1965 ballot measures
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This page provides a list of statewide ballot measures that appeared before voters in 1965.
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Alabama
See also: Alabama 1965 ballot measures
November 30
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 1 | Bond issues | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would become indebted up to $3 million through the sale of interest-bearing general obligation bonds for the purpose of improving the Alabama state docks. |
| 96,206 (75%) | 31,763 (25%) | |
| Amendment 10 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Baldwin County would be authorized to levy and collect a special district tax of no more than 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property in precincts one through seven for the purpose of funding public hospitals. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 80,389 (75%) | 26,487 (25%) | |
| Amendment 11 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries received or distributed by tax assessor and collector of Bullock County. |
| 64,058 (65%) | 34,955 (35%) | |
| Amendment 12 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Anniston in Calhoun County would be authorized to levy and collect a special school tax of no more than 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property in precincts one through seven for the purpose of funding public schools in Anniston. The tax would begin October 1, 1977 and continue to be levied for 30 years. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 78,320 (76%) | 24,403 (24%) | |
| Amendment 13 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The legislature may from time to time, by general, special or local laws, fix, regulate, and alter the costs and charges of courts in Dallas County, and the method of disbursement thereof." |
| 58,224 (61%) | 36,958 (39%) | |
| Amendment 14 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Fort Payne in DeKalb County would be authorized to levy and collect a special school tax of no more than $1 on each $100 of taxable property. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 77,770 (75%) | 25,321 (25%) | |
| Amendment 15 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The Legislature may by general or local law provide that a trial tax or charge on litigation of not more than _____ dollars ($____ ) shall be taxed as costs in any case, action, or proceeding hereafter filed in the Circuit Court of Etowah County, whether at law or in equity, and that a like tax or charge of not more than _____ dollars ($____ ) shall be taxed as cost in any case Hereafter filed in the Etowah County Court, the proceeds of such tax or charge shall be used for establishing, equipping, maintaining and operating the public law library in Etowah County established pursuant to Act No. 191, H. 596, which became effective August 1, 1955 (Acts of Alabama 1955, page 485), including the payment of the salaries of the personnel needed to operate such library." |
| 57,129 (60%) | 38,207 (40%) | |
| Amendment 16 | Salaries of government officials | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the Greene County sheriff and the clerk and register of the circuit court would be compensated on a salary basis. The sherif would receive $7,500 per annum in equal monthly installments. The clerk and register of the circuit court would receive $5,000 in equal monthly installments with a clerk-hire allowance of $1,000 per annum from the county treasury. |
| 77,363 (76%) | 25,068 (24%) | |
| Amendment 17 | Bond issues | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Henry County would become indebted up to $700,000 through he sale of interest-bearing general obligation bonds for the purpose of funding a county courthouse and jail. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 82,459 (78%) | 22,958 (22%) | |
| Amendment 18 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "Any corporation heretofore or hereafter created in any County of the State having a population of 500,000 according to the last or any subsequent Federal census, for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating a civic center in the municipality in which the county seat of such County is situated, shall be authorized, without the necessity of any election, to issue bonds, warrants or other evidence of indebtedness, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest due thereon the revenue received, or to be received, by such corporation, and also to pledge for such payment the proceeds derived, or to be derived, from any taxes made payable by the act, or acts, levying such taxes to the said public corporation, any provision of the Constitution of Alabama to the contrary notwithstanding. No securities issued by such corporation shall be considered indebtedness of such County or any municipality therein within the meaning of Sections 224 and 225 of the Constitution of Alabama. The rent or rentals that the County or the said municipality may be obligated to pay under the terms of any lease between the said corporation and the said County or the said municipality shall not be considered in determining whether the County or the municipality has exceeded the debt limitation prescribed for the County or the municipality, as the case may be, by any provision of the Constitution of Alabama." |
| 69,724 (66%) | 35,628 (34%) | |
| Amendment 19 | Utility policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would provide for the establishing of a fire department and garbage management department in Jefferson County. A charge would be levied for such services within the districts of Jefferson County and bonds may be issued to cover any other costs incurred by the provision of such services. |
| 80,195 (75%) | 26,794 (25%) | |
| Amendment 2 | Constitutional rights | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that those individuals over 21 and citizens of the U.S. would be permitted to register to vote, provided that they can read and write. |
| 93,647 (72%) | 37,137 (28%) | |
| Amendment 20 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Birmingham would be authorized to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax of 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property. The revenue from the tax would be used to make payments on bonds. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 70,845 (66%) | 36,424 (34%) | |
| Amendment 21 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries received or distributed by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor and collector, clerk of the circuit court, and register of the circuit court of Lauderdale County. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 72,674 (75%) | 24,774 (25%) | |
| Amendment 22 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Auburn would be authorized to levy and collect an additional one-fifth of one percent tax on taxable property. The revenue from the tax would be used to fund public recreational projects. The tax would not be levied for more than 25 years. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 74,395 (76%) | 23,996 (24%) | |
| Amendment 23 | Public land policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to establish public body corporates in Lauderdale and Limestone Counties for the purpose of managing the Elk River watershed area. |
| 67,338 (71%) | 27,750 (29%) | |
| Amendment 24 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Lester in Limestone County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The city would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 70,434 (76%) | 22,846 (24%) | |
| Amendment 25 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "For the promotion of local industrial, commercial or agricultural development, Madison County and the City of Huntsville shall each have full and continuing power (a) to purchase, construct, lease and otherwise acquire industrial, commercial and agricultural projects, including real and personal property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind whatsoever, (b) to lease, sell, exchange or otherwise convey all or any part of any such project to any person, firm or corporation, and (c) after an approving election if required as hereinafter provided, to sell and issue for such purposes interest-bearing general obligation bonds. Neither the county nor the city shall issue any bonds under the authority of this amendment, other than bonds issued to finance the acquisition of industrial sites, unless the question of the issuance of such bonds has first been submitted to the qualified electors of the county or the city." |
| 62,836 (71%) | 25,835 (29%) | |
| Amendment 26 | Bond issues | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "To authorize any municipality in Marion County that has issued or may hereafter issue securities pursuant to the amendment to the constitution proposed by Act No. 1 enacted at the Second Special Session of 1950 of the Legislature of Alabama to issue refunding securities, to invest (under certain conditions) the proceeds from the sale of such securities pending need therefor in certain specified investments, to issue securities for the combined purpose of refunding other such securities and of acquiring, constructing, extending or improving industrial or manufacturing plants or properties, to pledge certain revenues and taxes for payment of any such securities and to mortgage certain properties as security therefor; to provide that any securities issued by a municipality pursuant to said amendment may be general obligations of such municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment; to provide that revenue bonds issued by a municipality under the provisions of such amendment shall not be considered indebtedness of such municipality for certain constitutional debt limit purposes; to specify and provide a limit upon the amount of indebtedness, other than that evidenced by revenue securities, that a municipality may incur under the provisions of said amendment; to specify that certain securities for which payment has been provided in a certain specified manner shall not be considered indebtedness of such municipality for certain constitutional debt limit pruposes [sic]; to require an election in any such municipality as a condition precedent to its exercise of powers thereunder, except that if a majority of those voting in any such municipality on the question of the adoption of said amendment vote in favor thereof no further election in such municipality shall be required; and to grant to the Legislature the power to adopt laws in furtherance of the purposes of said amendment, notwithstanding any contrary provisions of Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama." |
| 70,191 (75%) | 23,079 (25%) | |
| Amendment 27 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public land policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The Legislature may by general, special, private or local laws authorize the formation in any manner of a public corporation for the development of Bear Creek, its tributaries and watershed, for the purposes of navigation, water conservation and supply, flood control, irrigation, industrial development, public recreation, and related purposes, and may authorize the counties of Marion, Colbert, Franklin and Winston and all municipalities lying within Marion, Colbert, Franklin and Winston Counties to donate or contribute public funds to such .public corporation and may authorize such public corporation to enter into contracts with the United States of America or any agency thereof, and with the several states or political subdivisions thereof, and with other public or private corporation organized within any of the several states, for the development of the Bear Creek watershed, and may authorize such public corporation to acquire by purchase, construction, lease, gift, condemnation, or otherwise property of any kind, real, personal or mixed, to mortgage or sell its property and to issue revenue bonds and other revenue securities payable solely out of revenues accruing to such public corporation, and may exempt such public corporation from all taxation in the State of Alabama, and may grant such public corporation all other powers and privileges which may be necessary and proper for the full development of said Bear Creek watershed. The provisions of Sections 106, 222 and 225 of the Constitution of Alabama shall not apply to any public corporation which may be organized pursuant to enabling legislation herein authorized or to any revenue bonds and other revenue securities at any time issued by such public corporation. Such public corporation shall be deemed a political subdivision of the State of Alabama. Nothing herein shall authorize any such public corporation to engage in or finance, directly or indirectly, the production, transmission, or sale of electric power. The area comprising the Bear Creek watershed shall include such land defined in enabling legislation herein authorized as shall lie within the counties of Marion, Colbert, Franklin and Winston." |
| 60,629 (68%) | 28,489 (32%) | |
| Amendment 28 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "A. The terms 'three mills' be, and the same hereby are, changed to read 'six mills' wherever the same appears in Paragraphs B and C of Amendment CXCV to the Constitution of Alabama. B. The parenthetical phrase '(after deduction of costs of assessment and collection thereof pursuant to any statutory provisions at the time applicable)' appearing in Paragraph D of Amendment CXCV to the Constitution of Alabama be, and the same hereby is, deleted therefrom. C. Paragraph E of Amendment CXCV to the Constitution of Alabama be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows: The rate of ad valorem taxation for general municipal purposes that is at the time otherwise permitted by the Constitution to each particular municipal corporation in Mobile County shall be reduced for the tax year of the municipality next succeeding any tax year of Mobile County for which the special tax shall have been levied at a rate exceeding one and one-half mills on each dollar of taxable property -in the county, any such reduction to be by a rate of millage equal to the rate by which the special tax levied for that tax year exceeds one and one-half mills on each dollar of such taxable property or by one and one-half mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county, whichever shall be the lesser reduction. D. If a majority of the qualified electors of Mobile County participating in the election on the adoption of this amendment shall vote in favor thereof, then the approval of this amendment expressed by said vote shall of itself authorize the special tax and in that event no additional election by the voters of Mobile County shall be required to authorize the levy of the special tax." |
| 78,974 (65%) | 42,945 (35%) | |
| Amendment 29 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries received or distributed by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor and collector, clerk of the circuit court, and register of the circuit court of Shelby County. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 74,651 (79%) | 19,567 (21%) | |
| Amendment 3 | Bond issues | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Madison County would become indebted up to $1.9 million through he sale of interest-bearing general obligation bonds for the purpose of facilitating permanent facilities in Madison County for the U.S. Army and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
| 92,506 (76%) | 29,761 (24%) | |
| Amendment 30 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Sumter County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The county would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 69,993 (76%) | 21,934 (24%) | |
| Amendment 31 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Livingston in Sumter County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The city would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 67,722 (75%) | 22,265 (25%) | |
| Amendment 32 and 33 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Talladega County would be authorized to levy and collect a special school district tax of 30 cents on each $100 of taxable property. The revenue from the tax would be used to fund public schools. The tax would not be levied for more than 20 years. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 65,339 (74%) | 23,553 (26%) | |
| Amendment 34 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Jasper would be authorized to levy and collect a special tax of one-half of one percent on the value of taxable property. The revenue from the tax would be used to fund public schools. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 70,130 (77%) | 20,880 (23%) | |
| Amendment 35 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Winston County would be authorized to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax of five mills on each dollar of taxable property. The revenue from the tax would be used to fund public medical facilities and would not be collected for more than 20 years. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 68,862 (75%) | 22,393 (25%) | |
| Amendment 36 | County and municipal governance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The legislature shall not pass a special or local law affecting Winston County or any city, town, village, district, or other such political subdivision of the county, unless the operation of such law shall be approved by a vote of the duly qualified electors of such county city, town, village, district, or other political subdivision of the county, at an election held for such purpose, in the manner prescribed by such law." |
| 59,974 (68%) | 28,623 (32%) | |
| Amendment 37 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the cities of Addison and Lynn in Winston County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The cities would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, they would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors in each city. |
| 67,463 (75%) | 22,852 (25%) | |
| Amendment 4 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "In computing net income for state income tax purposes for the calendar year 1965 and each year thereafter, a resident individual taxpayer shall be allowed to deduct from his gross income the amount of federal income tax paid or accrued within the taxable year. A nonresident individual income taxpayer shall be allowed to deduct only that amount of federal income tax paid or accrued in the taxable year on income received from sources within the state." |
| 107,348 (84%) | 19,917 (16%) | |
| Amendment 5 | Criminal trials; State judiciary structure | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the solititors and prosecuting officers in criminal cases for the state in the judicial circuit shall henceforth be called district attorneys. All references to circuit solicitor or similar verbiage would be referencing the district attorney. |
| 96,274 (80%) | 24,097 (20%) | |
| Amendment 6 | Water irrigation policy; County and municipal governance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The legislature may by general, special or local laws authorize the formation of a body corporate for the development of one or more irrigation districts for the purposes of providing irrigation and water conservation in the State of Alabama, and may authorize the counties and municipalities lying within the boundaries of such district or districts to contribute public funds to such body corporate, and may authorize such body corporate to enter into contract with the government of the United States or any agency thereof, and with other States or political subdivisions thereof, and with other bodies corporate organized within this or other states for the development of one or more irrigation districts in the State of Alabama, and may authorize such body corporate to issue revenue bonds payable solely out of revenues accruing to such body corporate, and may authorize such body corporate to do and perform all other such acts necessary and proper for the full development of said Alabama irrigation district or districts provided, however, nothing herein shall authorize any such public corporation to engage in or finance, directly or indirectly, the production, transmission or sale of electric power." |
| 77,800 (69%) | 34,678 (31%) | |
| Amendment 7 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each municipality in Geneva County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The cities would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. |  | 44,361 (44%) | 56,803 (56%) | |
| Amendment 8 | Public economic investment policy; Bond issues | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "Revenue bonds at any time issued by a municipality (a) for the purpose of enlarging, improving or expanding any manufacturing, industrial or commercial project then owned by such municipality and acquired by it pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 756 enacted at the 1951 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as heretofore amended, or (b) for the combined purpose of so enlarging, improving or expanding any such project and of refunding any revenue bonds theretofore issued by it under said Act No. 756, shall not be deemed to constitute bonds or indebtedness of such municipality within the meaning of Sections 222 and 225 of this Constitution if by their terms such bonds are not made a charge on the general credit or tax revenues of the issuing municipality and are made payable solely out of revenues to be derived by such municipality from the leasing of such projects as so enlarged, improved or expanded. Each municipality in the state is hereby authorized so to issue such revenue bonds, for either or both such purposes, at any time and from time to time and on the same terms and conditions, with the necessary changes in details, as prescribed in said Act No. 756 for the issuance of revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring such a project, anything in the Constitution of this state or in said Act No. 756 to the contrary notwithstanding." |
| 67,490 (59%) | 47,716 (41%) | |
| Amendment 9 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries received or distributed by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor and collector, clerk of the circuit court, and register of the circuit court of Baldwin County. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 85,568 (78%) | 23,832 (22%) |
Arizona
See also: Arizona 1965 ballot measures
October 19
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 100 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Provide for the increase of the state borrowing limit to 100 million dollars | | 38,924 (18%) | 178,124 (82%) | |
| Proposition 101 | Bond issues | Require that questions on bond issues or special assessments of political subdivisions be voted on by property taxpayers | | 44,098 (20%) | 171,432 (80%) |
Florida
See also: Florida 1965 ballot measures
November 2
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 1 | State judiciary structure | Prescribe the number of appellate districts within the state and the number of judges to serve each district |
| 394,039 (70%) | 172,633 (30%) | |
| Amendment 2 | State judiciary structure | Authorize the legislature to provide an additional county judge in Lake County |
| 357,866 (68%) | 171,458 (32%) | |
| Amendment 3 | State judiciary structure | Establish that the Palm Beach County clerk of the circuit court shall also be the clerk of the criminal court of record |
| 364,754 (71%) | 149,144 (29%) | |
| Amendment 4 | Bond issues; Highways and bridges | Allow for the issuance of up to $300,000,000 of bonds for construction and reconstruction of roads | | 275,016 (39%) | 424,434 (61%) | |
| Amendment 5 | Vehicle and driver regulations | Expand the definition of “motor vehicles” for taxation purposes |
| 339,427 (52%) | 319,436 (48%) |
Maine
See also: Maine 1965 ballot measures
November 2
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | Housing development funding; Bond issues; Higher education funding | Issue $3.960 million for the construction of self-liquidating student housing and dining facilities at teachers' colleges and vocational-technical schools |
| 40,116 (83%) | 8,467 (17%) | |
| Question 2 | Highways and bridges; Bond issues | Issue $9.6 million in bonds for the construction of state highways |
| 38,244 (80%) | 9,846 (20%) | |
| Question 3 | Bond issues; Higher education funding | Issue $6 million in bonds for the construction of student housing at University of Maine |
| 38,033 (79%) | 10,043 (21%) | |
| Question 4 | Bond issues; Higher education funding | Issue $6.97 million in bonds for capital improvements at the University of Maine |
| 37,416 (78%) | 10,522 (22%) | |
| Question 5 | Juvenile criminal justice; Bond issues; Prison and jail funding | Issue $500k in bonds for the construction and renovation of the Boys' Training Center, Maine State Prison and Stevens School |
| 40,299 (84%) | 7,793 (16%) | |
| Question 6 | Public education funding; Higher education funding; Bond issues | Issue $500,000 in bonds to establish York County Regional Vocational Education Center |
| 29,461 (62%) | 17,942 (38%) | |
| Question 7 | Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements; Constitutional wording changes | Remove the voting restriction against paupers and clarify restriction against those under guardianship to those under guardianship for intellectual disabilities |
| 28,233 (60%) | 18,630 (40%) | |
| Question 8 | Public economic investment policy | Extend state guaranteed loans for industrial purposes to personal property |
| 31,685 (68%) | 14,632 (32%) | |
| Question 9 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Allow for state guaranteed loans up to $10 million on real estate and personal property for recreational projects |
| 29,647 (64%) | 16,606 (36%) |
Missouri
See also: Missouri 1965 ballot measures
August 17
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 1 | Executive official term limits | Limit a person to being elected Governor twice or only once if they have served more than two years of another person’s elected term |
| 204,987 (73%) | 75,968 (27%) | |
| Amendment 2 | Local government finance and taxes | Authorize cities to sell, in addition to leasing, manufacturing and industrial development plants built with revenue bond proceeds |
| 176,942 (65%) | 94,882 (35%) | |
| Amendment 3 | Redistricting policy; State legislative processes and sessions; State legislative structure | Set the size of the state House and Senate | | 112,211 (41%) | 160,568 (59%) |
New York
See also: New York 1965 ballot measures
November 2
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 9 | Election administration and governance; Public employee retirement funds | Allow the city of New York to increase pension benefits to retired members of department of street cleaning and their widows and dependent children or parents, and provide that elections, except of judicial officers, of city officers, and county officers in any county wholly within a city, except to fill vacancies, shall be held in odd-numbered years |
| 1,617,270 (55%) | 1,310,803 (45%) | |
| Proposed Amendment No. 1 | State executive powers and duties | Require the governor to submit the executive budget to the state legislature by February 1 in each year following the year fixed by the Constitution for the election of the governor and lieutenant governor, and by the second Tuesday following the first day of the annual meeting of the legislature in other years |
| 1,882,387 (62%) | 1,170,320 (38%) | |
| Proposed Amendment No. 2 | Judicial term limits | Establish that the term length of justices of town courts cannot be less than four years, starting from the first day of January after their election | | 1,379,294 (46%) | 1,622,926 (54%) | |
| Proposed Amendment No. 3 | State legislative term limits | Increase the term length of state senators and assemblymen from two years to four years, starting in 1966 | | 1,221,793 (40%) | 1,806,245 (60%) | |
| Proposed Amendment No. 4 | Public assistance programs; State legislative authority | Authorize the state legislature to make provisions for nursing home accommodations for low income individuals |
| 1,584,127 (52%) | 1,474,130 (48%) | |
| Proposed Amendment No. 5 | Eminent domain policy; Housing development funding | Extend the authority of state and municipalities to make loans and grant power of eminent domain to partnerships, trusts and corporations engaged in providing housing facilities | | 1,215,721 (41%) | 1,719,041 (59%) | |
| Proposed Amendment No. 6 | State legislative processes and sessions | Provide that proposed amendments to the state constitution adopted by the legislature in one session be published for three months prior to the next general election and before the next legislative session | | 1,191,595 (41%) | 1,682,195 (59%) | |
| Proposed Amendment No. 7 | Judicial term limits; Age limits for officials; State judicial authority; State judiciary oversight | Authorize any former judge of the Surrogate's Court in any county within New York city or in Nassau, Suffolk or Westchester counties, as well as to former Court of Appeals Judges and former Supreme Court Justices, to perform the duties of Supreme Court Justices until December 31 of the year when they turn 76 years old | | 1,328,360 (46%) | 1,540,430 (54%) | |
| Proposed Amendment No. 8 | Public land policy; Airport infrastructure | Authorize the state to give 28 acres to the town of Arrieta for the development of Piseco airport in exchange for 30 acres for the state |
| 1,616,165 (56%) | 1,278,375 (44%) | |
| Proposed Question No. 1 | State constitutional conventions | Hold a convention to revise the state constitution |
| 1,681,438 (53%) | 1,468,431 (47%) | |
| Proposition 1 | Bond issues; Pollution, waste, and recycling policy; Sewage and stormwater | Issue $1 billion in bonds for the development of sewage treatment facilities |
| 3,037,370 (81%) | 718,398 (19%) | |
| Proposition 2 | Bond issues; Housing assistance programs | Increase the maximum aggregate amount of state periodic subsidies by $9 million and issue of $200 million in bonds for slum clearance and low-rent housing | | 1,227,584 (37%) | 2,115,134 (63%) | |
| Proposition 3 | Housing assistance programs; Bond issues | Increase the maximum aggregate amount of state subsidies for low-rent housing and urban renewal purposes by $13.5 million | | 1,139,715 (35%) | 2,127,721 (65%) |
North Carolina
See also: North Carolina 1965 ballot measures
November 2
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Bonds Referendum | Bond issues; Highways and bridges | Issue $300 million in bonds for highways |
| 245,194 (76%) | 77,517 (24%) | |
| Intermediate Court of Appeals Amendment | State judiciary structure | Authorize an intermediate court of appeals within the appellate division of the general court of justice |
| 227,917 (74%) | 81,701 (26%) |
North Dakota
See also: North Dakota 1965 ballot measures
September 21
| Type | Title | Subject | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initiative 2 | Taxes | | 51,836 (39%) | 82,191 (61%) | |
| Initiative 3 | Taxes | | 51,081 (38%) | 83,610 (62%) | |
| Referendum 1 | Bond issues; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | | 54,045 (40%) | 79,638 (60%) | |
| Referendum 4 | Taxes | | 37,886 (28%) | 99,269 (72%) |
Ohio
See also: Ohio 1965 ballot measures
November 2
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creation of a Local Urban Service Authority Amendment | County and municipal governance | Allow electors to vote on the creation of a local Urban Service Authority. | | 892,657 (40%) | 1,346,597 (60%) | |
| Judges Serving on Multiple Courts Amendment | State judiciary | Authorize judges in counties with a population of less than 40,000 to serve on more than one court |
| 1,194,966 (53%) | 1,073,671 (47%) | |
| Tax Increase for School Foundation Program Amendment | Education; Taxes | Recalculate the School Foundation Program and guarantee loans to residents attending institutions of higher education | | 805,762 (32%) | 1,717,724 (68%) |
May 4
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds for Industrial Development Amendment | Public economic investment policy | Guarantee funds for industrial development. |
| 711,031 (57%) | 542,802 (43%) | |
| Guarantees of High Education Loans Amendment | Education | Provide guarantees of loans for higher education. |
| 847,927 (66%) | 438,945 (34%) | |
| House of Representatives Redistricting Amendment | Redistricting policy; State legislatures measures | Provide for the apportionment of the House of Representatives | | 595,288 (47%) | 681,823 (53%) | |
| Issuance of Development Bonds Amendment | Bond issues; Public economic investment policy | Authorize the state to borrow up to $290,000,000 and issue state bonds for development purposes until December 31, 1970 |
| 715,642 (57%) | 548,557 (43%) |
Oklahoma
See also: Oklahoma 1965 ballot measures
December 14
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Question 433 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Authorize $54,750,000 for state construction projects, funded by cigarette taxes, General Revenue Fund, specific tax proceeds, and bond issuance. |
| 101,340 (77%) | 31,116 (23%) |
September 14
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Question 430 | Education; Taxes | Amend the State Constitution to authorize school districts to enact a property tax levy approved by voters. |
| 125,779 (68%) | 59,535 (32%) |
April 27
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Question 425 | Taxes | Enact a one cent sales tax to increase the sales tax to three cents with funds dedicated to the state's General Revenue Fund. | | 171,123 (37%) | 293,278 (63%) | |
| State Question 426 | Bond issues | Authorize $56,750,000 in debt for government construction, using cigarette tax revenue, General Revenue Fund allocations, and specific tax proceeds. | | 199,512 (43%) | 261,229 (57%) | |
| State Question 427 | Transportation; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Authorize a Joint Resolution to issue $60,000,000 in Highway Revenue Notes to fund road maintenance with an interest rate of 3.5%. | | 213,953 (46%) | 247,256 (54%) |
Pennsylvania
See also: Pennsylvania 1965 ballot measures
November 2
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | State judiciary | allow for a law empowering the state supreme court chief justice to assign former judges temporarily to courts for the disposal of business |
| 1,041,821 (75%) | 351,737 (25%) | |
| Question 2 | Taxes | exempt persons earning less than $1,000 per year from paying occupation privilege taxes |
| 1,141,176 (80%) | 292,700 (20%) |
Texas
See also: Texas 1965 ballot measures
November 2
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 1 | Education | Establish a payment method for building and improving state higher education facilities |
| 288,429 (60%) | 195,931 (40%) | |
| Proposition 10 | State legislatures measures | Provide for four-year terms for state representatives | | 141,184 (29%) | 343,236 (71%) | |
| Proposition 2 | Veterans policy | Increase the amount of bonds that may be issued by the veterans' land board by $200 million to a total of $400 million | | 237,957 (49%) | 246,567 (51%) | |
| Proposition 3 | Administration of government; Public assistance programs | Allow legislative action for state cooperation with the federal government in offering aid and medical care to the needy |
| 347,218 (70%) | 148,097 (30%) | |
| Proposition 4 | State executive official measures | Extend the length of elected executive office to four years | | 225,987 (45%) | 277,892 (55%) | |
| Proposition 5 | Public employee retirement funds; Administration of government | Establish the Teacher Retirement System as a state agency and authorize a board of trustees to invest assets into certain investments |
| 332,431 (68%) | 153,667 (32%) | |
| Proposition 6 | Education | Authorize student loans at institutions of higher education and create the Texas Opportunity Plan Fund |
| 320,396 (66%) | 167,011 (34%) | |
| Proposition 7 | Taxes | Providing for the exemption of certain charitable organizations from local ad valorem property tax | | 224,838 (47%) | 256,713 (53%) | |
| Proposition 8 | State judiciary | Impose a mandatory retirement age on district and appellate judges and create the State Judicial Qualifications Commission |
| 352,879 (73%) | 133,238 (27%) | |
| Proposition 9 | Salaries of government officials; State legislatures measures | Allow the legislature to set lieutenant governor and speaker salaries, and adjust legislator per diem | | 210,953 (44%) | 272,514 (56%) |
September 7
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 1 | Redistricting policy; State legislatures measures | Increase the Texas Senate to 39 members, set the House at 150, base senate apportionment on population, and remove requirement limiting counties to one senator | | 85,951 (39%) | 136,461 (61%) |
Wisconsin
See also: Wisconsin 1965 ballot measures
April 6
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | Gambling policy | Allow Wisconsin citizens to participate in free promotional lotteries |
| 454,390 (70%) | 194,327 (30%) | |
| Question 2 | Local government officials and elections | Abolish the positions of county coroner and county surveyor in counties with a population of 500,000 or more |
| 380,059 (64%) | 215,169 (36%) |
Other years
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See also
Ballotpedia
Footnotes
