49

initiatives

4

popular referenda

144

legislative referenda

5

other measures

203

total

I

citizen initiative

PR

popular referendum

L

legislative referendum

O

other

ALABAMA

Amendment 1

L

Provides that any new proposed Constitution of Alabama adopted to replace the existing constitution shall become effective only upon its ratification by a majority of the voters

Amendment 2

L

Establishes the General Fund Rainy Day Account within the Alabama Trust Fund

Amendment 3

L

Provides a means by which members of the sheep and goat industry may organize

ALASKA

Measure 1

O

Shall there be a constitutional convention?

Measure 2

I

Initiative Moving Location of Legislative Sessions

Measure 3

I

Initiative on Gas Pipeline Development Authority

Proposition A

L

State Guaranteed Veterans Residential Mortgage Bonds $500,000,000

Proposition B

L

Transportation Bonds $226,719,500

Proposition C

L

State General Obligation Educational and Museum Facility, Design, Construction, and Major Maintenance Bonds $236,805,441

ARIZONA

Proposition 100

L

Municipal Debt Limits

Proposition 101

L

State Land Exchanges

Proposition 102

L

Senior Citizens' Property Tax Valuation

Proposition 103

L

Bailable Offenses; Prohibition

Proposition 104

L

Education Expenditure Limitations

Proposition 200

I

Tribal-State Gaming Compact, Scholarship and Elderly Care Act of 2002

Proposition 201

I

Fair Gaming Act

Proposition 202

I

Indian Gaming Preservation and Self-Reliance Act

Proposition 203

I

Drug Medicalization, Prevention and Control Act of 2002

Proposition 300

L

School Trust Land Proceeds

Proposition 301

L

State Lottery Continuation

Proposition 302

L

Probation; Drug Crimes

Proposition 303

L

Tobacco Products Tax; Health Services

Proposition 304

O

Increase State Legislators' Salaries to $36,000

ARKANSAS

Amendment 1

L

Repeal the Provision in Arkansas Constitution Amendment 50 for the Numbering and Recording of Election ballots Next to Name of the Voter

Amendment 2

L

Revise the Executive Article of the Arkansas Constitution

Amendment 3

I

Amendment Eliminating Taxes on Food and Medicine

Initiated Act 1

I

The Arkansas Animal Cruelty Act

CALIFORNIA

Proposition 46

L

Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002

Proposition 47

L

Education Facilities: Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Acts of 2002 and 2004

Proposition 48

L

Court Consolidation

Proposition 49

I

After School Programs. State Grants. Initiative Statute.

Proposition 50

I

Water Quality, Supply and Safe Drinking Water Projects. Coastal Wetlands Purchase and Protection. Bonds. Initiative Statute.

Proposition 51

I

Transportation. Allocation of Sales and Use Taxes Raised From Sale or Lease of Motor Vehicles. Initiative Statute.

Proposition 52

I

Election Day Voter Registration. Initiative Statute.

COLORADO

Amendment 27

I

Campaign Finance

Amendment 28

I

Mail Ballot Elections

Amendment 29

I

Selecting Candidates for Primary Elections

Amendment 30

I

Election Day Voter Registration

Amendment 31

I

English Language Education

Referendum A

L

Exempt District Attorneys from Term Limits

Referendum B

L

Public Ownership of Health Facilities

Referendum C

L

Coroner Qualifications

Referendum D

L

Repeal of Obsolete Constitutional Provisions

Referendum E

L

Cesar Chavez Legal Holiday

CONNECTICUT

No statewide measures.

DELAWARE

No statewide measures.

FLORIDA

Amendment 1

L

Excessive Punishments

Amendment 2

L

Economic Impact Statements for Proposed Constitutional Amendments or Revisions

Amendment 3

L

Authorizing Amendments to Miami-Dade County Home Rule Charter by Special Law Approved by Referendum

Amendment 4

L

Laws Providing Public Records or Meetings Exemptions; Two-Thirds Vote Required

Amendment 5

L

REMOVED FROM BALLOT BY COURT

Amendment 6

I

Protect People from the Health Hazards of Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke by Prohibiting Workplace Smoking

Amendment 7

L

Exemption for Construction of Living Quarters for Parents or Grandparents

Amendment 8

I

Voluntary Universal Pre-Kindergarten Education

Amendment 9

I

Florida's Amendment to Reduce Class Size

Amendment 10

I

Animal Cruelty Amendment: Limiting Cruel and Inhumane Confinement of Pigs during Pregnancy

Amendment 11

I

Local Trustees and Statewide Governing Board to Manage Florida's University System

GEORGIA

Amendment 1

L

To make someone who defaults on his or her taxes ineligible to hold public office

Amendment 2

L

To allow separate valuations for qualified affordable residential developments

Amendment 3

L

To allow tax incentives to encourage recevelopment of blighted property

Amendment 4

L

To allow different tax rates for properties contaminated with hazardous waste to encourage their cleanup

Amendment 5

L

To allow different tax rates for commercial dockside facilities used to land and process seafood

Amendment 6

L

To establish a program of dog and cat sterilization funded by special license plates

Referendum A

L

To change the income limit for school tax homestead exemption for those 62 or older

Referendum B

L

To extend the tax exemption for spouses of military personnel who die due to war

Referendum C

L

To exempt medical societies and museums i historic property of nonprofit corporations from property taxes

Referendum D

L

To exempt commercial fishing vessels from property taxes

Referendum E

L

To increase the tax exemption for tangible personal property from $500 to $7,500

HAWAII

Amendment 1

L

Legislative Candidate Residency Requirements

Amendment 2

L

Assisting Not-for-Profit Private Schools, Colleges and Universities

Amendment 3

L

Initiation of Felony Prosecutions by Written Information

IDAHO

Proposition 1

I

An initiative defining tribal video gaming machines and providing for amendment of state-tribal gaming compact providing for their use

Proposition 2

PR

Referendum reinstating term limits for elected state, county, municipal and school district officials through ballot access restrictions

ILLINOIS

No statewide measures.

INDIANA

No statewide measures.

IOWA

No statewide measures.

KANSAS

No statewide measures.

KENTUCKY

Amendment 1

L

Proposed Family Court Amendment

Amendment 2

L

Proposed Corporations Amendment

LOUISIANA

Amendment 1

L

Legislative Session

Amendment 2

L

Regarding the individual and joint income tax schedule of rates and brackets, state sales and use tax reduction, and exemption on certain purchases

Amendment 3

L

Regarding the procedure for the legislature to adjust appropriations to eliminate a projected deficit

Amendment 4

L

Regarding removal of public employees from employment due to a felony conviction during employment

Amendment 5

L

Authorizes the State Board of Commerce and Industry, with the approval of the governor and the affected local governing authorities, to contract for ad valorem tax exemptions with developers of retirement communities

Amendment 6

L

Requires the governor to submit a budget estimate to fully fund state salary supplements for full-time law enforcement and fire protection officers of the state

Amendment 7

L

Deletes requirement that persons qualifying for special homestead exemption assessment level must reapply annually

Amendment 8

L

Exception to permit institutions of higher education or their respective management boards to invest in stocks of up to 50%

Amendment 9

L

Exception to permit investment in stocks of up to 35% of the Medicaid Trust Fund for the Elderly

Amendment 10

L

Regarding programs to assist farmers for the development and enhancement of surface water resources, and creates the Drought Protection Trust Fund

Amendment 11

L

Exemption from ad valorem taxation on drilling rigs used in Outer Continental Shelf waters

Amendment 12

L

Regarding qualifications for the office of coroner in Livingston Parish

MAINE

Question 1

L

$25,000,000 bond issue to raise funds to build a new correctional facility in Machias and to make improvements to the Maine Correctional Center in South Windham

Question 2

L

Environmental Bonds

Question 3

L

Allow the State to issue short-term debt in limited amounts that must be repaid with federal transportation funds within 12 months to facilitate the development of highways, bridges and other transportation

MARYLAND

Question 1

L

District Court Commissioners - Powers and Duties to Issue Civil Interim Peace and Protective Orders

Question 2

L

Emergency Legislation Authority of the Maryland General Assembly

Question 3

L

Montgomery County - Use of Licensed and Certified Real Estate Appraisers in Eminent Domain Proceedings

MASSACHUSETTS

Question 1

I

Eliminating State Personal Income Tax

Question 2

I

English Language Education in Public Schools

Question 3

L

Advisory Question: Taxpayer Funding for Political Campaigns

MICHIGAN

Proposal 02-1

PR

A Referendum on Public Act 269 of 2001 - An Act to amend certain sections of Michigan election law.

Proposal 02-2

L

A proposal to authorize bonds for sewage treatment works projects, storm water projects and water pollution projects

Proposal 02-3

I

A Proposal to Amend the State Constitution to Grant State Classified Employees the Constitutional Right to Collective Bargaining with Binding Arbitration

Proposal 02-4

I

A Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Reallocate the "Tobacco Settlement Revenue" Received by the State from Cigarette Manufacturers

MINNESOTA

No statewide measures.

MISSISSIPPI

Amendment 1

L

Increase Judges' Terms

MISSOURI

Amendment 1

L

Amending City of St. Louis Charter

Amendment 2

I

Collective Bargaining

Amendment 3

L

Exclude partial terms from term limits

Amendment 4

L

Authorizes Joint Projects, Bonded Indebtedness by Joint Boards or Commissions Established between Political Subdivisions

Proposition A

I

Tobacco Tax

Const. Convention

O

Constitutional Convention

MONTANA

Amendment 36

L

Provide for the investment of assets from local government group self-insurance programs

Amendment 37

L

Amend signature-gathering requirements for constitutional initiatives

Amendment 38

L

Amend signature-gathering requirements for initiatives

Amendment 39

L

Remove restriction on investment of public funds in private corporate capital stock

Initiative 145

I

Acquire hydroelectric dams that are in the public interest to acquire and operate them for the benefit of Montanans

Initiative 146

I

Establish a statewide tobacco-use prevention program using tobacco settlement funds

Referendum 117

PR

Repeal HB 474, relating to electrical energy

NEBRASKA

Amendment 1

L

A constitutional amendment to clarify English language requirements in schools

Amendment 2

L

A constitutional amendment to authorize the use of revenue bonds to develop and lease property for use by nonprofit enterprises as determined by law

NEVADA

Ballot Question 1

L

Proposal to Issue Bonds for Conservation and Resource Protection

Ballot Question 2

I

An initiative relating to the definition of marriage

Ballot Question 3

L

Amendment to the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955

Ballot Question 4

L

Amendment to the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955

Ballot Question 5

L

Repeal the constitutional rule against perpetuities

Ballot Question 6

L

Revise the term of office of a Supreme Court justice or district court judge who is appointed to fill a vacancy

Ballot Question 7

L

Allow an exemption from the state debt limit for the improvement, acquisition or construction of public elementary and secondary schools

Ballot Question 8

L

Reduction in the property taxes on a single-family residence occupied by the owner to avoid a severe economic hardship to that owner

Ballot Question 9

I

Amend the constitution concerning the use of marijuana. Possession of three ounces or less by a person who has attained the age of 21 years is not cause for arrest

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Question 1

L

Relating to the rulemaking authority of the Supreme Court

Question 2

O

Constitutional Convention

NEW JERSEY

No statewide measures.

NEW MEXICO

Bond Measure 1

L

Senior Citizen Facility Improvement Bonds

Bond Measure 2

L

Education Bonds

Bond Measure 3

L

Public Library Acquisition Bonds

Bond Measure 4

L

State Facilities and Equipment Bonds

Bond Measure 5

L

Water Project Bonds

Amendment 1

L

Phases in an additional exemption from property tax for honorably discharged veterans

Amendment 2

L

Removes the prohibition against certain persons to exercise the right to vote

Amendment 3

L

Eliminates an outdated section of the constitution regarding designation of judicial districts

Amendment 4

L

Repeals prohibition on aliens owning land

Amendment 5

L

Exempts from property taxation the principal place of permanently and totally disabled veterans

Amendment 6

L

Permits state and local governments to provide land, buildings or infrastructure to create affordable housing

Amendment 7

L

Designates the last Friday in March as a legal holiday in honor of Cesar Chavez

Amendment 8

L

Broadens eligibility for Vietnam veterans' scholarships

Amendment 9

L

Changes the name of the State Highway Commission to the State Transportation Commission

NEW YORK

No statewide measures.

NORTH CAROLINA

Amendment 1

L

 Simplify the process for Acceptance of Property into the State Nature and Historic Preserve

NORTH DAKOTA

Measure 1

L

Relating to the taxable status of land held for conservation or wildlife purposes

Measure 2

I

Directs the legislative assembly to authorize the state to join a multi-state lottery for the benefit of the state

Measure 3

I

Relating to Student Loan Reimbursements and Tax Credits

OHIO

Issue 1

I

Treatment in Lieu of Incarceration for Drug Offenders

OKLAHOMA

State Question 687

I

Ban Cockfighting

State Question 693

L

Local Governments to issue bonds for Economic Development

State Question 696

L

Exemption Ad Valorem Tax - Storm Shelters

State Question 697

L

Ad Valorem Tax - County Development

State Question 698

L

Signature percentages to 15% on certain initiatives

State Question 701

L

Modifying expenditures from Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund

State Question 702

L

Relating to revenue and taxation; authorizing Legislature to enact laws providing for tax abatement under certain circumstances

State Question 703

L

Limiting Liability for information technology contracts

State Question 704

L

Relating to permissible use of building funds for inspection of property by the county assessor

OREGON

Measure 14

L

Amends Constitution: Removes Historical Racial References in Obsolete Sections

Measure 15

L

Amends Constitution: Authorizes State to Issue General Obligation Bonds for Seismic Rehabilitation of Public Education Buildings

Measure 16

L

Amends Constitution: Authorizes State to Issue General Obligation Bonds for Seismic Rehabilitation of Emergency Services Buildings

Measure 17

L

Amends Constitution: Reduces Minimum Age Requirement to Serve as State Legislator from 21 Years to 18 Years

Measure 18

L

Amends Constitution: Allows Certain Tax Districts to Establish Permanent Property Tax Rates and Divide into Tax Zones

Measure 21

I

Amends Constitution: Revises Procedure for Filling Judicial Vacancies, Electing Judges; Allows Vote for "None of the Above"

Measure 22

I

Amends Constitution: Requires Oregon Supreme Court Judges and Court of Appeals Judges to be Elected by District

Measure 23

I

Creates Health Care Finance Plan for Medically Necessary Services; Creates Additional Income, Payroll Taxes

Measure 24

I

Allows Licensed Denturists to Install Partial Dentures (Replacement Teeth); Authorizes Cooperative Dentist-Denturist Business Ventures

Measure 25

I

Increases Oregon Minimum Wage to $6.90 in 2003; Increases for Inflation in Future Years

Measure 26

I

Amends Constitution: Prohibits Payment, Receipt of Payment Based on the Number of Initiative, Referendum Signatures Obtained

Measure 27

I

Requires Labeling of Genetically-Engineered Foods (As Defined) Sold Or Distributed In Or From Oregon

PENNSYLVANIA

Ballot Question

L

Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services Referendum

RHODE ISLAND

Question 1

L

 State Police Headquarters Facility and State Municipal Fire Academy Bonds ($55,000,000)

Question 2

L

 Preservation, Recreation and Heritage Bonds ($14,000,000)

Question 3

L

 Transportation Bonds ($63,500,000)

Question 4

L

 Quonset Point/ Davisville Bonds ($11,000,000)

Question 5

O

 Advisory question from the Governor: Co-Equal Branches of Government

SOUTH CAROLINA

Amendment 1

L

Investment of state retirement system funds

Amendment 2

L

Permit firefighters' retirement systems to invest in the stock market

SOUTH DAKOTA

Amendment A

I

Relating to a Criminal Defendant's Rights

Amendment B

L

Clarifying the Responsibility of the Legislature to Provide for Its Own Apportionment

Amendment C

L

Extending the Time Allowed for the Governor's Review of Legislation Passed by the Legislature

Measure 1

I

Allows Certain Activities with Industrial Hemp

TENNESSEE

Amendment 1

L

Create the Tennessee Lottery Corporation

Amendment 2

L

Fines

TEXAS

Amendment 1

L

Authorizing the commissioners court of a county to declare the office of constable in a precinct to be dormant if the office has not been filled by election or appointment for a lengthy period and providing a procedure for the reinstatement of the office

UTAH

Amendment 1

L

Investment of State School Fund and Uniform School Fund

Amendment 2

L

Changes to County Boundaries

Amendment 3

L

Amending Revenue and Taxation Provisions of the Utah Constitution

Amendment 4

L

Requiring Public Notice Prior to Special Sessions

Amendment 5

L

Debt Limits for Political Subdivisions

Amendment 6

L

Expand the Government Property Tax Exemption

Initiative 1

I

Radioactive Waste Restrictions Act

VERMONT

Amendment

L

Retirement Age for Judges

VIRGINIA

Question 1

L

Educational Facilities

Question 2

L

Parks and Recreational Facilities

Amendment 1

L

Judicial Power and Jurisdiction

Amendment 2

L

Exempt Property

WASHINGTON

Ref. Bill 51

L

Increase Taxes to Fund Transportation

Measure 53

PR

Repeal a Proposed Statutory Change Relating to Unemployment Insurance Rates

Measure 776

I

Concerns State and Local Government Charges on Motor Vehicles

Measure 790

I

Concerns Law Enforcement Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement System

HJR 4220

L

Property Tax Levy Propositions

WEST VIRGINIA

Amendment 1

L

County and Municipal Option Economic Development Amendment

Amendment 2

L

Equalizing Number of Years of Excess Levies Amendment

WISCONSIN

No statewide measures.

WYOMING

Amendment A

L

Allow a majority of the elected members of each house to convene a special legislative session

Amendment B

L

Allow the legislative leaders of each house to call a special session to resolve a dispute or challenge to determine the presidential electors

Amendment C

L

Limit the governor's partial veto authority to apply only to general appropriations bills

Amendment D

L

Submit amendments to the Wyoming Constitution to the voters without prior presentation to the Governor