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| State | Year | Name | Type | Topics | Description | Status | Yes Votes Total | No Votes Total | Mov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 1954 | Four-Year Terms for the State Legislature Amendment | LRCA | State legislatures measures | Establish a four-year term for members of the state Senate and House of Representatives. | Defeated | 46.65% (945,373) | 53.35% (1,081,099) | 6.70% |
| Ohio | 1954 | Term Limits for Executive Officials Amendment | LRCA | State executive official measures | Establish four year term limits for certain executive officials and limit the governor to two succes... | Approved | 55.52% (1,165,650) | 44.48% (933,716) | 11.05% |
| Oklahoma | 1954 | State Question 361 | LRCA | Taxes, Property | Allow the legislature to release or reduce tax and assessment charges on real property delinquent fo... | Approved | 70.08% (373,968) | 29.92% (159,670) | 40.16% |
| Oregon | 1954 | Measure 1 | LRCA | State legislatures measures, Salaries of government officials | Authorize the legislature to fix the salaries of its members. | Defeated | 42.25% (216,545) | 57.75% (296,008) | 15.50% |
| Oregon | 1954 | Measure 2 | LRCA | State legislatures measures | Authorize the legislature to divide counties with more than one senator or representative into subdi... | Approved | 56.32% (268,337) | 43.68% (208,077) | 12.65% |
| Oregon | 1954 | Measure 3 | LRSS | Healthcare | Locate a previously authorized domiciliary hospital for the aged mentally ill within a twenty-mile r... | Approved | 75.55% (397,625) | 24.45% (128,685) | 51.10% |
| Oregon | 1954 | Measure 4 | LRCA | Initiative and referendum process | Increase the required voter signatures for a constitutional amendment from 8% to 10% of the legal vo... | Approved | 52.11% (251,078) | 47.89% (230,770) | 4.21% |
| Oregon | 1954 | Measure 5 | LRCA | Taxes | Establish the maximum state property tax levy limit at six mills, unless a higher levy is authorized... | Defeated | 44.06% (208,419) | 55.94% (264,569) | 11.87% |
| Oregon | 1954 | Measure 6 | CISS | Time standards | Establish daylight saving time throughout the State of Oregon. | Defeated | 45.68% (252,305) | 54.32% (300,007) | 8.64% |
| Oregon | 1954 | Measure 7 | CISS | Fisheries and fishing regulations | Prohibit fishing for salmon or trout by any method except hook and line in any coastal stream south ... | Defeated | 45.50% (232,775) | 54.50% (278,805) | 9.00% |
| Oregon | 1954 | Measure 8 | CISS | Administrative powers and rulemaking, Food policy, Agriculture policy, Business regulations | Repeal laws empowering the State Board of Agriculture and the Milk Marketing Administrator to regula... | Approved | 54.26% (293,745) | 45.74% (247,591) | 8.53% |
| Rhode Island | 1954 | Proposal 1 | LRCA | Elections and campaigns | Approved | 59.42% (73,001) | 40.58% (49,858) | 18.84% | |
| Rhode Island | 1954 | Proposal 2 | BI | Bond issues | Approved | 73.24% (113,375) | 26.76% (41,433) | 46.47% | |
| Rhode Island | 1954 | Proposal 3 | BI | Bond issues | Approved | 75.75% (113,505) | 24.25% (36,334) | 51.50% | |
| Rhode Island | 1954 | Proposal 4 | BI | Bond issues | Approved | 74.83% (116,248) | 25.17% (39,104) | 49.66% | |
| South Dakota | 1954 | Amendment A | LRCA | Public land policy, Revenue allocation, Mineral resources, Public education funding | Require that money from leasing state lands for oil, gas, and minerals be distributed to public scho... | Approved | 65.59% (122,804) | 34.41% (64,431) | 31.18% |
| South Dakota | 1954 | Amendment B | LRCA | Property taxes, Debt limits | Limit the debt of local governments and school districts | Approved | 52.48% (96,370) | 47.52% (87,265) | 4.96% |
| South Dakota | 1954 | Amendment C | LRCA | Local government officials and elections, Local official term limits | Allow the Clerk of Courts, the Sheriff, and the County Superintendent of Schools to succeed themselv... | Approved | 51.05% (97,059) | 48.95% (93,073) | 2.10% |
| South Dakota | 1954 | Amendment D | LRCA | Property taxes, Agriculture policy | Allow the Legislature to establish classes of property for assessment taxation purposes | Defeated | 44.00% (75,830) | 56.00% (96,499) | 11.99% |
| Texas | 1954 | Proposition 1 | LRCA | Healthcare, Administration of government | Allow creation of county-wide hospital districts in counties over 190,000 with a tax for funding | Approved | 61.34% (307,573) | 38.66% (193,826) | 22.69% |
| Texas | 1954 | Proposition 10 | LRCA | Public employee retirement funds, Administration of government | Authorize the legislature to facilitate state-federal agreements for extending federal social securi... | Approved | 66.68% (324,612) | 33.32% (162,219) | 33.36% |
| Texas | 1954 | Proposition 11 | LRCA | Public employee retirement funds, Veterans policy | Allow unused funds from the Confederate Pension Fund to be transferred to the State Building Fund | Approved | 77.21% (394,152) | 22.79% (116,354) | 54.42% |
| Texas | 1954 | Proposition 2 | LRCA | Military service policy, Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements | Restrict military personnel voting to their county of residence upon service entry and repeal poll t... | Approved | 77.37% (387,854) | 22.63% (113,468) | 54.73% |
| Texas | 1954 | Proposition 3 | LRCA | County and municipal governance, Elections and campaigns | Allow counties with a population of less than 10,000 to hold elections for an assessor-collector of ... | Approved | 74.96% (354,075) | 25.04% (118,276) | 49.92% |
| Texas | 1954 | Proposition 4 | LRCA | State executive official measures, Salaries of government officials, State legislatures measures | Allow the legislature to fix salaries for top state officials and limit legislator per diem at $25 f... | Approved | 61.37% (308,066) | 38.63% (193,895) | 22.74% |
| Texas | 1954 | Proposition 5 | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance, State legislatures measures | Prohibit the legislature from providing money or credit to any entity constructing, maintaining or o... | Approved | 59.90% (295,014) | 40.10% (197,461) | 19.81% |
| Texas | 1954 | Proposition 6 | LRCA | Sex and gender issues, Jury rules | Allow women to serve on juries | Approved | 57.40% (302,850) | 42.60% (224,730) | 14.81% |
| Texas | 1954 | Proposition 7 | LRCA | County and municipal governance | Provide for a four year term of office for elected district, county and precinct officials | Approved | 59.90% (295,014) | 40.10% (197,461) | 19.81% |
| Texas | 1954 | Proposition 8 | LRCA | Public assistance programs | Increase aid expenditure limit for the elderly, blind, and needy children from $35 million to $42 mi... | Approved | 72.61% (378,123) | 27.39% (142,633) | 45.22% |
| Texas | 1954 | Proposition 9 | LRCA | Public employee retirement funds | Credit members of the Teacher Retirement System and the Employees Retirement System of Texas for ret... | Approved | 63.14% (317,512) | 36.86% (185,389) | 26.27% |
| Utah | 1954 | Make Each County a Senatorial District Amendment | LRCA | Redistricting policy | Change the senatorial districts to align with the county boundaries | Defeated | 37.02% (84,044) | 62.98% (142,972) | 25.96% |
| Utah | 1954 | Referendum 1 | VR | Higher education governance | End the state ownership and operation of three colleges | Defeated | 40.31% (92,787) | 59.69% (137,389) | 19.38% |
| Utah | 1954 | Referendum 2 | VR | Higher education governance | Discontinue the operation of Carbon College as a state school | Defeated | 21.89% (49,511) | 78.11% (176,681) | 56.22% |
| Virginia | 1954 | Borrowing Retirement System Money for School Boards Amendment | LRCA | Public education governance, Public education funding | Amend the Constitution of Virginia to allow for school boards to borrow money from the Retirement Sy... | Defeated | 49.83% (156,728) | 50.17% (157,808) | 0.34% |
| Washington | 1954 | HJR 16 | LRCA | Business regulations | Allow corporations organized under U.S. law, but majority-owned by noncitizens, to own land in Washi... | Approved | 55.15% (364,382) | 44.85% (296,362) | 10.29% |
| Washington | 1954 | Initiative 188 | CISS | Healthcare governance, Complementary and alternative healthcare | Modify chiropractic certification requirements, by testing on chemistry and pathology and establishi... | Defeated | 39.37% (320,179) | 60.63% (493,108) | 21.26% |
| Washington | 1954 | Initiative 192 | CISS | Fisheries and fishing regulations, Business regulations | Regulate commercial salmon harvesting, prohibiting fishing during certain times and establishing pre... | Defeated | 29.92% (237,004) | 70.08% (555,151) | 40.16% |
| Washington | 1954 | Initiative 193 | CISS | Time standards | Establish a state-wide daylight saving time from the last Sunday of April to the last Sunday of Sept... | Defeated | 44.71% (370,005) | 55.29% (457,529) | 10.58% |
| Washington | 1954 | Initiative 194 | CISS | Business regulations, Alcohol laws | Prohibit television advertising of alcoholic beverages between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. | Defeated | 25.23% (207,746) | 74.77% (615,794) | 49.55% |
| West Virginia | 1954 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | State legislatures measures | Approved | 58.11% (190,877) | 41.89% (137,624) | 16.21% | |
| Wisconsin | 1954 | Question 1 | LRSS | Residency voting requirements | Allow people who have resided in Wisconsin for less than one year to vote for president and vice pre... | Approved | 57.02% (550,056) | 42.98% (414,680) | 14.03% |
| Wisconsin | 1954 | Question 2 | LRAQ | Telecommunications infrastructure | Establish a state-owned, tax-supported statewide TV station | Defeated | 30.67% (308,385) | 69.33% (697,262) | 38.67% |
| Maine | 1954 | Question 1 | LRCA | Debt limits | Raise the limit on municipal indebtedness from five percent to seven and a half percent | Approved | 58.15% (111,726) | 41.85% (80,402) | 16.30% |
| Maine | 1954 | Question 2 | LRCA | Race and suffrage, American Indian issues, Race and ethnicity issues | Permit Native Americans to vote | Approved | 78.86% (155,528) | 21.14% (41,688) | 57.72% |
| Oklahoma | 1954 | State Question 358 | LRCA | Property | Allow corporations to acquire real estate for lease or sale under legislative limits and revise rest... | Approved | 51.32% (227,055) | 48.68% (215,371) | 2.64% |
| Oklahoma | 1954 | State Question 362 | LRCA | Veterans policy, State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Allow common school funds to be invested in 3% mortgage loans for honorably discharged veterans, up ... | Approved | 57.74% (259,301) | 42.26% (189,819) | 15.47% |
| North Dakota | 1954 | Initiative 1 | CICA | Taxes | Defeated | 44.15% (67,286) | 55.85% (85,123) | 11.70% | |
| North Dakota | 1954 | Initiative 2 | CISS | Business regulations | Approved | 54.95% (75,362) | 45.05% (61,780) | 9.90% | |
| North Dakota | 1954 | Referendum 1 | LRCA | Business regulations | Approved | 50.16% (66,234) | 49.84% (65,802) | 0.33% | |
| Oklahoma | 1954 | State Question 359 | VR | Transportation | Amend provisions on toll turnpikes and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, including corrections, route... | Approved | 56.59% (174,236) | 43.41% (133,650) | 13.18% |