 74.90% (71,719) | 49.80% | |
| Alaska | 1970 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Voting age policy | Lower the voting age to eighteen for all state and local elections. | Approved | 53.96% (36,590) | 46.04% (31,216) | 7.93% |
| Alaska | 1970 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements, English language policy | Eliminate the requirement for voters to read or speak English in state or local elections. | Approved | 51.13% (34,079) | 48.87% (32,578) | 2.25% |
| Alaska | 1970 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | State executive branch structure | Change the title of the secretary of state to lieutenant governor, with no change to the powers or d... | Approved | 71.05% (46,102) | 28.95% (18,781) | 42.11% |
| Alaska | 1970 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | State judicial selection | Select the chief justice of the supreme court by a majority vote of the justices, with a term of thr... | Approved | 69.23% (44,055) | 30.77% (19,583) | 38.46% |
| Alaska | 1970 | Amendment 5 | LRCA | State judiciary oversight | Provide that the administrative director of the judicial system serve the entire supreme court, inst... | Approved | 69.97% (43,462) | 30.03% (18,651) | 39.94% |
| Oklahoma | 1970 | State Question 477 | LRCA | Redistricting policy, State legislatures measures | Repeal sections directing state officials to reapportion the legislature and allow Supreme Court rev... | Defeated | 41.54% (155,553) | 58.46% (218,952) | 16.93% |
| Missouri | 1970 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | State executive elections | Allow the state treasurer to be elected twice unless they served more than two years of another's tr... | Approved | 51.90% (301,345) | 48.10% (279,319) | 3.79% |
| Missouri | 1970 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Toll roads, Highways and bridges | Authorize the State Highway Commission to build and operate toll roads, using state highway revenue ... | Defeated | 29.22% (174,989) | 70.78% (423,942) | 41.57% |
| Missouri | 1970 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | State judiciary oversight, State judicial authority, State judiciary structure, Age limits for officials | Establish a Court of Appeals with districts, modify the Supreme Court of Missouri’s exclusive jurisd... | Approved | 57.44% (320,047) | 42.56% (237,169) | 14.87% |
| Maine | 1970 | Question | BI | Healthcare facility funding, Bond issues, Higher education funding | Issue a total of $3.825 million in bonds for construction of facilities and purchase of equipment at... | Approved | 69.25% (96,368) | 30.75% (42,785) | 38.51% |
| Maine | 1970 | Question 1 | BI | Bond issues, Higher education funding | Remove the interest rate limitation of five percent from unissued bonds for a regional vocational ce... | Approved | 60.40% (80,315) | 39.60% (52,646) | 20.81% |
| Maine | 1970 | Question 3 | BI | Higher education funding, Bond issues | Issue $14.985 million in bonds for classroom expansions and improvements at several of the Universit... | Defeated | 45.26% (62,952) | 54.74% (76,145) | 9.48% |
| Maine | 1970 | Question 4 | LRSS | Bond issues, Public education funding | Allow the for the money originally appropriated for an addition to the Gould Academic Building at th... | Approved | 68.04% (93,129) | 31.96% (43,738) | 36.09% |
| California | 1970 | Proposition 1 | BI | Bond issues, Higher education funding, Healthcare facility funding | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $246,300,000 for University of California health science build... | Defeated | 45.04% (1,940,964) | 54.96% (2,368,056) | 9.91% |
| California | 1970 | Proposition 2 | LRCA | Constitutional wording changes, County and municipal governance | Make changes to the Constitution regarding local government. | Approved | 51.24% (2,084,722) | 48.76% (1,983,980) | 2.48% |
| California | 1970 | Proposition 3 | LRCA | Water, Constitutional wording changes, Utility policy | Revise the Constitution regarding public utilities, corporations, water use, the State lending its c... | Defeated | 22.79% (688,372) | 77.21% (2,332,791) | 54.43% |
| California | 1970 | Proposition 4 | LRCA | Constitutional wording changes | Remove constitutional provisions relating to state institutions, public buildings, land, and homeste... | Defeated | 48.46% (1,940,211) | 51.54% (2,063,603) | 3.08% |
| California | 1970 | Proposition 5 | LRCA | Ballot measure process, Civil service | Allow the state legislature to review constitutional revisions before they are submitted to voters a... | Defeated | 48.52% (1,945,593) | 51.48% (2,063,957) | 2.95% |
| California | 1970 | Proposition 6 | LRCA | Administrative organization, Public education governance | Require the legislature to establish the election or appointment of the State Board of Education and... | Approved | 55.23% (2,300,713) | 44.77% (1,864,665) | 10.47% |
| California | 1970 | Proposition 7 | LRCA | Bond issues | Allow the legislature to raise the maximum rate of interest on unsold bonds. | Approved | 56.19% (2,439,131) | 43.81% (1,901,820) | 12.38% |
| California | 1970 | Proposition 8 | CICA | Taxes, State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Establish provisions relating to funding from property taxes and increase the minimum homeowner's pr... | Defeated | 28.48% (1,321,092) | 71.52% (3,316,919) | 43.03% |
| Oregon | 1970 | Measure 1 | LRCA | Bond issues | Authorize bonds not exceeding 0.25% of true cash value of all taxable property for state capital con... | Defeated | 38.80% (190,257) | 61.20% (300,126) | 22.40% |