9,901 - 9,950 of 15,373 results
| State | Year | Name | Type | Topics | Description | Status | Yes Votes Total | No Votes Total | Mov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 1956 | Proposition 200 | CISS | Family-related policy | Require marriage license applicants to submit a physician's certificate proving they are free from c... | Approved | 85.02% (166,789) | 14.98% (29,388) | 70.04% |
| Arkansas | 1956 | Amendment 43 | LRCA | Public education funding, Taxes | The measure would have changed laws regarding school taxes. | Defeated | 37.21% (134,370) | 62.79% (226,727) | 25.58% |
| Arkansas | 1956 | Amendment 44 | LRCA | County and municipal governance | The measure would have changed laws regarding municipal retirement. | Defeated | 41.92% (143,072) | 58.08% (198,253) | 16.17% |
| Arkansas | 1956 | Amendment 45 | LRCA | Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements | The measure would have abolished the state's poll tax. | Defeated | 43.43% (161,403) | 56.57% (210,237) | 13.14% |
| Arkansas | 1956 | Amendment 46 | LRCA | State judiciary, Salaries of government officials | The measure increased the salaries of judicial officers. | Approved | 56.06% (198,566) | 43.94% (155,627) | 12.12% |
| Arkansas | 1956 | Amendment 47 | CICA | Race and ethnicity issues, Federal government issues, Public education governance | Direct the legislature to "take appropriate action and pass laws opposing in every Constitutional ma... | Approved | 55.93% (185,374) | 44.07% (146,064) | 11.86% |
| Arkansas | 1956 | Amendment 48 | LRCA | Redistricting policy | The measure modified how the state apportioned legislative districts. | Approved | 58.00% (197,602) | 42.00% (143,100) | 16.00% |
| Arkansas | 1956 | Amendment 49 | LRCA | Animal treatment laws, Gambling policy | The measure would have prohibited gambling on dog and horse races. | Defeated | 47.23% (178,208) | 52.77% (199,106) | 5.54% |
| Arkansas | 1956 | Amendment 50 | LRCA | Animal treatment laws, Gambling policy | The measure legalized pari-mutuel wagering on horse races. | Approved | 57.63% (219,835) | 42.37% (161,630) | 15.26% |
| Arkansas | 1956 | Amendment 51 | LRCA | Banking policy | The measure would have changed laws regarded maximum interest rates. | Approved | 57.63% (219,835) | 42.37% (161,630) | 15.26% |
| Arkansas | 1956 | Call for Federal Constitutional Amendment for State Authority to Provide Racially Segregated Schools Initiative | CISS | Race and ethnicity issues, Public education governance, Federal government issues | Approved | 61.04% (199,511) | 38.96% (127,360) | 22.07% | |
| Arkansas | 1956 | Initiated Act 1 | CISS | Workers' compensation laws | The measure increased worker's compensation. | Approved | 74.16% (265,513) | 25.84% (92,509) | 48.32% |
| Arkansas | 1956 | Initiated Act 2 | CISS | Race and ethnicity issues, Public education governance | Require school boards to assign students to public schools based on "any and all other factors, exce... | Approved | 63.93% (214,713) | 36.07% (121,129) | 27.87% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 1 | BI | Bond issues, Veterans policy | Allow for bonds up to $500,000,000 to help veterans acquire farms and homes and establish the terms ... | Approved | 80.42% (3,657,829) | 19.58% (890,322) | 60.85% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 10 | LRCA | Administration of government | Allow the state to use private architects and engineers by contract when the state's staff is not ab... | Defeated | 42.72% (1,840,688) | 57.28% (2,468,080) | 14.56% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 11 | LRCA | County and municipal governance | Allow boards of freeholders one year to prepare a county charter. | Approved | 73.84% (2,817,607) | 26.16% (998,251) | 47.68% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 12 | LRCA | Bond issues | Adjust requirements regarding state bonds. | Approved | 50.97% (2,006,548) | 49.03% (1,930,235) | 1.94% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 13 | LRSS | Immigration policy | Repeal the inoperative law that previously denied immigrants who are ineligible for citizenship the ... | Approved | 66.81% (2,801,951) | 33.19% (1,391,991) | 33.62% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 14 | LRCA | State legislative processes and sessions | Allow for the legislature to determine how to select legislative officers, attachés, and employees. | Approved | 62.25% (2,350,498) | 37.75% (1,425,127) | 24.51% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 15 | LRCA | Business regulations, Water, County and municipal governance | Allow the state and all political subdivisions to hold stocks in mutual water companies to secure wa... | Approved | 67.01% (2,694,485) | 32.99% (1,326,547) | 34.02% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 16 | LRCA | State judiciary | Eliminate the current time limit on when a Supreme Court hearing can be ordered after the decision b... | Approved | 72.05% (2,800,715) | 27.95% (1,086,713) | 44.09% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 17 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials, Constitutional wording changes, State judiciary | Eliminate constitutional provisions relating to salaries of superior court and appellate judges and ... | Approved | 61.82% (2,318,895) | 38.18% (1,432,218) | 23.64% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 18 | LRCA | State judiciary | Allow a judge of a justice court who is not a lawyer to serve as a judge on a superseding municipal ... | Defeated | 31.44% (1,253,946) | 68.56% (2,734,306) | 37.12% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 19 | LRCA | Administration of government, Taxes | Allow the legislature to alter the state's boundaries with the cooperation of the adjoining states. | Approved | 74.26% (2,952,479) | 25.74% (1,023,182) | 48.53% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 2 | BI | Education, Bond issues | Allow for bonds up to $100,000,000 for loans and grants to school districts to house and equip schoo... | Approved | 82.34% (3,950,426) | 17.66% (847,076) | 64.69% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 3 | BI | Higher education funding, Prison and jail funding, Bond issues | Allow for bonds up to $200,000,000 for building educational, mental, and correctional institutions a... | Approved | 77.91% (3,483,108) | 22.09% (987,813) | 55.81% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 4 | CISS | Mineral resources, Business regulations, Fossil fuel energy, Administrative organization | Create the California Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to prevent the waste of oil and gas. | Defeated | 23.43% (1,208,752) | 76.57% (3,950,532) | 53.14% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 5 | LRCA | Alcohol laws, Business regulations | Establish provisions regarding the regulation of alcohol. | Approved | 50.57% (2,391,825) | 49.43% (2,338,137) | 1.14% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 6 | LRCA | Property, Taxes, Religion-related policy | Extend property tax exemption to church parking lots that are required to exist by law and that have... | Approved | 55.26% (2,539,453) | 44.74% (2,056,411) | 10.51% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 7 | LRCA | State legislatures measures | Rename the State Assembly as House of Representatives | Defeated | 38.82% (1,588,696) | 61.18% (2,504,017) | 22.36% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 8 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance, State legislatures measures | Establish provisions relating to the budget session of the legislature. | Approved | 50.50% (1,981,664) | 49.50% (1,942,129) | 1.01% |
| California | 1956 | Proposition 9 | LRCA | Local government organization | Allow county charters to establish a borough form of government in unincorporated parts of its terri... | Defeated | 38.18% (1,475,505) | 61.82% (2,389,553) | 23.65% |
| Colorado | 1956 | Amendment No. 1 | LRCA | State executive official measures | Set a term length of four years for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of st... | Approved | 62.22% (316,611) | 37.78% (192,267) | 24.43% |
| Colorado | 1956 | Amendment No. 2 | LRCA | Property, Taxes | Allow the general assembly to exempt household furnishings and personal effects not used to produce ... | Approved | 61.97% (320,134) | 38.03% (196,423) | 23.95% |
| Colorado | 1956 | Amendment No. 3 | LRCA | Civil service, Administration of government | Amend the state constitution regarding state civil service. | Defeated | 31.82% (156,077) | 68.18% (334,498) | 36.37% |
| Colorado | 1956 | Amendment No. 4 | CICA | Redistricting policy, State legislatures measures | Establish procedures for creating senatorial and representative districts. | Defeated | 31.18% (158,204) | 68.82% (349,195) | 37.64% |
| Colorado | 1956 | Amendment No. 5 | CICA | Public employee retirement funds | Amend provisions relating to the establishment of an old age pension and establish a fund for stabil... | Approved | 65.72% (364,961) | 34.28% (190,366) | 31.44% |
| Florida | 1956 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | State judicial selection, State judicial authority, State judiciary structure, Salaries of government officials | Revise the state court system | Approved | 79.52% (372,838) | 20.48% (96,037) | 59.04% |
| Florida | 1956 | Amendment 10 | LRCA | Local government finance and taxes | Amend provisions relating to the general fund and finances regarding county officers in Escambia Cou... | Approved | 75.61% (289,190) | 24.39% (93,270) | 51.23% |
| Florida | 1956 | Amendment 11 | LRCA | Civil service | Allow for the establishment of civil service systems and civil service boards for non-elected and no... | Approved | 75.37% (325,502) | 24.63% (106,377) | 50.74% |
| Florida | 1956 | Amendment 12 | LRCA | Civil trials | Provide for civil jury trials in Pinellas County and establish the administration of such trials | Approved | 75.70% (286,668) | 24.30% (91,998) | 51.41% |
| Florida | 1956 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Local government organization | Allow for home rule in Dade County | Approved | 69.99% (322,839) | 30.01% (138,430) | 39.98% |
| Florida | 1956 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | State legislative processes and sessions | Establish the procedure for calling an extra session of the state legislature | Approved | 68.77% (292,772) | 31.23% (132,945) | 37.54% |
| Florida | 1956 | Amendment 5 | LRCA | Redistricting policy | Reapportion the Florida Senate and House of Representatives | Defeated | 39.41% (187,662) | 60.59% (288,575) | 21.19% |
| Florida | 1956 | Amendment 6 | LRCA | State judiciary structure | Provide for an additional judge for the Criminal Court of Record of Duval County | Approved | 73.53% (298,185) | 26.47% (107,348) | 47.06% |
| Florida | 1956 | Amendment 7 | LRCA | Local government organization | Eliminate the Office of County Special Tax School District Trustees and transfer its duties to the C... | Approved | 72.63% (311,746) | 27.37% (117,488) | 45.26% |
| Florida | 1956 | Amendment 8 | LRCA | Local government organization | Allow for the appointment of County Superintendents of Public Instruction in Duval, Sarasota, Dade, ... | Approved | 69.67% (282,295) | 30.33% (122,897) | 39.34% |
| Florida | 1956 | Amendment 9 | LRCA | Local government organization | Eliminate the office of County Solicitor in Dade County and transfer those duties to the State Attor... | Approved | 73.06% (279,344) | 26.94% (102,999) | 46.12% |
| Georgia | 1956 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | State judicial authority | Grant the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals jurisdiction to review final judgments of Juvenile Cour... | Approved | 77.66% (130,982) | 22.34% (37,680) | 55.32% |
| Georgia | 1956 | Amendment 17 | LRCA | County and municipal governance, Public education governance | Merge the independent school system of Canton with the existing school system of the County of Chero... | Approved | 73.76% (92,949) | 26.24% (33,060) | 47.53% |