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| State | Year | Name | Type | Topics | Description | Status | Yes Votes Total | No Votes Total | Mov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 1956 | Referendum 1 | VR | Business regulations | Defeated | 34.15% (83,159) | 65.85% (160,344) | 31.70% | |
| Ohio | 1956 | Compensation for Veterans of the Korean Conflict Amendment | LRCA | Bond issues, Veterans policy | Allow for the issuance of up to $30,000,000 in bonds for providing compensation to those who served ... | Approved | 71.24% (2,202,510) | 28.76% (889,245) | 42.48% |
| Ohio | 1956 | Senate Term Length Amendment | LRCA | State legislatures measures | Establish four-year terms for members of the Ohio state Senate. | Approved | 57.40% (1,636,449) | 42.60% (1,214,643) | 14.79% |
| Oklahoma | 1956 | State Question 357 | CISS | Redistricting policy | Create six new congressional districts with adjusted populations based on the 1950 federal census, r... | Defeated | 56.81% (391,453) | 43.19% (297,628) | 13.62% |
| Oklahoma | 1956 | State Question 377 | CICA | County and municipal governance | Establish county offices, including County Attorney, Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, and others, as well ... | Defeated | 40.18% (273,481) | 59.82% (407,091) | 19.63% |
| Oregon | 1956 | Measure 1 | LRCA | Taxes, State legislatures measures | Authorize the legislature to place an emergency clause on any tax law and provide that tax suspensio... | Defeated | 26.52% (175,932) | 73.48% (487,550) | 46.97% |
| Oregon | 1956 | Measure 2 | LRCA | Administration of government | Authorize the state to accept, hold, and dispose of corporate stock that has gifted to the state. | Approved | 76.52% (498,633) | 23.48% (153,033) | 53.03% |
| Oregon | 1956 | Measure 3 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Repeal Section I, Article VIII, which set the annual salary of the Governor and Secretary of State a... | Approved | 59.73% (390,338) | 40.27% (263,155) | 19.46% |
| Oregon | 1956 | Measure 4 | LRCA | Administration of government | Authorize the legislature to prescribe qualifications for county coroner and county surveyor. | Approved | 71.39% (455,485) | 28.61% (182,550) | 42.78% |
| Oregon | 1956 | Measure 5 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Increase the annual salaries of state legislators from $600 to $1,200. | Defeated | 48.66% (320,741) | 51.34% (338,365) | 2.67% |
| Oregon | 1956 | Measure 6 | VR | Taxes, Tobacco laws | Implement a sales tax of three cents on a package of cigarettes. | Defeated | 40.31% (280,055) | 59.69% (414,613) | 19.37% |
| Oregon | 1956 | Measure 7 | CISS | Fisheries and fishing regulations, Business regulations | Prohibit fishing for salmon or steelhead trout in coastal streams except by hook and line, but conti... | Approved | 60.78% (401,882) | 39.22% (259,309) | 21.56% |
| Rhode Island | 1956 | Proposal 1 | BI | Bond issues | Approved | 76.54% (167,009) | 23.46% (51,197) | 53.07% | |
| Rhode Island | 1956 | Proposal 2 | BI | Bond issues | Approved | 65.45% (145,579) | 34.55% (76,843) | 30.90% | |
| Rhode Island | 1956 | Proposal 3 | BI | Bond issues | Approved | 57.92% (114,476) | 42.08% (83,158) | 15.85% | |
| Rhode Island | 1956 | Proposal 4 | BI | Bond issues | Approved | 65.58% (122,323) | 34.42% (64,190) | 31.17% | |
| Rhode Island | 1956 | Proposal 5 | BI | Bond issues | Approved | 76.17% (158,927) | 23.83% (49,719) | 52.34% | |
| Rhode Island | 1956 | Proposal 6 | BI | Bond issues | Approved | 70.93% (133,094) | 29.07% (54,549) | 41.86% | |
| Rhode Island | 1956 | Proposal 7 | BI | Bond issues | Approved | 81.09% (169,554) | 18.91% (39,551) | 62.17% | |
| South Dakota | 1956 | Referred Law 1 | VR | Veterans policy | Expand Soldiers' Home authority, broaden eligibility, set financial and residency rules, and allow s... | Defeated | 49.02% (127,392) | 50.98% (132,475) | 1.96% |
| South Dakota | 1956 | Succession of County Officials Amendment | LRCA | Local government officials and elections, Local official term limits | Allow county elected officials to serve two years in office and succeed themselves | Defeated | 49.08% (128,447) | 50.92% (133,273) | 1.84% |
| Texas | 1956 | Proposition 1 | LRCA | Public assistance programs | Grant aid and compensation to persons who paid fines or served prison sentences for crimes of which ... | Approved | 86.55% (1,175,908) | 13.45% (182,755) | 73.10% |
| Texas | 1956 | Proposition 2 | LRCA | County and municipal governance, Taxes | Allow county commissioners to consolidate various taxes into a single rate of $0.80 per $100 valuati... | Approved | 65.96% (841,755) | 34.04% (434,440) | 31.92% |
| Texas | 1956 | Proposition 3 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Provide a new payment method for higher education construction by reallocating Confederate pension t... | Approved | 77.26% (983,764) | 22.74% (289,629) | 54.51% |
| Texas | 1956 | Proposition 4 | LRCA | Public employee retirement funds | Expand Teacher Retirement System with disability and death benefits, raise individual contribution l... | Approved | 89.01% (1,350,372) | 10.99% (166,788) | 78.01% |
| Texas | 1956 | Proposition 5 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Increase the Veterans' Land Fund from $100 million to $200 million | Approved | 68.55% (878,688) | 31.45% (403,130) | 37.10% |
| Texas | 1956 | Proposition 6 | LRCA | Administration of government | Provide for different oaths of office for elected and appointed officials | Approved | 83.33% (989,752) | 16.67% (197,991) | 66.66% |
| Texas | 1956 | Proposition 7 | LRCA | Civil and criminal trials | Require medical testimony for commitment of persons due to unsound mind, provide trial and commitmen... | Approved | 83.43% (1,077,546) | 16.57% (214,029) | 66.86% |
| Texas | 1956 | Proposition 8 | LRCA | Law enforcement, State judiciary | Allow courts, magistrates and judges to deny bail to a person who had been convicted of two previous... | Approved | 79.20% (1,014,249) | 20.80% (266,408) | 58.40% |
| Washington | 1956 | HJR 22 | LRCA | Eminent domain policy | Permit the state, in the case of eminent domain, to take immediate possession of property before fin... | Defeated | 38.57% (292,750) | 61.43% (466,193) | 22.85% |
| Washington | 1956 | Initiative 198 | CISS | Right-to-work laws | Prohibit employers from requiring employees to join or refrain from joining a labor organization as ... | Defeated | 31.86% (329,653) | 68.14% (704,903) | 36.27% |
| Washington | 1956 | Initiative 199 | CISS | Redistricting policy | Adjust legislative district boundaries to equalize population | Approved | 52.45% (448,121) | 47.55% (406,287) | 4.90% |
| Washington | 1956 | SJR 14 | LRCA | State legislative elections | Provide that vacancies in the state legislature shall be filled by a county commissioner of the poli... | Approved | 60.77% (454,199) | 39.23% (293,159) | 21.55% |
| Washington | 1956 | SJR 3 | LRCA | Public employee retirement funds | Permit an increase in pensions paid to public officials during their term. | Defeated | 32.29% (261,419) | 67.71% (548,184) | 35.42% |
| Washington | 1956 | SJR 4 | LRCA | Initiative and referendum process | Change signature requirements for initiatives and referendums | Approved | 54.03% (413,107) | 45.97% (351,518) | 8.05% |
| Washington | 1956 | SJR 6 | LRCA | Executive official term limits | Remove the constitutional limitation prohibiting successive terms for state treasurers. | Approved | 52.32% (411,453) | 47.68% (374,905) | 4.65% |
| West Virginia | 1956 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Jury rules, Sex and gender issues | This amendment made women eligible for jury service. | Approved | 61.82% (327,113) | 38.18% (202,002) | 23.65% |
| West Virginia | 1956 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Veterans policy | This amendment provided for the issuance and sale of state bonds for a cash bonus to veterans who se... | Approved | 84.28% (476,936) | 15.72% (88,968) | 68.56% |
| West Virginia | 1956 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | Taxes | Defeated | 48.26% (232,891) | 51.74% (249,660) | 3.48% | |
| Arizona | 1956 | Proposition 100 | LRCA | Public school teachers and staff | Allow the state to hire foreign educators in public schools and universities under the federal gover... | Approved | 72.49% (82,834) | 27.51% (31,434) | 44.98% |
| Arizona | 1956 | Proposition 101 | LRCA | Banking policy | Provide that stockholders of banks be held liable for the bank's obligations to the extent of the am... | Approved | 64.01% (70,670) | 35.99% (39,741) | 28.01% |
| Arizona | 1956 | Proposition 102 | LRCA | Administration of government | Authorize the legislature to redefine state boundaries with adjoining states | Approved | 71.98% (79,021) | 28.02% (30,758) | 43.96% |
| Arizona | 1956 | Proposition 103 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Provide for the increase of state legislators’ salaries to $2,200 per year and $12 per day for regul... | Defeated | 36.15% (41,297) | 63.85% (72,954) | 27.71% |
| North Carolina | 1956 | Education Expense Grants and Local School Suspension Votes Amendment | LRCA | Race and ethnicity issues, School choice policy | Allow education grants for private nonsectarian schooling in specific situations. | Overturned | 82.25% (471,657) | 17.75% (101,767) | 64.51% |
| North Carolina | 1956 | Legislative Compensation Amendment | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Compensate legislators $15 per day and presiding officers $20 per day for up to 120 days in regular ... | Approved | 71.34% (343,351) | 28.66% (137,944) | 42.68% |
| North Carolina | 1956 | Legislative Session Start Date Amendment | LRCA | State legislative processes and sessions | Start biennial legislative sessions on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in February. | Approved | 81.89% (382,968) | 18.11% (84,695) | 63.78% |
| North Carolina | 1956 | Spousal Powers of Attorney Amendment | LRCA | Family-related policy | Allow married women to use powers of attorney granted by their husbands. | Approved | 85.44% (412,655) | 14.56% (70,316) | 70.88% |
| Alabama | 1956 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would ... | Defeated | 33.48% (66,549) | 66.52% (132,242) | 33.05% |
| Alabama | 1956 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Public education governance, School choice policy, Race and ethnicity issues | Repeal the requirement for a public school system, provide that there is no constitutional right to ... | Approved | 61.39% (128,586) | 38.61% (80,866) | 22.78% |
| Alabama | 1956 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Approved | 57.73% (112,162) | 42.27% (82,121) | 15.46% |