1970 ballot measures

1971 → ← 1969

Alabama

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Alaska

See also: Alaska 1970 ballot measures

August 25:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Elections	Shall 18 be the age of eligibility for voting?	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Elections	Shall speaking English be eliminated as a voting requirement?	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Elections	Shall the position of Secretary of State be re-named Lt. Governor.?	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Judicial reform	Shall the Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court be elected by his/her peers?	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Judicial reform	Administrator of the Alaskan court system serve at the pleasure of the Alaska Supreme Court.	a

November 3:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ABR	Constitutional Convention	ConCon	Shall Alaska hold a constitutional convention?	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 1	Bonds	$20.3 million for schools	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 2	Bonds	$3 million for remote housing	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 3	Bonds	$2.3 million for recreational facilities	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 4	Bonds	$29.2 million for highway construction	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 5	Bonds	$8.6 million for health and welfare and correctional facilities	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 6	Bonds	$5.6 million for health and medical facilities	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 7	Bonds	$11 million for water and sewage facilities	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 8	Bonds	$5.5 million for highway maintenance	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 9	Bonds	$10 million for airport construction	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 10	Bonds	$21 million for Alaska ferry	a
Alaska BP	Proposition 11	Bonds	$29.7 million for University of Alaska	a

Arizona

See also: Arizona 1970 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 100	Law Enforcement	Allows for denial of bail on felony charges when defendant is already on bail for a separate felony charge	a
LRCA	Proposition 101	Eminent Domain	Provides for eminent domain of private property upon just compensation	a
LRCA	Proposition 102	Official Salaries	Creates the Commission on Salaries for Elective State Officers	a
LRCA	Proposition 103	Judiciary	Creates the Arizona Commission on Judicial Qualifications	a
LRCA	Proposition 104	Transportation	Provides for the use and distribution of vehicle, user, gas, and diesel tax	a
LRCA	Proposition 105	Gambling	Provides for the sale and regulation of an exclusive state sweepstake lottery for ten years	d

California

See also: California 1970 ballot propositions

June 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 1	Bonds	$246.3 million in bonds for University of California Health Sciences facilities	d
LRCA	Proposition 2	Constitution	Repeal, amend, revise and renumber various provisions of state constitution related to local government	a
LRCA	Proposition 3	Constitution	Revisions of public utility, corporation and water use provisions in the state constitution	d
LRCA	Proposition 4	Constitution	Delete state constitutional provisions relating to state institutions, public buildings, land, and homestead exemption	d
LRCA	Proposition 5	Constitution	Allow state legislature to revise the constitutional amendments it proposes before submission to electorate	d
LRCA	Proposition 6	Education	Appointment or election of State Board of Education and county boards of education	a
LRCA	Proposition 7	Bonds	Interest rates on state-issued bonds	a
CICA	Proposition 8	Education	Require state to provide at least 50% of public school costs from sources other than property taxes	d

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LBM	Proposition 1	Bonds	$250 million in bonds for water pollution control projects	a
LRCA	Proposition 2	Executives	Procedures governing vacancies in most statewide executive offices	d
LRCA	Proposition 3	Budget	Governor to submit budget to legislature in first ten days of regular session; budget must be passed by June 15	a
LRCA	Proposition 4	Education	Legislature may make appropriations for public schools prior to passage of budget bill, if it is delayed	d
LRCA	Proposition 5	Education	Meetings of the Board of Regents must be public, with some exceptions	a
LRCA	Proposition 6	Education	Investment rules for the Teachers' Retirement Fund	a
LRCA	Proposition 7	Education	Speaker of the Assembly an ex officio member of agencies that administer the state college system	a
LRCA	Proposition 8	Executives	An additional Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction exempt from civil service	d
LRCA	Proposition 9	Education	Appointment of county superintendents of schools	d
LRCA	Proposition 10	Regulation	Loans over $100,000 may be made to corporations or partnerships	d
LRSS	Proposition 11	Healthcare	Variety of changes to the Chiropractic Act	a
LRCA	Proposition 12	Admin of gov't	A county's governing body, not the state legislature, to set the compensation of its members	a
LRCA	Proposition 13	Veterans	Tax exemptions for blind and disabled veterans	a
LRCA	Proposition 14	Admin of gov't	Variety of changes to the civil service system	a
LRCA	Proposition 15	Constitution	Variety of miscellaneous revisions to the state constitution, including what it says about duels	a
LRCA	Proposition 16	Constitution	Allow legislature to amend or withdraw a constitutional amendment it had proposed, prior to statewide vote	a
LRCA	Proposition 17	Constitution	Repeal obsolete state constitutional provisions relating to social welfare	a
LRCA	Proposition 18	Taxes	Motor vehicle fuel tax and license fees can be used for control of environmental pollution	d
LRSS	Proposition 19	Regulations	Changes to the Usury Law Initiative Act approved by voters on November 5, 1918	a
LBM	Proposition 20	Bonds	$60 million in bonds for recreation and wildlife enhancement	a

Colorado

See also: Colorado 1970 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Admin of Gov't	Exempts the heads of principal departments from being classified civil servants	a
LRCA	Question 2	Labor	Creates state personnel system	a
LRCA	Question 3	Local Gov't	Provides for home rule and service authorities	a
LRCA	Question 4	Suffrage	Changes laws regarding the right to vote	d
LRCA	Question 5	Suffrage	Changes the residency qualification to vote	a

Florida

See also: Florida 1970 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Suffrage	Provides the right to vote to those of the age of 18 and over	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Civil rights	States that 18 is the age of legal adulthood	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	Judiciary	Restructures the state judicial system	d
LRCA	Amendment 4	Environment	Allows for bonds to finance pollution control	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Environment	Restricts state sales of submerged lands to only when in the public interest	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Term limits	Extends the terms of the state House of Representatives from two years to four years	d
LRCA	Amendment 7	Education	Allows for a pay-as-you-go finance system for school construction through temporary tax increases approved by voters	d

Illinois

See also: Illinois 1970 ballot measures

November 3:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Ad Valorem Tax Prohibition Amendment	Taxes	Prohibits taxation of personal property by valuation	a
LRCA	Anti-Pollution Amendment	Environment	Allows the Anti-Pollution Bond Act to go into effect	a
LRCA	Banking Act Amendment	Banking	Passes proposed amendments to the Illinois Banking Act	a

December 15:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Constitution Ratification	Constitutional language	Adopts the fourth version of the Illinois Constitution	a

Maine

See also: Maine 1970 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Maine Bonds for York County (1970)	State budgets	Would implement bonds in York County.	a
LRSS	Maine Budget Appropriations for 1970 and 1971 (1970)	State budgets	Would establish budget appropriations for fiscal years 1970 and 1871.	a
LRCA	Maine Land Valuation Amendment (1970)	Taxes	Relates to the valuation of certain lands at current.	a
LRSS	Maine Repeal of Interest on Unissued Bonds (1970)	Bond issues	Repeals the Interest on Unissued Bonds for Water pollution Abatement	a
LRCA	Maine Special Legislative Sessions Amendment (1970)	State legislatures	Provide for continuity of government in case of attack.	a
LRCA	Maine Voting Age of 20 Amendment (1970)	Elections	Reduces the age at which a Maine voter could vote to 20	a

Michigan

See also: Michigan 1970 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Proposal A	Bonds	Bonds for urban redevelopment	d
LRCA	Proposal B	Elections	Lower voting age to 18	d
CICA	Proposal C	Education	Prohibit public aid to nonpublic schools and students	a

North Dakota

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CI	Combined Law Enforcement Council	Law Enforcement	A measure repealing the law relating to the Combined Law Enforcement Council.	d

Ohio

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Issue 1	Taxes	Permit enactment of laws reducing the valuation of the homestead and taxes for senior citizens	a
LRCA	Issue 2	Elections	Reduce voter residency requirement from one year to six months	a
LRCA	Issue 3	Elections	Allow newspaper advertising in lieu of mailed noticed for charter amendments	a

Oklahoma

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
	Question 464			d

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1970 ballot measures

May 26:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Bonds	Capital Construction Bonds for State Government Construction Projects	d
LRCA	Measure 2	Constitution	Repeal of the "White Foreigner" section of the Oregon Constitution	a
LRCA	Measure 3	Constitution	Revision of the Oregon Constitution	d
LRCA	Measure 4	Bonds	Bonds for pollution control projects	a
LRCA	Measure 5	Elections	Lower the voting age in Oregon to 19	d
LRCA	Measure 6	Taxes	Local School Property Tax Equalization Amendment	d

November 3:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Legislature	Rules governing the convening of the Oregon State Legislature	d
LRCA	Measure 2	Taxes	Automatic adoption of federal income tax amendments	a
LRCA	Measure 3	Local governance	County Debt Limitation	d
LRCA	Measure 4	Education	Rules governing the investment of funds donated to higher education	a
LRCA	Measure 5	Veterans	Loans for veterans	a
LRCA	Measure 6	Elections	Limit on the terms of defeated incumbents	a
LRCA	Measure 7	Bonds	Constitutional amendment authorizing education bonds	d
LRCA	Measure 8	Law enforcement	Penal institutions allowed anywhere in Oregon	a
CISS	Measure 9	Resources	Scenic Waterways Bill	a
CICA	Measure 10	Taxes	Establish new property tax bases for schools	d
CICA	Measure 11	Property	Restriction on governmental powers over rural property	d

South Dakota

See also: South Dakota 1970 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CI	Fluoridation Measure	Health/Medical	Require Fluoridation	d
CI	Income Tax Measure	Taxes	Income tax	d

Texas

See also: Texas 1970 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Prop 1	Admin of gov't	Relating to the removal, retirement, or censure of Justices, Judges, and Justices of the Peace under prescribed circumstances.	a
LRCA	Prop 2	Business regulation	Repealing the prohibition against open saloons	a
LRCA	Prop 3	Business regulation	Establishing of a uniform method of assessment of ranch, farm and forest lands	d
LRCA	Prop 4	Admin of gov't	reconstituting the State Building Commission as a three-member appointive commission.	d
LRCA	Prop 5	Bonds	Authorizing any county to issue road bonds in an amount not to exceed one-fourth of the assessed valuation of the real property in the county.	a
LRCA	Prop 6	Property rights	Increasing the value of the homestead which is exempt from forced sale.	a
LRCA	Prop 7	Admin of gov't	Consolidating governmental offices and functions and allowing political subdivisions to contract for performance of governmental functions in any county.	a

Washington

See also: Washington 1970 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITP	Initiative 251	Taxes	An initiative declaring that existing taxes imposed by the state of Washington shall not be increased and that no new or additional taxes shall be imposed by the state of Washington	d
ITP	Initiative 256	Business Regulation	An act prohibiting the sale or distribution of beer or any other malt beverage, or of any nonalcoholic mineral water, soda water, or other carbonated or uncarbonated beverage (commonly known as soft drinks) for consumption in this state in cans, bottles, jugs, tubs, vessels or other receptacles not having a refund value of at least five cents for each such container	d
LRSS	Referred Bill 20	Abortion	An act permitting the termination of pregnancy when performed: (1) By or under the supervision of a licensed physician; (2) within four lunar months after conception upon a woman not quick with child who has resided in this state for at least ninety days prior to termination; (3) with the woman's consent and that of her husband, if she is residing with him, or if unmarried and under eighteen years of age, with her consent and that of her legal guardian; and providing that no objecting hospital, physician or other person shall be required to participate in a termination of pregnancy	a
LRSS	Referred Bill 21	Bond Issues	An act amending a law approved by the voters in 1968 which authorized the sale of $40,000,000 in bonds for the acquisition and development of outdoor recreation areas and facilities; deleting a requirement in the original act that these bonds be sold prior to January 1, 1975; removing the 6% maximum interest rate payable on said bonds and substituting therefor a provision that the state finance committee shall fix the maximum interest rate	a
LRSS	Referred Bill 22	Bond Issues	An act amending a law approved by the voters in 1968 which authorized the sale of $63,059,000 in bonds to finance various building projects for institutions, general administration and certain higher education facilities; deleting a requirement in the original act that these bonds be sold prior to January 1, 1972; removing the 6% maximum interest rate payable on said bonds and substituting therefor a provision that the state finance committee shall fix the maximum interest rate	d
LRSS	Referred Bill 23	Bond Issues	An act amending the law approved by the voters in 1968 which authorized the sale of $25,000,000 in bonds for aid in the construction and improvement of water pollution control facilities; deleting the requirement in the original act that these bonds be sold prior to January 1, 1971; removing the 6% maximum interest rate payable on said bonds and substituting therefor a provision that the state finance committee shall fix the maximum interest rate	a
LRCA	HJR 6	Elections	Shall Article VI, Section 1 of the state Constitution be amended to reduce from 21 years to 19 years the age at which an otherwise qualified person shall be entitled to vote and to remove currently inoperative language pertaining to the voting qualifications of certain citizens	d
LRCA	HJR 42	Taxes	Shall the state constitution be amended to reduce the maximum allowable rate of taxation against property to 1 percent of true and fair value in the absence of authorized excess levies, and to permit the legislature to tax income at a single rate without regard to this limitation or, after 1975, at a graduated rate if the voters in that year or thereafter approve the removal of the single rate limitation	d