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Alabama
See also: Alabama 1980 ballot measures
September 17
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Gambling | Concerning legal bingo in Jefferson County | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Gambling | Concerning legal bingo in Madison County |
November 19
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Food & Agri | Concerning the promotion of peanut, cotton and dairy farmers | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Legislature | Concerning the validity of certain statutes | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Marriage & Family | Concerning the termination of alimony payments | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Local Gov't | Concerning compensation of officials in Escambia County | |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Local Gov't | Concerning Lee County firefighting districts | |
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Taxes | Concerning the use of the ad valorem tax in Mobile County | |
LRCA | Amendment 7 | Local Gov't | Concerning the courts in Sumter County |
Alaska
See also: Alaska 1980 ballot measures
August 26:
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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AQ | Statehood Commission Advisory Votes | Statehood | Asks whether the state should study having a different relationship with the United States |
November 4:
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Proposition 1 | Legislature | Empowers the legislature to annul regulations adopted by state agencies | |
LRCA | Proposition 2 | Legislature | Eliminates the prohibition on legislators taking office in a position that received a raise while the individual was in the legislature | |
LRCA | Proposition 3 | Legislature | Permits "the legislature to adopt procedures for establishing interim and special committees by legislative rule" | |
LRCA | Proposition 4 | Legislature | Expands the legislature's "power over the appointment and confirmation of members of state boards and commissions" | |
LRCA | Proposition 5 | Business | Establishes a general stock ownership corporation | |
BI | Bonding Proposition A | Bonds | Issues $7,718,800 in bonds for constructing fishery facilities | |
BI | Bonding Proposition B | Bonds | Issues $33 million in bonds for water supply and sewage system construction | |
BI | Bonding Proposition C | Bonds | Issues $18,787,500 in bonds for state facilities upgrades | |
BI | Bonding Proposition D | Bonds | Issues $28.35 million in bonds for correctional facilities | |
BI | Bonding Proposition E | Bonds | Issues $20 million in bonds for cultural facilities | |
BI | Bonding Proposition F | Bonds | Issues $156,992,700 in bonds for transportation projects | |
BI | Bonding Proposition G | Bonds | Issues $63,651 million in bonds for education, teacher housing, libraries and University of Alaska facilities |
Arizona
See also: Arizona 1980 ballot measures
June 3, 1980
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Proposition 100 | Administration; Property; Taxes | Include Coast Guard veterans for property tax exemptions and establish new levels of property tax exemptions for veterans and widows |
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185,454 (75%) |
60,574 (25%) |
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Proposition 101 | Administration; Property; Taxes | Provide for the establishment of a new classification for widowers for property tax exemptions |
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186,258 (77%) |
56,566 (23%) |
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Proposition 102 | Administration; Property; Taxes | Provide for the establishment of property tax exemptions for those persons medically certified as totally and permanently disabled |
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198,809 (81%) |
47,403 (19%) |
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Proposition 103 | Administration; Property; Taxes | Permit the legislature to enact laws to increase the amounts of property tax exemptions for widows, widowers, veterans and totally and permanently disabled persons |
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176,185 (72%) |
67,424 (28%) |
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Proposition 104 | Administration; Property; Taxes | Provide for the increase of initial debt limits upon taxable property within counties, cities, towns, school districts and other municipal corporations |
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152,419 (62%) |
93,427 (38%) |
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Proposition 105 | Administration; Property; Taxes | Provide for the definition of state revenues for the effect of program transfers between governmental units |
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173,822 (72%) |
67,011 (28%) |
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Proposition 106 | Administration; Property; Taxes | Provide a tax limit on owner-occupied residential property and placing a limit on increases in valuation used for property tax purposes of mobile homes and real property |
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211,433 (85%) |
36,495 (15%) |
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Proposition 107 | Administration; Property; Taxes | Limit counties, cities, towns and community college districts in the amount of property taxes which they can levy in any given year |
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203,291 (83%) |
41,191 (17%) |
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Proposition 108 | Administration; Property; Taxes | Provide for the establishment of expenditure limitations determined by the Economic Estimates Commission for counties, cities and towns |
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206,817 (84%) |
40,595 (16%) |
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Proposition 109 | Administration; Property; Taxes | Provide for the establishment of expenditure limits determined by the Economic Estimates Commission for community college districts |
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201,439 (82%) |
44,311 (18%) |
November 4, 1980
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Proposition 100 | Elections | Require incumbents to resign from their positions in order to run for a different public office |
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540,605 (69%) |
241,625 (31%) |
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Propostion 101 | Transportation; Business | Provide for the classification of railroads as public service corporations |
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537,240 (67%) |
266,500 (33%) |
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Proposition 102 | Term limits; Executive officials | Adopt a term limit of two consecutive elected terms for the state treasurer |
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516,131 (66%) |
266,500 (34%) |
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Proposition 103 | Taxes; Business | Provide for the exemption of taxation of certain parts of privately owned airports that are available to the public without charge |
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318,144 (41%) |
451,676 (59%) |
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Propsotion 104 | Law enforcement; Prisons | Allow minors convicted of an adult criminal offense to be confined in an adult state correctional institution |
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385,035 (49%) |
406,944 (51%) |
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Propostion 105 | Labor | Allow an injured employee the choice of compensation or to sue the employer or co-employee if they knowingly caused the injury |
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436,290 (56%) |
342,603 (44%) |
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Proposition 106 | Taxes | Provide for the limitation of the maximum amount of ad valorem tax on all taxable property |
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247,107 (30%) |
570,820 (70%) |
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Proposition 200 | Gambling | Provide for the establishment of a state lottery |
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412,992 (51%) |
398,437 (49%) |
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Proposition 300 | State legislatures; Government salaries | Provide for the increase of legislative salaries to $15,000 per year |
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434,162 (55%) |
354,421 (45%) |
Arkansas
See also: Arkansas 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Proposed Amendment 59 | Taxes | Relieves and rolls back property taxes | |
CICA | Proposed Amendment 60 | Legislature | Authorizes state legislature to establish maximum interest rates | |
CCR | Proposed Constitution of 1980 | Con convention | Instates a revised version of the state constitution | |
CCR | Alternate Proposal | Judiciary | Provides for either appointment or election of judges and justices | Election |
CISS | Initiated Act 1 | Education | Creates minimum educational standards |
California
See also: California 1980 ballot propositions
June 3, 1980
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Proposition 10 | Establish that rent-control is a local government issue and establish it should only be imposed if established through the enactment by voters. |
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2,247,395 (35%) |
4,090,180 (65%) |
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Proposition 11 | Establish provisions relating to the taxation of energy businesses. |
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2,821,150 (44%) |
3,544,840 (56%) |
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Proposition 1 | Allow for bonds up to $495,000,000 for land and water resource management and establish the terms of such bonds. |
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2,800,038 (47%) |
3,163,823 (53%) |
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Proposition 2 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $750,000,000 for farms and houses for veterans and establish the terms of such bonds. |
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3,952,383 (65%) |
2,081,982 (35%) |
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Proposition 3 | Require that money spent to alter or modify historically restored areas of the state capital come from money specifically appropriated for this. |
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2,975,344 (51%) |
2,864,729 (49%) |
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Proposition 4 | Establish provisions relating to low-income housing projects. |
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2,617,478 (41%) |
3,756,100 (59%) |
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Proposition 5 | Prohibit any government body from issuing a citation to any person connected with news for refusing to disclose their sources of information. |
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4,445,400 (73%) |
1,618,175 (27%) |
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Proposition 6 | Repeal provisions relating to congressional and legislative reapportionment and remove the provision which requires people to be eligible for citizenship to be counted for reapportionment purposes. |
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2,989,761 (55%) |
2,475,818 (45%) |
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Proposition 7 | Establish that the political subdivisions may provide aid for cleaning private lands and waters if the President has declared a major disaster in the area. |
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4,986,629 (83%) |
1,026,516 (17%) |
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Proposition 8 | Allow the legislature to authorize bonds for the acquisition, construction, and installation of alternative energy source facilities. |
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2,896,767 (50%) |
2,874,309 (50%) |
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Proposition 9 | Establish that income taxes cannot exceed 50% of the 1978 rates and establish the indexing of income tax brackets |
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2,538,667 (39%) |
3,942,248 (61%) |
November 4, 1980
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Proposition 10 | Provide for smoking and no-smoking areas in certain enclosed places |
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3,861,614 (47%) |
4,432,209 (53%) |
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Proposition 11 | Allow the legislature to stop increases to a judge's salary during their term and establish that judicial salaries are not an obligation of contract. |
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5,204,250 (70%) |
2,198,702 (30%) |
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Proposition 1 | Allow for the issuance of bonds up to $285,000,000 for the development of parks and other recreational spaces and establish the terms of such bonds. |
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3,997,292 (52%) |
3,731,440 (48%) |
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Proposition 2 | Allow for bonds up to $85,000,000 for acquiring property in the Lake Tahoe Basin to prevent the environmental decline in the area. |
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3,757,009 (49%) |
3,934,723 (51%) |
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Proposition 3 | Allow the legislature to allow insurance companies to deduct their contributions to the Insurance Guarantee Association from their taxes. |
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2,014,362 (28%) |
5,251,746 (72%) |
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Proposition 4 | Allow for the increase in ad valorem taxes on real property to pay for the interest and redemption charges on indebtedness for property acquisition and improvements. |
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1,807,080 (25%) |
5,449,215 (75%) |
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Proposition 5 | Establish provisions relating to property valuation of property updated to comply with seismic safety laws and property destroyed by disaster. |
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3,053,861 (42%) |
4,164,104 (58%) |
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Proposition 6 | Establish provisions relating to the juries of civil trials. |
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4,332,330 (58%) |
3,197,458 (42%) |
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Proposition 7 | Establish that the term "newly constructed" for tax purposes shall not apply to the addition or construction of any active solar energy systems. |
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4,749,199 (65%) |
2,502,444 (35%) |
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Proposition 8 | Establish that no water from the Wild and Scenic Rivers System may be stored unless permitted by statute and prohibit any public agency from condemning any water rights in the delta area. |
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3,918,199 (54%) |
3,367,711 (46%) |
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Proposition 9 | Allow for bonds up to $30,000,000 for the improvement of domestic water systems that have are contaminated by compounds or radiation. |
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4,857,006 (64%) |
2,686,329 (36%) |
Colorado
See also: Colorado 1980 ballot measures
November 4, 1980
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Amendment No. 1 | Establish provisions relating to signatures for initiatives and referendums and create new provisions relating to initiatives and referendums. |
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638,731 (60%) |
423,322 (40%) |
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Amendment No. 2 | Allow the General Assembly to conduct a state-supervised lottery to generate funds for the State Conservation Trust Fund. |
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660,213 (60%) |
443,289 (40%) |
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Amendment No. 3 | Establish procedures for municipalities to acquire unincorporated land through annexation. |
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601,302 (57%) |
460,084 (43%) |
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Amendment No. 4 | Allow for the sale of real estate while preventing lenders from accelerating the debt on the real estate or from altering the terms and conditions of the indebtedness or security interest. |
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381,821 (34%) |
745,625 (66%) |
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Amendment No. 5 | Allow commercial banks to request the ability to establish one or more branches. |
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292,323 (26%) |
850,454 (74%) |
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Amendment No. 6 | Establish the election of a 15-member board of directors for the Regional Transportation District. |
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570,049 (56%) |
444,902 (44%) |
Connecticut
See also: Connecticut 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Question 1 | Elections | Concerns admission of electors after removal from the town of residence | |
LRCA | Question 2 | Elections | Concerns pre-registration of seventeen year-old citizens as electors | |
LRCA | Question 3 | Elections | Concerns the age of eligibility for state office | |
LRCA | Question 4 | Redistricting | Concerns the timetable for reapportionment |
Florida
See also: Florida 1980 ballot measures
March 11, 1980
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Amendment 1 | Establish a homestead exemption of $25,000 from certain ad valorem school millage levies, provide procedures for the enactment of the exemption from the millage levies, and allow for ad valorem tax relief for permanent resident renters |
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1,088,729 (70%) |
475,834 (30%) |
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Amendment 2 | Modify the jurisdiction of the state Supreme Court |
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940,420 (67%) |
460,266 (33%) |
October 7, 1980
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Amendment 1 | Authorize an ad valorem tax exemption for a renewable energy source device and the property where it is installed |
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1,042,685 (75%) |
347,766 (25%) |
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Amendment 2 | Allow for the issuance of revenue bonds to fund housing |
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826,742 (57%) |
618,694 (43%) |
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Amendment 3 | Allow counties and municipalities, upon approval by a referendum of local voters, to grant certain ad valorem tax exemptions |
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916,043 (63%) |
541,630 (37%) |
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Amendment 4 | Allow for expanded local homestead and ad valorem tax exemptions |
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1,251,096 (81%) |
289,620 (19%) |
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Amendment 5 | Allow business inventories and livestock to be classified for tax purposes or exempted from taxation |
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1,003,979 (69%) |
442,386 (31%) |
November 4, 1980
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Amendment 1 | Abolishes the Florida Constitution Revision Commission |
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1,164,824 (44%) |
1,512,682 (56%) |
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Amendment 2 | Provide for a constitutional right of privacy |
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1,722,987 (61%) |
1,120,302 (39%) |
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Amendment 3 | Establish that publishing the title of a bill in the legislative journals serves as the first reading required by the State Constitution |
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1,763,624 (67%) |
873,211 (33%) |
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Amendment 4 | Allow for the issuance of bonds for water facilities |
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1,826,026 (67%) |
899,906 (33%) |
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Amendment 5 | Remove certain limits on the use of the "second gas tax" to finance bonds for roads |
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1,498,801 (56%) |
1,195,483 (44%) |
Georgia
See also: Georgia 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Property | Establishes classes of tangible property for use by the state revenue commissioner | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Education | Allows general obligation debt to be incurred to provide educational facilities for county and independent school systems | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Education | Establishes a program to allow certified teachers to be reimbursed for tuition costs to maintain their certification | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Taxes | Authorizes the general assembly to exercise taxation in order to purchase uniforms for public schools | |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Pension | Provides for the increase of retirement benefits of persons who have retired under the Georgia Firemen's Pension Fund | |
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Insurance | Authorizes the state to provide indemnification to law enforcement officers, firemen and prison guards disabled in the line of duty | |
LRCA | Amendment 7 | Local Gov't | Grants additional powers to counties and municipalities to establish and maintain redevelopment programs | |
LRCA | Amendment 8 | Taxes | Increases the income exclusion on homestead exemptions for the elderly | |
LRCA | Amendment 9 | Marijuana | Grants jurisdiction to municipal courts to dispose of any case where a person is charged with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana | |
LRCA | Amendment 10 | Tort | Permits the court to render default judgments in tort actions | |
LRCA | Amendment 11 | Local Gov't | Authorizes any county or municipality to establish an employees' suggestions and awards program to reward meritorious service | |
LRCA | Amendment 12 | Judiciary | Provides that the venue of juvenile court cases may be determined by the Juvenile Court Code of Georgia | |
LRCA | Amendment 13 | Taxes | Provides for the taxation of life insurance companies on the basis of gross direct premiums received | |
LRCA | Amendment 14 | Admin of Gov't | Creates the Gwinnett Judicial Building Authority | |
LRCA | Amendment 15 | Taxes | Provides that property owned by nonprofit organizations promoting the education and welfare of children be exempted from all taxation | |
LRCA | Amendment 16 | Admin of Gov't | Creates the Rockdale County Public Facilities Authority |
Hawaii
See also: Hawaii 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Legislature | Proposes to make the majority vote for ratification be at least 50 percent of the total votes cast | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Con Language | Proposes that constitutional amendments on ballots be worded as a question | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Legislature | Proposes that the convening of a Senate special session to approve judicial nominations be convened by a two-thirds vote of the Senate |
Idaho
See also: Idaho 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | HJR 12 | Healthcare | Empowers the Idaho Health Facilities Authority to finance or operate health facilities | |
LRCA | SJR 112 | Direct democracy | Removes restriction limiting initiatives to gubernatorial election years |
Illinois
See also: Illinois 1980 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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CICA | Amendment 1 | Legislature | Shall the size of the House of Representatives be reduced? | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Taxes | Shall the redemption period for tax delinquent property be reduced? |
Iowa
See also: Iowa 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Constitutional rights | Amends Iowa's Constitution to include language for the equal protection of women | |
ABR | Question 1 | Con convention | Calls for a constitutional convention to amend the constitution |
Kansas
See also: Kansas 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Public Works | Proposes that the state will provide maintenance for highways and flood control and where the source of funding should come from for such projects | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Admin of Gov't | Proposes the process by which a constitutional amendment must be proposed, voted on and approved | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Banking | Proposes that the state not invest in banks and that banks be founded according to the law |
Louisiana
See also: Louisiana 1980 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Judiciary | Concerning jurisdiction in the appeal of criminal cases | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Taxes | Concerning property tax exemption | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Education | Concerning student members of higher education boards |
Maine
See also: Maine 1980 ballot measures
March 11
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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VR | Referendum Question | Gambling | Prohibits games of chance played on machines |
June 10
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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BI | Referendum Question | Education | Issues $8 million in bonds for improvements to vocational-technical institutes and the Maine Maritime Academy |
September 23
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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IndISS | Referendum Question | Nuclear | Prohibits the generation of nuclear power in the state through nuclear fission |
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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BI | Referendum Question No. 1 | Judiciary | Issues $4 million in bonds for court facilities improvements | |
BI | Referendum Question No. 2 | Energy | Issues $7 million in bonds for energy conservation improvements for public school buildings and the University of Maine | |
LRCA | Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 | Legislatures | Brings into conformance the year in which the House and Senate are apportioned | |
LRCA | Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 | Direct Democracy | Changes schedule for voting dates on referendum and initiatives | |
LRCA | Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 | Judiciary | Creates constitutional and statutory methods for selection of judges of probate and justices of the peace |
Maryland
See also: Maryland 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Question 1 | Local gov't | Provides method for county council elections in Anne Arundel County | |
LRCA | Question 2 | Judiciary | Consolidates courts of the Supreme Bench to a single Circuit Court in Baltimore | |
LRCA | Question 3 | Trials | Amends provisions on the removal of cases from court to another | |
LRCA | Question 4 | Local gov't | Authorizes the mayor to make loans for residential and commercial properties in Baltimore | |
LRCA | Question 5 | Eminent domain | Allows Wicomico County Council to acquire land for public use |
Massachusetts
See also: Massachusetts 1980 ballot measures
November 4, 1980
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Question 1 | Prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability |
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1,503,771 (66%) |
758,978 (34%) |
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Question 2 | Place a limit on local taxes |
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1,438,768 (59%) |
998,839 (41%) |
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Question 3 | Place limits on taxes and increase state aid for education |
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816,805 (36%) |
1,473,804 (64%) |
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Question 4 | Increase for an increase in the salaries of members of the legislature and constitutional officers |
|
265,675 (12%) |
2,014,261 (88%) |
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Question 5 | Place limitations on the legislature's ability to impose certain costs on cities and towns |
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1,401,897 (66%) |
722,425 (34%) |
|
Question 6 | Amend the procedure for the legislature declaring a measure an emergency law |
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610,138 (29%) |
1,479,110 (71%) |
Michigan
See also: Michigan 1980 ballot measures
November 4, 1980
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Proposal A | Revise provisions relating to school funding and establish a property tax break for those 65 and older |
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746,027 (21%) |
2,769,497 (79%) |
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Proposal B | Lower the state's drinking age to 19 |
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1,403,935 (38%) |
2,250,873 (62%) |
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Proposal C | Establish property tax relief, increase the state sales tax, require state lottery revenues be used to fund schools, and mandate a state "rainy day" fund |
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894,441 (26%) |
2,583,253 (74%) |
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Proposal D | Require 60% voter approval for new taxes and tax increases and revise various other tax provisions |
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1,622,301 (44%) |
2,051,008 (56%) |
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Proposal E | Provide for development of new correctional facilities and the demolition of an old correctional facility and fund such through a 0.1% income tax increase for five years |
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1,288,999 (37%) |
2,202,042 (63%) |
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Proposal G | Allow the legislature to make changes relating to the civil immunity of members of the legislature |
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1,287,172 (38%) |
2,134,546 (62%) |
|
Proposal H | Establish provisions relating to vacancies in the office of lieutenant governor and relating to the lieutenant governor's powers |
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1,410,912 (42%) |
1,927,001 (58%) |
Minnesota
See also: Minnesota 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Elections | Requires campaign spending limits for executive and legislative offices | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Bonds | Removes restrictions on highway bonds | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Legislature | Removes requirement of senate approval for notaries public | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Redistricting | Establishes a bipartisan reapportionment commission | |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Direct democracy | Establishes initiative and referendum |
Missouri
See also: Missouri 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 3 | Gambling | Allows legislature to authorize organizations to conduct games of bingo | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Taxes | Allows conservation taxes to be used for payments on commissioned lands | |
CICA | Amendment 5 | Taxes | Limits state and local taxes | |
CISS | Proposition 11 | Nuclear issues | Prohibits utilization of nuclear fission for electricity |
Montana
See also: Montana 1980 ballot measures
November 7
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | C-9 | Judiciary | Provides exceptions to the confidentiality of the documents of the Judicial Standards Commission | |
CISS | I-84 | Nuclear | Forbids disposal of radioactive waste within the state | |
CISS | I-85 | Gov't Acc | Requires public disclosure of lobbyist activities | |
CISS | I-86 | Taxes | Changes the income tax structure to prevent adjustment due solely to inflation | |
CISS | I-87 | Environment | Provides for a voluntary recycling program and prohibits the sale of non-refillable glass or plastic beverage bottles |
Nebraska
See also: Nebraska 1980 ballot measures
May 13
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | State exec | Allows the governor to fill vacancies in the office of lieutenant governor | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Admin of gov't | Creates a compensation review commission |
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Judiciary | Changes the number and formation of supreme court judicial districts | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Admin of gov't | Changes the membership of the commission on judicial qualifications | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Taxes | Provides tax exemptions for energy conservation improvements | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Education | Enacts a system of public education financing that does not impose an unfair property tax burden |
Nevada
See also: Nevada 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Question 1 | Judicial issues | Proposes amending Section 7 of Article 1 of the Constitution to expand the classifications of crimes for which bail could be denied. | |
LRCA | Question 2 | Elections | Proposes amending Sections 5 and 15 of Article 6 and Section 9 of Article 15 of the Constitution so that one-third of the state's district judges stand for election each general election. | |
LRCA | Question 3 | Wages and pay | Proposes amending Section 33 of Article 4 of the Constitution to allow the legislature to fix by law the amount of payment for postage, express charges, newspapers and stationary. | |
LRCA | Question 4 | Spending issues | Proposes amending Section 3 of Article 11 of the Constitution to permit the legislature to determine the policies for investment of revenues for educational purposes. | |
LRCA | Question 5 | Elections | Proposes amending Section 32 of Article 4 of the Constitution to remove auditors and public administrators from the list of elective county officers. | |
CICA | Question 6 | Taxes | Proposes amending Article 10 of the Constitution to limit the general tax on real property to 1% of full cash value and a 2% per year limit on the inflation of market value. | |
LRCA | Question 7 | Judicial issues | Proposes amending the Constitution to create an intermediate court of appeals. | |
CICA | Question 8 | Taxes | Proposes amending Article 10 of the Constitution to exempt from taxation all household goods and furniture used by a single household. | |
CICA | Question 9 | Taxes | Proposes amending Article 10 of the Constitution to exempt from taxation food for human consumption. |
New Hampshire
See also: New Hampshire 1980 ballot measures
February 26
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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CCR | Age Requirements for Governor | State Exec | Reduce the age requirement for those seeking to be governor | |
CCR | Acting Governor | State Exec | An acting governor may not serve actively in the legislature | |
CCR | Governor's councilors | Con Language | Amend constitutional language regarding governor's councilors |
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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CCR | Gender-neutral language | Con Language | Should the Bill of Rights be amended to contain gender-neutral language? | |
CCR | Remove obsolete provisions | Con Language | Remove certain obsolete language and provisions from the constitution | |
CCR | Repeal Article 99 | Con Language | Repeal Article 99 and modify Article 100 of the constitution | |
CCR | Proposed Amendments presented to voters | Admin of Gov't | Proposed amendments must be presented to the voters in the following November election | |
CCR | Votes required to propose and amendment | Admin of Gov't | Require three-fifths of convention votes to propose an amendment |
New Jersey
See also: New Jersey 1980 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
BI | Question No. 1 | Bond issues | Allows for $145 million in bonds for facilities and projects related to natural resources. | |
BI | Question No. 2 | Bond issues | Allows for $159 million in bonds for facilities for public buildings including correctional institutions and care facilities. | |
LRCA | Question No. 3 | Taxes | Extends the property tax deduction for senior and disabled citizens to any owner-occupant of a dwelling house who does not own the land that it sits on. | |
LRCA | Question No. 4 | Taxes | Increases the property tax deduction for senior and disabled citizens each year to a maximum of $250 in 1983 and the maximum income limitation for qualifying each year to $10,000 in 1983. | |
BI | Question No. 5 | Bond issues | Allows for $50 million in bonds to decrease energy consumption by public facilities. | |
LRSS | Question No. 6 | Gambling | Allows horse racing on Sundays and extends Saturday hours. | |
LRCA | Question No. 7 | Gambling | Allows the legislature to authorize and regulate amusement games with merchandise as prizes. |
North Carolina
See also: North Carolina 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
LRCA | Amendment 1 | Judiciary | Requires judges to be authorized to practice law prior to election or appointment |
North Dakota
See also: North Dakota 1980 ballot measures
September 2
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
LRCA | Amendment 1 | Gov't Salaries | Requires all fees and profits gathered by any public office that has a salary prescribed by law be deposited in the state treasury | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Taxes | Prohibits the legislative assembly from levying a tax on the assessed value of real or personal property | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Taxes | Repeals one mill levy on all taxable property for the state medical center | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Taxes | Exempts certain lands used for public purposes to be exempted from state property tax | |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Judiciary | Repeals jurisdiction of police magistrates, constables and justices of the peace; Provides for election of the clerk of district court | |
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Gov't Salaries | Repeals prohibition of appointment or election of legislators to offices which have had increases in emoluments during the legislators' terms of office | |
VR | Measure 7 | Elections | Provides for presidential preference primary elections | |
VR | Measure 8 | Veterans | Appropriates money for acquisition of cross ranch for a veterans memorial state park |
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
LRCA | Amendment 1 | Bonds | Increases maximum amount which can be secured by a first mortgage on real estate which backing large state bonds | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Gov't Salaries | Empowers the legislative assembly to set the compensation of the legislature members | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Legislature | Repeals and replaces constitutional language that describes the legislative branch | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | State Exec | Repeals and replaces constitutional article outlining executive branch | |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Gov't Finance | Provides 15 percent of the state coal severance tax to be placed in a permanent trust fund administered by board of university and school lands | |
CISS | Measure 6 | Resources | Creates 6.5 percent oil extraction tax of the gross value of oil at the well | |
CISS | Measure 7 | Housing | Empowers Industrial Commission to act as a state housing finance agency providing mortgage loans to low-income persons | |
VR | Measure 8 | Elections | Repeals and replaces the North Dakota election code |
Ohio
See also: Ohio 1980 ballot measures
June 3, 1980
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bonds for Transportation Projects Amendment | Issue bonds for transportation projects. |
|
815,011 (43%) |
1,084,438 (57%) |
|
Delivery of Charters and Charter Amendments Amendment | Change the ways proposed charters and charter amendments are delivered to voters. |
|
868,199 (48%) |
956,204 (52%) |
|
Money for Low-Incoming Housing Amendment | Authorize the state and local governments to borrow money for the purpose of constructing low-income housing. |
|
797,020 (41%) |
1,137,028 (59%) |
|
Non-Profit Electric Utilities Amendment | Allow non-profit organizations to become political subdivisions for the purpose of operating electric utilities and establish laws governing such political subdivisions. |
|
793,256 (41%) |
1,124,596 (59%) |
November 4, 1980
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Changes to State Taxes Initiative | Change taxes on personal income, real estate, corporations, and personal property. |
|
880,671 (23%) |
3,000,028 (77%) |
|
Classification of Real Property Amendment | Authorize the Ohio General Assembly to classify real property for tax purposes. |
|
1,973,344 (53%) |
1,751,277 (47%) |
Oklahoma
See also: Oklahoma 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
LRCA | State Question 540 | Legislature | Allows the legislature to call itself into special session | |
LRCA | State Question 544 | Transportation | Allows the state to receive federal funds to transportation purposes | |
LRCA | State Question 545 | Transportation | Authorizes municipalities an counties to enter into regional transportation districts | |
LRCA | State Question 546 | Taxes | Increases the emergency levy for school districts | |
LRCA | State Question 548 | Gov't Finances | Increases maximum limit on school district bonded indebtedness | |
LRCA | State Question 549 | Taxes | Authorizes an additional levy to be apportioned among municipalities | |
LRCA | State Question 551 | Redistricting | Extends the amount of time the legislature has to complete apportionment | |
LRCA | State Question 552 | Bonds | Allows municipalities to issue revenue bonds to finance public utilities |
Oregon
See also: Oregon 1980 ballot measures
May 20, 1980
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measure 1 | Taxes; Transportation | Limit the uses of gasoline and highway user tax revenues to solely highways, park and recreation areas, and weighmaster activities. |
|
451,695 (64%) |
257,230 (36%) |
|
Measure 2 | Alcohol | Authorize laws permitting liquor-by-the-drink licenses for other passenger common carriers such as buses |
|
325,030 (46%) |
383,346 (54%) |
|
Measure 3 | Energy; Bonds | Authorize state bonds up to one-half of one percent of value of taxable property in the state for small scale local energy project loans. |
|
394,466 (59%) |
278,125 (41%) |
|
Measure 4 | Veterans | Standardize veterans’ home and farm loan eligibility requirements. |
|
574,148 (81%) |
130,452 (19%) |
|
Measure 5 | Taxes | Continue the tax reduction program after 1980, which limits property assessment increases to five percent |
|
636,565 (91%) |
64,979 (9%) |
|
Measure 6 | Housing; Welfare | Define "multifamily housing" for low income elderly housing bond program to include various structures used by low-income elderly households. |
|
536,002 (79%) |
138,675 (21%) |
November 4, 1980
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measure 1 | Education; Elections; Executive officials | Repeal the election of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. |
|
291,142 (26%) |
820,892 (74%) |
|
Measure 2 | Suffrage; Constitutional language | Eliminate constitutional language barring voting rights for individuals identified as "idiot or mentally diseased." |
|
678,573 (60%) |
455,020 (40%) |
|
Measure 3 | Education; Taxes | Allocate revenues from oil and natural gas taxes, except motor vehicle fuel taxes, to the Common School Fund and limit such taxes to 6%. |
|
594,520 (54%) |
500,586 (46%) |
|
Measure 4 | Taxes; Transportation | Increase the motor vehicle and aircraft fuel taxes from 7 to 9¢ per gallon and flat rate taxes on commercial vehicles using non-gasoline fuel. |
|
298,421 (26%) |
849,745 (74%) |
|
Measure 5 | Hunting and fishing | Prohibit the sale and use of snare and leghold traps, except to temporarily control predatory livestock loss or to protect human health and safety. |
|
425,890 (37%) |
728,173 (63%) |
|
Measure 6 | Property; Taxes | Limit the annual real property tax to 1% of the 1977 true cash value of property and prohibit sales and transaction taxes on real property. |
|
416,029 (37%) |
711,617 (63%) |
|
Measure 7 | Nuclear issues | Require a federally licensed permanent disposal facility for nuclear waste and approval for plant financing. |
|
608,412 (53%) |
535,049 (47%) |
|
Measure 8 | Law enforcement; Bonds | Authorize bonds up to four thirty-fifths of one percent of true cash value of taxable property to fund state, regional, and local correctional facilities. |
|
523,955 (49%) |
551,383 (51%) |
Rhode Island
See also: Rhode Island 1980 ballot measures
November 4:
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
ABR | Proposal 1 | State legislatures | Resolves to set new legislative session procedure and compensation rates. | |
LBM | Proposal 2 | Bond issues | Authorizes $87.7 million in bonds for funding to the Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission. | |
LBM | Proposal 3 | Bond issues | Authorizes $5.23 million in bonds for pre-construction work on reservoir and water treatment plant. | |
LBM | Proposal 4 | Bond issues | Authorizes $8,579,600 in bonds for mental health facilities. | |
LBM | Proposal 5 | Bond issues | Authorized $1.06 million in bonds for facilities housing programs for abused, neglected and/or homeless youth. | |
LBM | Proposal 6 | Bond issues | Authorizes $5.965 million in bonds for improvements to public university and college facilities. |
South Carolina
See also: South Carolina 1980 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
LRCA | Amendment 1 | State executive | Allows the Governor to be elected for two successive terms | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Property | Exempts real and personal property of a debtor from attachment, levy and sale |
South Dakota
See also: South Dakota 1980 ballot measures
November 4
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
LRCA | Amendment A | Judiciary | Relates to the appointment of judges | |
CICA | Amendment B | Taxes | Relates to real property taxes | |
CICA | Amendment C | Direct democracy | Prohibits the legislature from changing initiated or referred laws that have been voted on by the people | |
LRCA | Amendment D | Direct democracy | Relates to legislative prerogative to amend initiated or referred laws | |
LRCA | Amendment E | Legislature | Relates to length of legislative sessions | |
VR | Referendum 1 | Hunting | Allows hunting of the mourning dove | |
IndISS | Initiative 1 | Nuclear issues | Relates to regulation of uranium mining and disposal of nuclear waste |
Texas
See also: Texas 1980 ballot measures
November 4, 1980
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proposition 1 | Banking; Business | Allow banks to use unmanned teller machines |
|
2,267,028 (67%) |
1,138,094 (33%) |
|
Proposition 2 | Trials | Authorize the appeal of certain pretrial rulings in criminal cases by both parties involved |
|
1,544,020 (48%) |
1,687,900 (52%) |
|
Proposition 3 | Taxes; Local government | Require single county appraisal and equalization board for ad valorem property taxation |
|
1,778,975 (58%) |
1,307,396 (42%) |
|
Proposition 4 | Gambling | Authorize bingo games if approved by majority of voters in the locality, run by specified nonprofit groups, with proceeds supporting charitable goals |
|
2,205,355 (65%) |
1,189,312 (35%) |
|
Proposition 5 | Budgets | Grant the governor the power to exercise fiscal control over spending of appropriated funds |
|
1,400,301 (44%) |
1,775,810 (56%) |
|
Proposition 6 | Executive officials | Authorize governor, with senate approval, to remove appointed office holders, and call special senate sessions for this purpose |
|
2,248,941 (70%) |
971,069 (30%) |
|
Proposition 7 | Transportation; Local government | Authorize counties with a population below 5,000 people to perform private road work |
|
2,154,852 (68%) |
1,025,528 (32%) |
|
Proposition 8 | State judiciary | Restructure the appellate jurisdiction, renaming court of civil appeals to court of appeals and amending supreme court eligibility requirements |
|
1,704,913 (57%) |
1,278,301 (43%) |
|
Proposition 9 | Property; Marriage and family | Allow spouses to agree on separate property status for previously owned property or income |
|
2,297,464 (70%) |
961,614 (30%) |
Utah
See also: Utah 1980 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Initiative A | Taxes | Eliminates sales tax | ||
Initiative B | Taxes | Imposes limitations on state taxes |
Washington
See also: Washington 1980 ballot measures
November 4, 1980
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HJR 37 | State judiciary | Create a judicial qualification commission and authorize the Supreme Court to discipline and remove judges. |
|
1,043,490 (69%) |
464,941 (31%) |
|
Initiative 383 | Nuclear issues | Prohibit the importation and storage of non-medical radioactive wastes generated outside the state. |
|
1,211,606 (75%) |
393,415 (25%) |
|
Referendum 38 | Water; Bonds; Utilities | Provide a $125 million bond to fund the planning, construction, and improvement of water supply facilities. |
|
1,008,646 (66%) |
527,454 (34%) |
|
Referendum 39 | Environment; Bonds | Provide a $450 million bond for the construction and improvement of public waste disposal facilities. |
|
964,450 (63%) |
558,328 (37%) |
|
SJR 132 | Natural resources; Property; Federal constitutional | Remove constitutional legal barriers that restrict the state's control over unappropriated federal public lands. |
|
579,060 (40%) |
864,850 (60%) |
Wisconsin
See also: Wisconsin 1980 ballot measures
November 4, 1980
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Question 1 | Allow non-resident property owners in public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts to vote at district meetings |
|
1,210,452 (77%) |
355,024 (23%) |
Wyoming
See also: Wyoming 1980 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
LRCA | Amendment 1 | State judiciary | Provides for juries of less that twelve members in misdemeanor trials. |
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