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| State | Year | Name | Type | Topics | Description | Status | Yes Votes Total | No Votes Total | Mov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 1959 | Question 1 | LRCA | State legislatures measures | establish that the legislature shall meet each year on the first Tuesday in January and in even year... | Approved | 52.65% (632,422) | 47.35% (568,800) | 5.30% |
| Pennsylvania | 1959 | Question 2 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance, Education | prohibit school districts from having debts that exceed 15% of assessed value of taxable property | Defeated | 41.66% (513,987) | 58.34% (719,923) | 16.69% |
| Pennsylvania | 1959 | Question 3 | LRCA | Elections and campaigns | allow a qualified voter who moves within the state within 60 days of an election to vote in their ol... | Approved | 76.60% (956,138) | 23.40% (292,019) | 53.21% |
| North Carolina | 1959 | Referendum 1 | BI | Public education funding, Bond issues | Issue more than $18 million in bonds for capital improvements of the state's educational institution... | Approved | 63.72% (70,476) | 36.28% (40,123) | 27.44% |
| North Carolina | 1959 | Referendum 2 | BI | Bond issues, Healthcare facility funding | Issue more than $12 million in bonds for capital improvements of the state's mental health instituti... | Approved | 72.97% (81,787) | 27.03% (30,294) | 45.94% |
| North Carolina | 1959 | Referendum 3 | BI | Higher education funding, Bond issues | Issue $1.5 million in bonds for aid grants and capital improvements of the state's community college... | Approved | 59.60% (64,562) | 40.40% (43,755) | 19.21% |
| North Carolina | 1959 | Referendum 4 | BI | Healthcare facility funding, Bond issues | Issue $500,000 in bonds to fund local hospital construction. | Approved | 62.79% (68,959) | 37.21% (40,862) | 25.58% |
| North Carolina | 1959 | Referendum 5 | BI | State National Guard and militia, Defense-related funding, Bond issues | Issue $100,000 in bonds for capital improvements of the state's armory commission. | Defeated | 48.58% (51,554) | 51.42% (54,560) | 2.83% |
| North Carolina | 1959 | Referendum 6 | BI | Bond issues, Prison and jail funding | Issue $466,000 in bonds for capital improvements at the state's correctional institutions. | Approved | 63.90% (69,684) | 36.10% (39,375) | 27.79% |
| North Carolina | 1959 | Referendum 7 | BI | Bond issues, Healthcare facility funding | Issue $140,000 in bonds for capital improvements of the blind rehabilitation center. | Approved | 72.51% (80,609) | 27.49% (30,564) | 45.02% |
| North Carolina | 1959 | Referendum 8 | BI | Ports and harbors, Bond issues | Issue $500,000 in bonds for port facilities in the town of Southport | Approved | 51.15% (54,456) | 48.85% (52,007) | 2.30% |
| North Carolina | 1959 | Referendum 9 | BI | Bond issues | Issue $250,000 in bonds for the construction and restoration of historical sites. | Defeated | 48.71% (51,870) | 51.29% (54,613) | 2.58% |
| Maine | 1959 | Question 1 | BI | Bond issues, Highways and bridges | Ratify a state bond issue of up to $3.9 million to construct a bridge across the Passagassawaukeag R... | Approved | 73.13% (36,662) | 26.87% (13,471) | 46.26% |
| Maine | 1959 | Question 2 | BI | Highways and bridges, Bond issues | Ratify a $13 million state bond issue to fund the construction of state highways in Maine | Approved | 77.52% (39,305) | 22.48% (11,398) | 55.04% |
| Maine | 1959 | Question 3 | BI | Bond issues, Higher education funding, Housing development funding | Ratify a state bond issue of up to $10 million to finance the construction of housing for the Univer... | Approved | 81.51% (42,133) | 18.49% (9,560) | 63.01% |
| Maine | 1959 | Question 4 | BI | Bond issues | Ratify a $3.95 million state bond issue to fund capital improvements, construction, repairs, equipme... | Approved | 77.15% (39,367) | 22.85% (11,660) | 54.30% |
| Maine | 1959 | Question 5 | LRSS | Ports and harbors | Allow ferry service for Long Island Plantation as authorized by the 99th Legislature | Approved | 75.48% (38,886) | 24.52% (12,635) | 50.95% |
| Oklahoma | 1959 | State Question 386 | LRCA | Alcohol laws | Repeal prohibition in Oklahoma, create the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, and allow regulated pri... | Approved | 55.80% (396,845) | 44.20% (314,380) | 11.59% |
| Oklahoma | 1959 | State Question 387 | LRCA | County and municipal governance, Alcohol laws | Provide for county option on alcoholic beverages and allow counties to hold elections on legalizing ... | Defeated | 32.05% (221,404) | 67.95% (469,503) | 35.91% |
| Michigan | 1959 | Proposal No. 1 | LRCA | Government continuity policy | Allow the legislature to provide for the continuity of state and local government in times of emerge... | Approved | 74.76% (702,183) | 25.24% (237,071) | 49.52% |
| Michigan | 1959 | Proposal No. 2 | LRCA | Higher education governance | Change the name of the governing body of Michigan State University | Approved | 65.38% (595,333) | 34.62% (315,223) | 30.76% |
| Michigan | 1959 | Proposal No. 3 | LRCA | Higher education governance | Establish a Board of Governors for Wayne State University | Approved | 66.73% (593,327) | 33.27% (295,780) | 33.47% |
| Illinois | 1958 | General Banking Law Amendment | LRSS | Banking policy | It proposed modifications to the banking law. | Approved | 65.83% (755,622) | 34.17% (392,260) | 31.65% |
| Alabama | 1958 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | County and municipal governance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would ... | Approved | 51.27% (50,732) | 48.73% (48,223) | 2.54% |
| Alabama | 1958 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Public education governance, Public education funding | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "The provisi... | Defeated | 21.69% (21,211) | 78.31% (76,582) | 56.62% |
| Alabama | 1958 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | Taxes | The amendment proposed that, provided that the electors authorize the following by a majority vote, ... | Defeated | 48.62% (46,232) | 51.38% (48,865) | 2.77% |
| Arizona | 1958 | Proposition 200 | CISS | Higher education governance | Provide for the change of the official name of the Arizona State College at Tempe to Arizona State U... | Approved | 65.76% (151,135) | 34.24% (78,693) | 31.52% |
| Arizona | 1958 | Proposition 201 | CISS | Civil service | Provide a merit-based system for state, county, and municipal employees | Defeated | 39.49% (79,651) | 60.51% (122,071) | 21.03% |
| Arkansas | 1958 | Amendment 47 | LRCA | Taxes | The measure prohibited the state's ad valorem tax. | Approved | 56.30% (139,293) | 43.70% (108,135) | 12.59% |
| Arkansas | 1958 | Amendment 48 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | The measure increased the salaries of state legislators. | Approved | 55.48% (142,289) | 44.52% (114,184) | 10.96% |
| Arkansas | 1958 | Amendment 49 | LRCA | Bond issues, Public economic investment policy | The measure authorized bonds for industrial development. | Approved | 65.45% (166,303) | 34.55% (87,794) | 30.90% |
| Arkansas | 1958 | Initiative 1 | CISS | Transportation, Labor and unions | The measure would have repealed the state's full-crew law requiring trains to have full crews. | Defeated | 44.49% (130,465) | 55.51% (162,748) | 11.01% |
| Arkansas | 1958 | Referred Act 19 | VR | Taxes | The measure repealed the one percent additional sales tax. | Approved | 70.99% (211,490) | 29.01% (86,418) | 41.98% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 1 | BI | Veterans policy, Bond issues | Issue $300 million in bonds for veterans' home program | Approved | 73.95% (3,133,313) | 26.05% (1,103,800) | 47.90% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 10 | LRCA | Education, Eminent domain policy, Transportation | Allow agencies to take property that will be used for schools or airports through eminent domain pri... | Defeated | 30.97% (1,277,452) | 69.03% (2,847,379) | 38.06% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 11 | LRCA | Transportation, Taxes, Bond issues | Allow laws that authorize the issuance of bonds for streets and roads and establish that the repayme... | Defeated | 41.28% (1,695,022) | 58.72% (2,410,850) | 17.43% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 12 | LRCA | State legislatures measures | Allow members of the legislature to be notaries public. | Defeated | 45.02% (1,798,069) | 54.98% (2,195,791) | 9.96% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 13 | LRCA | Education, State executive official measures | Establish the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction as a position appointed by the Stat... | Defeated | 37.58% (1,519,209) | 62.42% (2,522,998) | 24.83% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 14 | LRCA | County and municipal governance, Salaries of government officials | Eliminate the provision that prevents the compensation for county, township, or municipal officers t... | Defeated | 29.36% (1,174,420) | 70.64% (2,825,189) | 41.27% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 15 | LRSS | Business regulations | Repeal Penal Code Section 413 ½, allowing for boxing exhibitions on Sundays and Memorial Day. | Defeated | 44.11% (1,874,135) | 55.89% (2,374,898) | 11.79% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 16 | CICA | Taxes, Education, Religion-related policy | Exempt religious schools under the collegiate level from receiving the property tax exemption for sc... | Defeated | 32.85% (1,686,122) | 67.15% (3,446,829) | 34.30% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 17 | CISS | Taxes | Establish provisions relating to the sales and use tax and the income tax. | Defeated | 18.05% (888,523) | 81.95% (4,033,101) | 63.89% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 18 | CICA | Right-to-work laws | Enact a constitutional right-to-work law | Defeated | 40.38% (2,079,975) | 59.62% (3,070,837) | 19.24% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 2 | BI | Bond issues, Education | Allow for bonds up to $220,000,000 for schools for physically or mentally handicapped children and e... | Approved | 74.17% (3,356,141) | 25.83% (1,168,786) | 48.34% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 3 | BI | Public education funding, Healthcare facility funding, Prison and jail funding, Bond issues | Allow for bonds up to $200,000,000 for the building of educational, mental, and correctional institu... | Approved | 63.66% (2,765,865) | 36.34% (1,579,031) | 27.32% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 4 | BI | Bond issues, Ports and harbors | Allow for bonds up to $60,000,000 for the San Francisco Harbor and for financing a small craft harbo... | Approved | 56.51% (2,440,813) | 43.49% (1,878,742) | 13.01% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 5 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Allow the legislator to set legislators' salaries and cap the legislators' salaries to the average s... | Defeated | 29.97% (1,248,474) | 70.03% (2,916,671) | 40.05% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 6 | LRCA | Bond issues, Elections and campaigns | Require bond propositions to be published for 8 weeks before the election in newspapers in at least ... | Defeated | 38.28% (1,542,889) | 61.72% (2,487,240) | 23.43% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 7 | LRCA | Government continuity policy | Add provisions to the state Constitution to allow for changes to the administration of government du... | Approved | 78.26% (3,247,586) | 21.74% (902,328) | 56.51% |
| California | 1958 | Proposition 8 | LRCA | Residency voting requirements | Allow those who have lived in California for at least 54 days and meet all other qualifications to v... | Approved | 54.87% (2,327,120) | 45.13% (1,914,294) | 9.73% |