1977 ballot measures

1978 → ← 1976

Alabama

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Kentucky

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposal 1	Constitution	Shall Kentucky hold a state constitutional convention?	d

Maine

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
IndISS	Question 1	Taxes	Repeal of the state's Uniform State Property Tax	a

New York

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ABR	Question 1	Constitution	Shall New York hold a constitutional convention?	d

Ohio

See also: Ohio 1977 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
CICA	Initiated Issue 1	Elections	A person is entitled to vote if he has been registered for thirty days	a
CICA	Initiated Issue 2	Hunting	Prohibition on use of leghold traps	d
LRCA	Referred Issue 1	Housing	State authorized to lend money and issue bonds for housing	d
LRCA	Referred Issue 2	Budgets	Revise limitations on state indebtedness	d

Oregon

See also: Oregon 1977 ballot measures

May 17:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Education	School operating levies	d
LRCA	Measure 2	Veterans	Additional uses for the veterans' fund	a
LRCA	Measure 3	Veterans	Additional veterans' loan bonding authority	a

November 8:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Water	Creation of a water development loan fund	a
LRCA	Measure 2	Energy	Non-nuclear energy resources	d

Texas

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposition 1	Judiciary	Increase size of the court of criminal appeals to nine judges	a
LRCA	Proposition 2	Bonds	$200 million in bonds for the Veterans' Land Fund	a
LRCA	Proposition 3	Judiciary	Bail can be denied to a person charged with a felony who has previously been twice convicted of a felony	a
LRCA	Proposition 4	Taxes	Tax exemptions for cultural, historical or natural history resources	a
LRCA	Proposition 5	Regulation	Agricultural or marine associations and their power to mandate the collection of refundable assessments	d
LRCA	Proposition 6	Regulation	State and national banks authorized to conduct electronic banking	d
LRCA	Proposition 7	Judiciary	Change name and powers of State Commission on Judicial Conduct	a

Washington

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ITP	Initiative 335	Regulation	Places where obscene films are publicly and regularly shown shall be prohibited	a
ITP	Initiative 345	Taxes	Exempt food products be exempt from state and local retail sales and use taxes	a
ITP	Initiative 348	Taxes	Repeal new variable motor vehicle fuel tax	a
ITL	Initiative 59	Environment	Limit new appropriations of public water for non-public agricultural irrigation to farms of 2,000 acres or less	a
VR	Referendum 39	Elections	Changes in voter registration laws	d
VR	Referendum 40	Admin of gov't	Establish a state Women's Commission	d
LRCA	Amendment 65	Judiciary	District courts granted jurisdiction over cases involving more than $1,000	a
LRCA	Amendment 66	Transportation	Reasonable transportation rates for both passengers and freight	a
LRCA	HJR 56	Transportation	Repeal laws about transportation charges based on distance of destination	d
LRCA	Amendment 67	Transportation	Eliminate prohibition on common carriers sharing earnings	a

Wisconsin

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling	Allows legislature to authorize charitable raffle games	a
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary	Created a unified state court system under the administrative authority of the state Supreme Court	a
LRCA	Question 3	State judiciary	Creates a state Court of Appeals	a
LRCA	Question 4	State judiciary	Creates a disciplinary system for judges and justices in Wisconsin under the authority of the state Supreme Court	a
LRCA	Question 5	State judiciary	Allows legislature to sets a mandatory retirement age for judges and justices to any age 70 or above	a