Constitutional language on the ballot

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Constitutional language on the ballot: This topic refers to ballot measures that specifically refer to changes to constitutional wording, such as through changes in specific word use or placement, or the removal of irrelevant language.

Examples:

Ballot measures lists

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Alabama

  1. Alabama Segregation Reference Ban Amendment, Amendment 4 (2012)

Alaska

  1. Alaska Constitution Ratification, Proposition 1 (April 1956)

Arizona

  1. Arizona Constitution Ratification (February 1911)
  2. Arizona Constitutional Textual Terminology, Proposition 101 (2000)
  3. Arizona Revised Constitution Ratification (December 1911)

Arkansas

  1. Arkansas Voting and Elections, Proposed Constitutional Amendment 1 (2008)

California

  1. California Proposition 10, Repeal of State Constitution's Alcohol Provision (1949)
  2. California Proposition 10, Various Revisions of the State Constitution (June 1972)
  3. California Proposition 11, Gender-Neutral Language in State Constitution (1974)
  4. California Proposition 11, State Constitutional Provisions About State Officers, Legislators and Judges (1949)
  5. California Proposition 12, Removal of Obsolete Provisions from State Constitution (1960)
  6. California Proposition 14, Repeal of Anti-Chinese Provisions in State Constitution (1952)
  7. California Proposition 14 (June 1976)
  8. California Proposition 15, Revisions to the State Constitution (1970)
  9. California Proposition 16, Repeal of Obsolete Constitutional Provisions (1962)
  10. California Proposition 17, Removal of Obsolete Social Welfare Provisions from State Constitution (1970)
  11. California Proposition 1A, the "Constitutional Revision Amendment" (1966)
  12. California Proposition 2, County and Municipal Governance in the State Constitution (June 1970)
  13. California Proposition 3, Public Utility, Corporation and Water in the State Constitution (June 1970)
  14. California Proposition 4, Consolidated City and County Charters (1949)
  15. California Proposition 4, State Institutions in the California Constitution (June 1970)
  16. California Proposition 5, Expenses of the 1878-1879 Constitutional Convention (1949)
  17. California Proposition 6, Effective Dates of Statutes (1949)
  18. California Proposition 6, Miscellaneous Constitutional Revisions (1972)
  19. California Proposition 7, Revision of Tax Provisions in the State Constitution (1949)
  20. California Proposition 7, State Legislature Allowed to Propose Constitutional Revisions (1962)
  21. California Proposition 8, Constitutional Provisions Dealing with State Fiscal Affairs (1949)
  22. California Proposition 9, Rules for Adopting the 1879 State Constitution (1949)
  23. Proposition 7, Revisions to California's Constitutional Declaration of Rights (1974)

Colorado

  1. Colorado Amendment 3 (1990)
  2. Colorado Obsolete Constitutional Provisions, Referendum D (2002)
  3. Colorado Referendum B (1992)

Florida

  1. Florida "Daisy Chain" Amendment, Amendment 1 (1958)
  2. Florida Abolishing Constitution Revision Commission Amendment, Amendment 1 (1980)
  3. Florida Addition Method for Revising State Constitution, Amendment 8 (1964)
  4. Florida Basic Document Amendment, Amendment 1 (1978)
  5. Florida Constitutional Amendment Method, Amendment 5 (1948)
  6. Florida Constitutional Amendments by Legislature, Amendment 2 (1942)
  7. Florida Constitutional Preamble Revision, Amendment 7 (1962)
  8. Florida Death Penalty, Amendment 1 (2002)
  9. Florida Declaration of Rights, Amendment 5 (1944)
  10. Florida Division of Powers Revision, Amendment 8 (1962)
  11. Florida General Constitutional Revision, Amendment 3 (1968)
  12. Florida Homestead Exemptions and Devise of Property, Amendment 5 (1972)
  13. Florida Miami-Dade County Home Rule Charter, Amendment 3 (2002)
  14. Florida Preservation of the Death Penalty, Amendment 2 (1998)
  15. Florida Property Rights and Illegal Aliens Act, Amendment 1 (2008)
  16. Florida Searches and Seizures Amendment, Amendment 1 (1982)
  17. Florida State Boundaries Revision, Amendment 6 (1962)

Illinois

  1. Illinois Constitution Ratification Question (1970)
  2. Illinois Restrict Governor's Amendatory Veto Power, Amendment 1 (1974)

Kansas

  1. Kansas Voting Disqualification Amendment, Constitutional Amendment Question 2 (2010)

Maine

  1. Maine Constitutional Revision Election Amendment, Question 2 (September 1908)
  2. Maine Removal of Gender Biased Language from Constitution Amendment (1988)

Nebraska

  1. Nebraska Constitution Prefix in Law Books, Amendment 7C (May 1998)
  2. Nebraska Constitutional Article Transfer, Amendment 7B (May 1998)
  3. Nebraska Gender Neutral State Constitution, Amendment 2 (2000)
  4. Nebraska Township and Town References, Amendment 2D (1998)

Nevada

  1. Nevada Constitution Language on Voting, Question 7 (2004)
  2. Nevada Right to Vote and Hold Office Constitutional Language, Question 3 (1992)

New Hampshire

  1. New Hampshire Gender Neutral Language Act, CACR 18 (1998)

New Mexico

  1. New Mexico Modern Election Language Amendment, Amendment 3 (2010)

New Jersey

  1. New Jersey Public Question Four (2007)

New York

  1. New York Gender-Neutral Language Amendment, Proposal 1 (2001)

Ohio

  1. Ohio "White" Omission, Amendment 24 (September 1912)
  2. Ohio Amendment Schedule, Amendment 41 (September 1912)
  3. Ohio Constitutional Amendment Submission, Amendment 39 (September 1912)
  4. Ohio Eligibility of Women for Elective Office, Issue 5 (1953)
  5. Ohio Eliminate Conflicts with U.S. Constitution, Issue 4 (1953)
  6. Ohio Issue 2, Remove "White Male" from Ohio Constitution (1923)
  7. Ohio Referred Issue 2, Deletion of Obsolete Constitutional Provisions (1976)
  8. Ohio Referred Issue 4, Qualifications of Electors (June 1976)
  9. Ohio Referred Issue 8, Consolidation of State Constitutional Provisions Regarding Taxes (June 1976)
  10. Ohio Remove "White" from List of State Militia Qualifications, Issue 3 (1953)
  11. Ohio Repeal Obsolete Constitutional Provisions, Issue 8 (1953)

South Carolina

  1. South Carolina Age of Consent, Amendment 1 (2008)

South Dakota

  1. South Dakota Corporate Language Amendment, Constitutional Amendment M (2012)

Texas

  1. Texas Proposition 1, Separation of Powers, Legislative, and Executive Constitutional (April, 1975)
  2. Texas Proposition 12 (2001)
  3. Texas Proposition 14 (1999)
  4. Texas Proposition 2, Judiciary Constitutional Provisions (1975)
  5. Texas Proposition 3, Voter and Election Constitutional Provisions (1975)
  6. Texas Proposition 3 (1999)
  7. Texas Proposition 4, Education Constitutional Provisions (1975)
  8. Texas Proposition 4, Elimination of Obsolete Provisions of the Texas Constitution (1997)
  9. Texas Proposition 5, Finance Constitutional Provisions (1975)
  10. Texas Proposition 6, Local Government Constitutional Provisions (1975)
  11. Texas Proposition 7, General Constitutional Provisions (1975)
  12. Texas Proposition 8, Revising the Mode of Amending the Constitution (1975)

Utah

  1. Utah Constitutional Tax Provisions, Proposition 2 (1996)
  2. Utah Terms Used to Refer to Local Government Officials, Proposition 1 (2000)

Vermont

  1. Gender Inclusive Language in the Vermont Constitution, Proposed Amendment (1994)
  2. Vermont "Justice" Used to Designate Supreme Court Judges (1913)
  3. Vermont Men and Women on Same Footing as Involuntary Indentured Servants (1924)
  4. Vermont Revision of Chapter 2 of the State Constitution (1913)

Washington

  1. Washington Constitutional Convention, (1918)
  2. Washington Deleting References to "Idiots", Amendment 83 (1988)

Wisconsin

  1. Wisconsin Amending Constitution Amendment, Question 1 (1914)
  2. Wisconsin Banking Laws Supermajority Requirement Amendment, Question 5 (April 1981)
  3. Wisconsin Constitution Ratification Referendum, Question 1 (1847)
  4. Wisconsin Constitution Ratification Referendum, Question 1 (1848)
  5. Wisconsin Correction of Redistricting Provision Amendment, Question 2 (1982)
  6. Wisconsin Deletion of 1881 Transitional Provision Amendment, Question 3 (1982)
  7. Wisconsin Deletion of 1902 Transitional Provision Amendment, Question 5 (1982)
  8. Wisconsin Deletion of Obsolete Provision Amendment, Question 3 (April 1986)
  9. Wisconsin Gender-Neutral Language in State Constitution, Amendment 2 (April 1995)
  10. Wisconsin Gender Neutral Wording Amendment, Question 1 (1982)
  11. Wisconsin Impeachment Language Amendment, Question 3 (1932)
  12. Wisconsin Legislative Creation of Corporations Amendment, Question 4 (April 1981)
  13. Wisconsin Legislative Roll Call Vote Amendment, Question 4 (1982)
  14. Wisconsin Local Debt Limit and School Bonds Amendment, Question 2 (April 1963)
  15. Wisconsin Modernizing Constitutional Text Amendment, Question 2 (April 1986)
  16. Wisconsin Redistricting Native American Exclusion Amendment, Question 1 (1962)
  17. Wisconsin Repeal of Draft Exemption Purchase Amendment, Question 6 (1982)
  18. Wisconsin Repeal of Obsolete Provisions Relating to Transition to Statehood Amendment, Question 7 (1982)
  19. Wisconsin Repeal of Provisions Relating to 1977 Court Reorganization Amendment, Question 8 (1982)
  20. Wisconsin Securing Inherent Rights Amendment, Question 4 (April 1986)
  21. Wisconsin Suffrage Definition Amendment, Question 1 (April 1986)
  22. Wisconsin Term Length Wording Amendment, Question 4 (April 1979)
  23. Wisconsin Terms of Office for Supreme Court Justices Amendment, Question 9 (1982)
  24. Wisconsin Women's Suffrage Amendment, Question 1 (1934)

2012

  1. Alabama Segregation Reference Ban Amendment, Amendment 4 (2012)
  2. South Dakota Corporate Language Amendment, Constitutional Amendment M (2012)

2010

  1. Kansas Voting Disqualification Amendment, Constitutional Amendment Question 2 (2010)
  2. New Mexico Modern Election Language Amendment, Amendment 3 (2010)

2008

  1. Arkansas Voting and Elections, Proposed Constitutional Amendment 1 (2008)
  2. Florida Property Rights and Illegal Aliens Act, Amendment 1 (2008)
  3. South Carolina Age of Consent, Amendment 1 (2008)

2007

  1. New Jersey Public Question Four (2007)

2004

  1. Nevada Constitution Language on Voting, Question 7 (2004)

2002

  1. Colorado Obsolete Constitutional Provisions, Referendum D (2002)
  2. Florida Death Penalty, Amendment 1 (2002)
  3. Florida Miami-Dade County Home Rule Charter, Amendment 3 (2002)

2001

  1. New York Gender-Neutral Language Amendment, Proposal 1 (2001)
  2. Texas Proposition 12 (2001)

2000

  1. Arizona Constitutional Textual Terminology, Proposition 101 (2000)
  2. Nebraska Gender Neutral State Constitution, Amendment 2 (2000)
  3. Utah Terms Used to Refer to Local Government Officials, Proposition 1 (2000)

1999

  1. Texas Proposition 14 (1999)
  2. Texas Proposition 3 (1999)

1998

  1. Florida Preservation of the Death Penalty, Amendment 2 (1998)
  2. Nebraska Constitution Prefix in Law Books, Amendment 7C (May 1998)
  3. Nebraska Constitutional Article Transfer, Amendment 7B (May 1998)
  4. Nebraska Township and Town References, Amendment 2D (1998)
  5. New Hampshire Gender Neutral Language Act, CACR 18 (1998)

1997

  1. Texas Proposition 4, Elimination of Obsolete Provisions of the Texas Constitution (1997)

1996

  1. Utah Constitutional Tax Provisions, Proposition 2 (1996)

1995

  1. Wisconsin Gender-Neutral Language in State Constitution, Amendment 2 (April 1995)

1994

  1. Gender Inclusive Language in the Vermont Constitution, Proposed Amendment (1994)

1992

  1. Colorado Referendum B (1992)
  2. Nevada Right to Vote and Hold Office Constitutional Language, Question 3 (1992)

1990

  1. Colorado Amendment 3 (1990)

1988

  1. Maine Removal of Gender Biased Language from Constitution Amendment (1988)
  2. Washington Deleting References to "Idiots", Amendment 83 (1988)

1986

  1. Wisconsin Deletion of Obsolete Provision Amendment, Question 3 (April 1986)
  2. Wisconsin Modernizing Constitutional Text Amendment, Question 2 (April 1986)
  3. Wisconsin Securing Inherent Rights Amendment, Question 4 (April 1986)
  4. Wisconsin Suffrage Definition Amendment, Question 1 (April 1986)

1982

  1. Florida Searches and Seizures Amendment, Amendment 1 (1982)
  2. Wisconsin Correction of Redistricting Provision Amendment, Question 2 (1982)
  3. Wisconsin Deletion of 1881 Transitional Provision Amendment, Question 3 (1982)
  4. Wisconsin Deletion of 1902 Transitional Provision Amendment, Question 5 (1982)
  5. Wisconsin Gender Neutral Wording Amendment, Question 1 (1982)
  6. Wisconsin Legislative Roll Call Vote Amendment, Question 4 (1982)
  7. Wisconsin Repeal of Draft Exemption Purchase Amendment, Question 6 (1982)
  8. Wisconsin Repeal of Obsolete Provisions Relating to Transition to Statehood Amendment, Question 7 (1982)
  9. Wisconsin Repeal of Provisions Relating to 1977 Court Reorganization Amendment, Question 8 (1982)
  10. Wisconsin Terms of Office for Supreme Court Justices Amendment, Question 9 (1982)

1981

  1. Wisconsin Banking Laws Supermajority Requirement Amendment, Question 5 (April 1981)
  2. Wisconsin Legislative Creation of Corporations Amendment, Question 4 (April 1981)

1980

  1. Florida Abolishing Constitution Revision Commission Amendment, Amendment 1 (1980)

1979

  1. Wisconsin Term Length Wording Amendment, Question 4 (April 1979)

1978

  1. Florida Basic Document Amendment, Amendment 1 (1978)

1976

  1. California Proposition 14 (June 1976)
  2. Ohio Referred Issue 2, Deletion of Obsolete Constitutional Provisions (1976)
  3. Ohio Referred Issue 4, Qualifications of Electors (June 1976)
  4. Ohio Referred Issue 8, Consolidation of State Constitutional Provisions Regarding Taxes (June 1976)

1975

  1. Texas Proposition 1, Separation of Powers, Legislative, and Executive Constitutional (April, 1975)
  2. Texas Proposition 2, Judiciary Constitutional Provisions (1975)
  3. Texas Proposition 3, Voter and Election Constitutional Provisions (1975)
  4. Texas Proposition 4, Education Constitutional Provisions (1975)
  5. Texas Proposition 5, Finance Constitutional Provisions (1975)
  6. Texas Proposition 6, Local Government Constitutional Provisions (1975)
  7. Texas Proposition 7, General Constitutional Provisions (1975)
  8. Texas Proposition 8, Revising the Mode of Amending the Constitution (1975)

1974

  1. California Proposition 11, Gender-Neutral Language in State Constitution (1974)
  2. Illinois Restrict Governor's Amendatory Veto Power, Amendment 1 (1974)
  3. Proposition 7, Revisions to California's Constitutional Declaration of Rights (1974)

1972

  1. California Proposition 10, Various Revisions of the State Constitution (June 1972)
  2. California Proposition 6, Miscellaneous Constitutional Revisions (1972)
  3. Florida Homestead Exemptions and Devise of Property, Amendment 5 (1972)

1970

  1. California Proposition 15, Revisions to the State Constitution (1970)
  2. California Proposition 17, Removal of Obsolete Social Welfare Provisions from State Constitution (1970)
  3. California Proposition 2, County and Municipal Governance in the State Constitution (June 1970)
  4. California Proposition 3, Public Utility, Corporation and Water in the State Constitution (June 1970)
  5. California Proposition 4, State Institutions in the California Constitution (June 1970)
  6. Illinois Constitution Ratification Question (1970)

1968

  1. Florida General Constitutional Revision, Amendment 3 (1968)

1966

  1. California Proposition 1A, the "Constitutional Revision Amendment" (1966)

1964

  1. Florida Addition Method for Revising State Constitution, Amendment 8 (1964)

1963

  1. Wisconsin Local Debt Limit and School Bonds Amendment, Question 2 (April 1963)

1962

  1. California Proposition 16, Repeal of Obsolete Constitutional Provisions (1962)
  2. California Proposition 7, State Legislature Allowed to Propose Constitutional Revisions (1962)
  3. Florida Constitutional Preamble Revision, Amendment 7 (1962)
  4. Florida Division of Powers Revision, Amendment 8 (1962)
  5. Florida State Boundaries Revision, Amendment 6 (1962)
  6. Wisconsin Redistricting Native American Exclusion Amendment, Question 1 (1962)

1960

  1. California Proposition 12, Removal of Obsolete Provisions from State Constitution (1960)

1958

  1. Florida "Daisy Chain" Amendment, Amendment 1 (1958)

1956

  1. Alaska Constitution Ratification, Proposition 1 (April 1956)

1953

  1. Ohio Eligibility of Women for Elective Office, Issue 5 (1953)
  2. Ohio Eliminate Conflicts with U.S. Constitution, Issue 4 (1953)
  3. Ohio Remove "White" from List of State Militia Qualifications, Issue 3 (1953)
  4. Ohio Repeal Obsolete Constitutional Provisions, Issue 8 (1953)

1952

  1. California Proposition 14, Repeal of Anti-Chinese Provisions in State Constitution (1952)

1949

  1. California Proposition 10, Repeal of State Constitution's Alcohol Provision (1949)
  2. California Proposition 11, State Constitutional Provisions About State Officers, Legislators and Judges (1949)
  3. California Proposition 4, Consolidated City and County Charters (1949)
  4. California Proposition 5, Expenses of the 1878-1879 Constitutional Convention (1949)
  5. California Proposition 6, Effective Dates of Statutes (1949)
  6. California Proposition 7, Revision of Tax Provisions in the State Constitution (1949)
  7. California Proposition 8, Constitutional Provisions Dealing with State Fiscal Affairs (1949)
  8. California Proposition 9, Rules for Adopting the 1879 State Constitution (1949)

1948

  1. Florida Constitutional Amendment Method, Amendment 5 (1948)

1944

  1. Florida Declaration of Rights, Amendment 5 (1944)

1942

  1. Florida Constitutional Amendments by Legislature, Amendment 2 (1942)

1934

  1. Wisconsin Women's Suffrage Amendment, Question 1 (1934)

1932

  1. Wisconsin Impeachment Language Amendment, Question 3 (1932)

1924

  1. Vermont Men and Women on Same Footing as Involuntary Indentured Servants (1924)

1923

  1. Ohio Issue 2, Remove "White Male" from Ohio Constitution (1923)

1918

  1. Washington Constitutional Convention, (1918)

1914

  1. Wisconsin Amending Constitution Amendment, Question 1 (1914)

1913

  1. Vermont "Justice" Used to Designate Supreme Court Judges (1913)
  2. Vermont Revision of Chapter 2 of the State Constitution (1913)

1912

  1. Ohio "White" Omission, Amendment 24 (September 1912)
  2. Ohio Amendment Schedule, Amendment 41 (September 1912)
  3. Ohio Constitutional Amendment Submission, Amendment 39 (September 1912)

1911

  1. Arizona Constitution Ratification (February 1911)
  2. Arizona Revised Constitution Ratification (December 1911)

1908

  1. Maine Constitutional Revision Election Amendment, Question 2 (September 1908)

Before 1900

  1. Wisconsin Constitution Ratification Referendum, Question 1 (1847)
  2. Wisconsin Constitution Ratification Referendum, Question 1 (1848)

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