1968 ballot measures

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Alabama

See also: Alabama 1968 ballot measures

Alaska

See also: Alaska 1968 ballot measures

August 27:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Judiciary	Establishing a judicial qualification and disciplinary commission	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Judiciary	Members of the state's judicial council can be financially compensated	a

November 5:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Voter Registration	Elections	Shall Alaska's recently enacted system of voter pre-registration be approved?	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 1	Bonds	$2 million for the Southcentral Pioneer's Home	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 2	Bonds	$11.2 million for highway construction	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 3	Bonds	$1.2 million for hospital construction	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 4	Bonds	$8.8 million for airport construction	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 5	Bonds	$10 million for school construction	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 6	Bonds	$8.5 million for the university	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 7	Bonds	$18 million for the Alaskan ferry	d
Alaska BP	Proposition 8	Bonds	$3 million for fish hatcheries	a

Arizona

See also: Arizona 1968 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Veterans Tax Exemption Amendment	Veterans	Would exempt veterans from certain tax exemptions.	a
CICA	Tax Exemption Claim Amendment	Taxes	Would make false claims for tax exemptions punishable by law.	a
CICA	Household Goods Amendment	Taxes	Would exempt certain households goods from property taxation.	a
VR	License Tax Amendment	Taxes	Would implement a license tax on registered vehicles.	a
VR	Term Limit Amendment	Term limits	Would implement four year termsfor the Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor.	a
VR	Corporate Commission Amendment	Admin. of gov't.	Would provide for appointment, instead of election, of commission members.	d
VR	Insurer Control Amendment	Admin. of Gov't	Remove the control of domestic and foreign insurers from the commission.	a
VR	State Examiner Repeal Amendment	State executives	Repeal the office of State Examiner.	a
VR	State Auditor Repeal Amendment	State executives	Repeal the office of State Auditor	a
VR	Travel Expense Amendment	State leg.	Relating to travel expense reimbursements for state legislators.	a
VR	Legislative Districts	State leg.		a
VR	County Boards of Supervisors Question	Admin. of Gov't	Would create county boards of supervisors, set standards depending on population.	a

Arkansas

See also: Arkansas 1968 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Arkansas Referred Act 306, Arkansas Dairy Commission (1968)	Admin. of gov't.	Pertaining to the Creation of an Arkansas Dairy Commission	d
VR	Arkansas Referred Act 456, Political Party Registration (1968)	Admin. of gov't.	Pertaining to Political Party Registration	d

California

See also: California 1968 ballot propositions

June 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 1	Bonds	$200 million for farm and home assistance to veterans	a
LBM	Proposition 2	Bonds	$65 million for junior college construction	a

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1A	Taxes	Minimum property tax exemption of $750.00 for owner-occupied dwellings	a
LRCA	Proposition 1	Education	Superintendent of Public Instruction can be appointed; miscellaneous other constitutional revisions	d
LRCA	Proposition 2	Taxes	Formula for taxation of properties owned by counties and cities	a
LBM	Proposition 3	Bonds	$250 million for state college, university and urban school facilities	d
LRCA	Proposition 4	Taxes	Federal income tax reporting law may be incorporated on an ongoing basis into California law about state income tax	d
LRCA	Proposition 5	Healthcare	State can insure/guarantee loans for construction of public or nonprofit hospitals	a
LRCA	Proposition 6	Taxes	Insurance companies can exclude certain premiums from their taxable income	d
LRCA	Proposition 7	Finance	Money allocated from the state's general fund to cities and counties may be used for local purposes	a
LRCA	Proposition 8	Taxes	Apportionment of local sales and use taxes	a
CICA	Proposition 9	Taxes	Limit property tax for property-related services to 1% of market value	d

Colorado

See also: Colorado 1968 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	State executive officials	Provides for the election of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor under one ticket	a
LRCA	Question 2	Taxes	Relates to tax exemption of publicly owned real property	d
LRCA	Question 3	State executive officials	Relates to compensation of county officers	a

Florida

See also: Florida 1968 ballot measures

May 7:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Education	Permits the appointment of school district superintendents	a

November 5:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Suffrage	Revises parts of the state constitution relating to suffrage and eligibility	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government	Relates to counties and cities in the state	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Constitutional language	Makes general revisions to the state constitution	a

Illinois

See also: Illinois 1968 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Banking	Allows Illinois banks to have foreign branches.	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	Would approve the Natural Resources Development Bond Act creating a $1 billion bond.	a
ConCon	Constitutional Convention Question	Constitutional conventions	Would authorize the calling of a Constitutional Convention.	a

Massachusetts

See also: Massachusetts 1968 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Question 4	ConCon		a

Michigan

See also: Michigan 1968 ballot measures

August

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposal 1	Judiciary	Establish judicial tenure commission	a
LRCA	Proposal 2	Admin of gov't	Require legislature to create state officers compensation commission	a
LRCA	Proposal 3	Judiciary	Define manner of filling judicial vacancies	a

November

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposal 1	Taxes	Permit state to impose graduate income tax	d
VR	Proposal 2	Admin of gov't	Whether to establish of daylight savings time in Michigan	d
LRSS	Proposal 3	Bonds	Bonds for prevention and abatement of water pollution	a
LRSS	Proposal 4	Bonds	Bonds for public recreation	a
LRCA	Proposal 5	Admin of gov't	Allow members of state legislature to run for other offices during term	d

Nevada

See also: Nevada 1968 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Lottery	Gambling	Remove a prohibition to establishing a lottery	d

North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 1968 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CI	Betting Issue	Gambling	A measure authorizing certain types of betting.	d

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1968 ballot measures

May 7:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Issue 1	Budgets	Dealt with disposition of school and ministerial funds	a
LRCA	Issue 2	Legislatures	Deals with filling vacancies in the House of Representatives	a
LRCA	Issue 3	Judiciary	Dealt with administration and organization of the Ohio Judicial System	a

November 5:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Issue 1	Bond Issue	Issuance of bonds for highways and other capital improvements	a
LRCA	Issue 2	Taxes	Permits the General Assembly to grant homestead exemptions for certain residents	d

Oklahoma

See also: Oklahoma 1968 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Question 441	Judiciary	Reorganize and reform the entire state judicial system	d

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1968 ballot measures

May 28:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Education	Common School Fund Constitutional Amendment	a
LRCA	Measure 2	I&R Process	Revision in Oregon's initiative & referendum laws	a
LRCA	Measure 3	Education	Bonds for Higher Education and Community Colleges	a

November 5:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Veterans	Broaden the eligibility of veterans for government-sponsored loans	a
LRCA	Measure 2	Judiciary	Removal of judges	a
LRCA	Measure 3	Resources	Empower state legislature to extend the ocean boundaries	a
LRCA	Measure 4	Local governance	Broaden the county debt limitation	d
LRCA	Measure 5	Local governance	City-county consolidations	a
CICA	Measure 6	Bonds	Bonds to raise revenue for the acquisition of beaches on the ocean	d
CICA	Measure 7	Taxes	Property Tax Limitation	d

Texas

See also: Texas 1968 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Prop 1	Admin of gov't	Amending Subsection (a) of Section 62, Article XVI of the Constitution of the State of Texas relating to the Employees Retirement Fund and the Employees Retirement System of Texas	a
LRCA	Prop 2	State spending	Raising the limit on the amount that may be expended in any one year out of state funds for Public Assistance payments only to Seventy-five Million Dollars.	d
LRCA	Prop 3	Education	providing for investment of the Permanent University Fund by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas in certain types of securities within the prudent man rule.	a
LRCA	Prop 4	Bonds	Providing that Dallas County may issue road bonds under section 52 of Article III upon a vote of a majority of the resident property taxpayers	a
LRCA	Prop 5	Admin of gov't	Providing the members of the Legislature shall receive as salary an amount not exceeding Eight Thousand, Four Hundred Dollars per year.	d
LRCA	Prop 6	Taxes	Exempting from ad valorem taxation by the State and its political subdivisions equipment installed on real property to eliminate or abate the harmful effect of air emissions and water effluents	d
LRCA	Prop 7	Taxes	Continuously reducing State ad valorem property taxes and abolishing all State ad valorem property taxes after December 31, 1978	a
LRCA	Prop 8	Admin of gov't	Removing certain provisions relating to the purchase of fuel and furbishing of rooms and halls of the Legislature and the requirement that the Governor, Secretary of State, and the Comptroller mush approve certain contracts of purchase.	d
LRCA	Prop 9	Admin of gov't	Amending Section 48a of Article III allowing contributions to be made on the basis of full salary of members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.	a
LRCA	Prop 10	Taxes	Poviding for the refund of the tax on cigars and tobacco products sold at retail within the corporate limits of Texarkana	d
LRCA	Prop 11	Admin of gov't	Consolidating governmental offices and functions and allowing political subdivisions to contract for performance of governmental functions in El Paso and Tarrant counties.	a
LRCA	Prop 12	Bonds	Authorizing cities and counties to issue revenue bonds for industrial development purposes.	d
LRCA	Prop 13	Taxes	Exempting certain property temporarily stored in a public warehouse from ad valorem taxation.	d
LRCA	Prop 14	Admin of gov't|	Fixing the time during which members of the Legislature shall be ineligible to hold other offices.	a

Utah

See also: Utah 1968 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Initiative A	Alcohol	Regulates alcohol	d

Washington

See also: Washington 1968 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITP	Initiative 242	Alcohol	Rules governing when a breathalyzer to determine blood alcohol content can be legally administered	a
ITP	Initiative 245	Business Regulation	Allowable maximum service charges on installment sales of goods and services	a
ITL	Initiative 32	Natural Resources	Establish the Full Employment Commission as a state agency	d
LRSS	Referred Bill 17	Water	$25 million in bonds to finance grants by the pollution control commission to public bodies	a
LRSS	Referred Bill 18	Environment	$40 million for the acquisition and development of outdoor recreation areas and facilities	a
LRSS	Referred Bill 19	Bond Issues	$63 million in bonds for state building projects	a
VR	Referendum 35	Business Regulation	Real estate brokers prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, creed, color or national origin	a
LRCA	Amendment 49	Public Finance	Funds of public pension or retirement funds may be invested as authorized by law	a
LRCA	Amendment 50	Judiciary	Establishment of the state court of appeals	a
LRCA	Amendment 51	Admin of gov't	State building authority to construct buildings and improvements for lease to state agencies	a
LRCA	Amendment 52	State Legislature	Rules for filling vacancies in the state legislature or in partisan county elective offices	a

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 1968 ballot measures

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	Sets uniform retirement date for judges and justices	a
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary	Permits temporary appointments as circuit court judges of judges with at least 8 years of service on the supreme or circuit court	a
LRCA	Question 3	Forests and parks	Permits legislature to appropriate funds for forestry purposes from sources other than property tax	a
LRCA	Question 4	State legislature	Permits legislature to meet in regular session more often than once every two years	a