1967 ballot measures
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Alabama
See also: Alabama 1967 ballot measures
December 5
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 1 | Bond issues | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The State of Alabama is authorized to become indebted and to sell and issue interest bearing bonds, in addition to all other bonds of the state, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $15,000,000. The proceeds derived from the sale of said bonds shall be used solely for the purpose of paying the expenses incurred in the sale and issuance thereof and for the acquisition, construction and improvement of mental health facilities, including (a) improvements to the existing state hospitals for the mentally ill known as Bryce and Searcy Hospitals and to the existing state facilities for treatment and care of the mentally retarded known as Partlow School, for which improvements not exceeding $3,000,000 of the proceeds from the said bonds may be used, (b) acquisition by construction and otherwise of one or more new state facilities- and regional centers, or either, for treatment and care of the mentally retarded, for which purpose not exceeding $9,000,000 of the proceeds from the said bonds may be used, and (c) acquisition by construction and otherwise of regional and community-based mental health centers and regional and community-based centers for treatment and care of the mentally retarded, for which purpose not exceeding $3,000,000 of the proceeds from the said bonds may be used; provided, that bond proceeds may be used for a center referred to in the foregoing clause (c) only if a portion of the cost of that center is to be paid out of funds supplied by federal grant or by contribution of local political subdivisions or other local sources, or by both federal grant and such contribution. The improvement of a facility shall be deemed to include the renovation, modernization, remodeling, and equipment thereof and the construction of additions thereto; and the construction of a facility shall be deemed to include the acquisition of real estate sites and equipment therefor. Said bonds shall be sold only at a duly advertised public sale or sales, upon sealed bids or at auction, to the bidder whose bid reflects the lowest net interest cost to the state for the bonds offered for sale, and shall be sold at not less than their face value plus accrued interest thereon. Said bonds shall be direct general obligations of the state and for the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon the full faith and credit of the state are hereby irrevocably pledged. In addition thereto, there is hereby specially and irrevocably pledged for payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds, pro rata and without priority of one bond over another by reason of prior issuance or otherwise, that portion of an additional privilege and license tax on the sale, storage, use, consumption, or delivery of cigarettes, levied by an act adopted at the 1967 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, that was appropriated in the said act to the purpose of acquiring and constructing mental health facilities in the state. The said special pledge shall create a charge on the tax proceeds herein specially pledged prior to all other charges or expenses for any purpose. The bonds issued under this amendment and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. The Legislature shall adopt appropriate enabling legislation to carry out the intent and purpose of this amendment." |
| 72,272 (76%) | 23,043 (24%) | |
| Amendment 10 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Mobile County would be authorized to levy and collect a special tax not to exceed 20 cents on each $100 of taxable property to help fund public medical facilities.The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 51,588 (66%) | 26,844 (34%) | |
| Amendment 11 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Walker County would be authorized to levy and collect a special district tax not to exceed 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property in District Two to help fund a public hospital.The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 45,366 (69%) | 20,741 (31%) | |
| Amendment 12 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Carbon Hill in Walker 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, 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. |
| 42,967 (65%) | 22,689 (35%) | |
| Amendment 13 | 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 costs and charges of Elmore County courts. |
| 35,509 (58%) | 25,578 (42%) | |
| 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 seven and one-half mills on each dollar of taxable property within the city. The revenue from the tax would be used to fund public schools. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 39,602 (66%) | 20,225 (34%) | |
| Amendment 15 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | 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 or more, 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 evidences of indebtedness, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest due thereon any revenues received, or to be received, by such corporation and any tax proceeds appropriated or allocated (in whole or in part) to such public corporation by or pursuant to any act of the Legislature of Alabama or by or pursuant to any resolution or ordinance of such county or any municipality therein, any provision of the Constitution or laws of Alabama to the contrary notwithstanding. No such bonds, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness 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 any such municipality may be obligated to pay under the terms of any lease between the said corporation and the said county or any such municipality shall not be considered as indebtedness of said county or any such municipality within the meaning of Sections 224 and 225 of the Constitution of Alabama. No tax levied by the State or any municipality or county of the State shall apply to any such corporation, unless such tax applies to the county and the city wherein the corporation is located. The word 'tax' as herein used, shall include any ad valorem tax, or other direct tax, and any excise, privilege or license tax. The following are hereby in all things validated and confirmed, any provision or provisions of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 to the contrary notwithstanding: Acts numbered 524, 525 and 547 enacted at the 1965 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama; Act No. 114 enacted at the Second Special Session of 1965 of the Legislature of Alabama; and all corporations established by said Act No. 547, as well as all acts done under the authority of any of said Acts, including (without limitation) the acquisition of property, the making of contracts and the incurring of obligations and liabilities. Further, that certain bill introduced in the Alabama House of Representatives on August 3, 1967 as House Bill 823, as said bill was finally enacted into law, is hereby validated and confirmed, any provision of the Constitution of 1901 to the contrary notwithstanding; provided that said bill (or a substitute therefor) is enacted by the Legislature of Alabama and is approved by the Governor (or becomes law without such approval)." |
| 44,200 (67%) | 21,961 (33%) | |
| Amendment 16 | Taxes; Constitutional wording changes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "(A) The purpose of this amendment is to clarify and make further provisions regarding the public school purposes for which the following special school taxes, heretofore voted in the school district of the City of Anniston, may be applied: (1) the special annual ad valorem school tax at the rate of Fifty Cents (50¢) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of taxable property which was voted for public school purposes at the special election held in the said school district on March 16, 1948, pursuant to call of the said election made in that certain amendment to the Constitution proposed by Act No. 587 adopted at the 1947 Regular Session of the Legislature (sometimes known as, and herein called, Amendment 68), and which was levied by Amendment 68 for public school purposes in the said school district for a period of thirty years commencing with the tax year beginning October 1, 1947, and with the last year's tax being payable October 1, 1977; and (2) the special annual ad valorem school tax at the same rate which was voted for public school purposes at the special election held in the said school district on February 15, 1966, pursuant to call of the said election made in that certain amendment to the Constitution proposed by Act No. 72 adopted at the 1965 Regular Session of the Legislature (sometimes known as, and herein called, Amendment 232), and which was levied by Amendment 232 for public school purposes in the said school district for a period of thirty years commencing with the tax year beginning October 1, 1977, and with the first year's tax being payable October 1, 1978. (B) In addition to the public school purposes specifically mentioned in Amendment 68, in Amendment 232, and in that certain amendment to the Constitution, supplemental to Amendment 68, that was proposed by Act No. 1045 adopted at the 1961 Regular Session of the Legislature (sometimes known as, and herein called, Amendment 165), that portion of the proceeds from the special school tax levied by Amendment 68 in the school district of the City of Anniston that is not needed to pay debt service on bonds heretofore issued by the City of Anniston under Amendment 68 or under Amendment 165, or to comply with any other covenants contained in proceedings authorizing the issuance of the said bonds, and also the proceeds from the special school tax levied by Amendment 23 2, may be used to pay the principal of and interest on any securities (including, but without limitation to, warrants) that may hereafter be issued by the City of Anniston, pursuant to request by the City Board of Education of Anniston, for the purpose of (i) paying costs of acquiring, constructing and improving public school buildings in the said school district, (ii) refunding the principal of warrants or other securities issued by the said city, after the effective date of Amendment 232, for payment of costs of acquisition, construction and improvement of public school buildings, or (iii) the combined purpose pf payment of such costs and such refunding. Costs of constructing a school building shall be deemed to include the costs of acquiring a site therefor. Any such securities may be either general obligations of the City of Anniston secured by a pledge of the proceeds of either or both of the said school taxes or may be special obligations of the said city payable solely out of and secured by a pledge of the proceeds of either or both of the said taxes; and any such securities shall be issued by the said city pursuant to the powers conferred on municipalities by existing statutes. Any pledges that may hereafter be made either hereunder or under Amendment 232, with respect to the proceeds from the special school tax levied by Amendment 232, shall take precedence in the order in which they are made. Any pledges that may hereafter be made either hereunder or under Amendment 165, with respect to the proceeds from the special school tax levied by Amendment 68, shall take precedence in the order in which they are made and shall be subordinate to the pledges heretofore made by the City of Anniston pursuant to either Amendment 68 or Amendment 165. If the proceeds of the tax levied by Amendment 232, should at any time be pledged pursuant to either this amendment or Amendment 232, the Tax Collector of Calhoun County shall, upon collection thereof, pay such proceeds to the City of Anniston; and until the proceeds of the special tax levied by Amendment 232, are so pledged, he shall pay such proceeds to the Board of Education of the City of Anniston. If pledges are hereunder made with respect to either or both of the said special school taxes, and if the governing body of the City of Anniston shall hereafter determine that the proceeds from the tax or taxes so pledged are in excess of the amount needed to satisfy the said pledges and any other then outstanding pledges made under any of the other amendments herein referred to, then the said proceeds, to the extent of the said excess, may be applied for other public school purposes in the said school district. (C) The provisions hereof are supplemental to Amendments 68, 165, and 232 and the powers and authority herein granted shall be in addition to the powers and authority conferred by the said amendments. (D) Each of the said special elections held as aforesaid on March 16, 1948, and on February 15, 1966, is hereby validated, in spite of any irregularities in connection with the giving of notice or the holding thereof or any other irregularity in connection therewith." |
| 44,671 (69%) | 20,425 (31%) | |
| Amendment 2 | Bond issues | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The State of Alabama is authorized to become indebted for acquiring, providing, constructing, developing, and equipping state parks and park facilities, and in evidence of the indebtedness so incurred to issue and sell, in addition to all other bonds of the State, interest bearing general obligation bonds of the State, not exceeding forty-three million dollars (43,000,000) in principal amount. The proceeds from the sale of any such bonds shall, after payment of the reasonable and necessary expenses of their issuance, be set aside in the state treasury in a special trust fund designated "State Parks Bond Proceeds Fund" and shall be disbursed therefrom on order of the Director of Conservation, approved by the Governor, for payment of costs of acquiring, providing, constructing, developing and equipping state parks and park facilities; provided, that any proceeds held in the State Parks Bond Proceeds Fund for more than thirty days shall be invested in securities which are direct and general obligations of the United States of America. The said bonds shall be direct general obligations of the state, and for the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon the full faith and credit of the state are hereby irrevocably pledged. In addition thereto, there is hereby specially and irrevocably pledged for payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds, pro rata and without priority of one bond over another by reason of prior issuance or otherwise, so much as may be necessary for said purpose of that portion of an additional privilege and license tax on the sale, storage, use, consumption, or delivery of cigarettes, levied by an act introduced at the 1967 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama as Senate Bill 280, that was appropriated in the said act to the development of state parks and state park facilities. The said special pledge shall create a charge on the tax proceeds herein specially pledged prior to all other charges or expenses for state park purposes or any other purposes whatever." |
| 62,650 (68%) | 29,125 (32%) | |
| Amendment 3 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "Section 225 of Article XII of the Constitution of Alabama shall be amended to read as follows: Section 225. No city, town, or other municipal corporation having a population of less than six thousand, except as hereafter provided, shall become indebted in an amount, including present indebtedness, exceeding twenty per centum of the assessed value of the property therein, except for the construction of or purchase of water works, gas or electric lighting plants, or sewerage, or for the improvements of streets, for which purposes an additional indebtedness not exceeding three per centum may be created; provided, this limitation shall not affect any debt now authorized by law to be created, nor any temporary loans to be paid within one year, made in anticipation of the collection of taxes, not exceeding one-fourth of the annual revenues of such city or town. All towns and cities having a population of six thousand or more are hereby authorized to become indebted in an amount, including present indebtedness, not exceeding twenty per centum of the assessed valuation of the property therein, provided that there shall not be included in the limitation of the indebtedness of such last described cities and towns the following classes of indebtedness, to-wit: Temporary loans, to be paid within one year, made in anticipation of the collection of taxes and not exceeding one-fourth of the general revenues, bonds, or other obligations already issued, or which may hereafter be issued for the purpose of acquiring, providing, or constructing school houses, water works, and sewers; and obligations incurred and bonds issued for street or sidewalk improvements, where the cost of the same, in whole or in part, is to be assessed against the property abutting said improvements; provided, that the proceeds of all obligations issued as herein provided in excess of said twenty per centum shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which said obligations were issued. Nothing contained in this article shall prevent the funding or refunding of valid obligations existing at the time of such funding or refunding. This section shall not apply to the cities of Sheffield and Tuscumbia. The limitations specified in this section shall not be applicable to any obligations or indebtedness that may be exempted from the said limitations by the provisions of any portion of this constitution, including any amendment thereto at any time adopted." |
| 56,232 (64%) | 31,502 (36%) | |
| Amendment 4 | Taxes | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any city would be authorized to levy and collect a special tax not to exceed five one-hundredths of one percent on taxable property to help fund a public library.The above must be first approved by a majority of electors. |
| 58,443 (65%) | 31,412 (35%) | |
| Amendment 5 | Bond issue requirements; Administrative organization | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "Any provision of the Constitution of Alabama or amendments thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, the legislature may by appropriate laws authorize the state to engage in works of internal improvement by fulfilling the requirements of local contribution, participation and cooperation now or hereafter established by the United States in connection with (1) the construction and maintenance of a navigable waterway (herein called "the waterway") between Demopolis, Alabama, and the Tennessee River and (2) the implementation and maintenance of flood control projects on.the tributary streams of the Tombigbee River (herein called "the flood control projects"). The legislature may by appropriate laws authorize the state to become indebted and, in evidence of such indebtedness, to sell and issue its interest-bearing bonds, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $10,000,000, for the purpose of enabling the state to discharge obligations at any time authorized by the legislature to be undertaken in connection with the waterway and the flood control project; provided, that the expenses incurred in connection with the sale and issuance of the bonds may also be paid from the proceeds thereof. Bonds evidencing the herein provided for indebtedness may be issued as direct general obligations of the state, and the state may pledge its full faith and credit to the prompt payment of the principal of the bonds and the interest thereon. The herein provided for indebtedness shall not be construed to prohibit or limit appropriations from the general fund of the state which from time to time may be made for the purpose of enabling the state to discharge obligations at any time authorized by the legislature to be undertaken in connection with the waterway and the flood control projects. The legislature may by appropriate laws establish a public corporation and may confer upon it, in addition to all other necessary powers, full power to undertake the obligations that the state is permitted under the foregoing provisions of this amendment to undertake in connection with the waterway and the flood control projects. The legislature may from time to time appropriate money from the general fund of the state to be expended by such public corporation and may also authorize the herein provided for general obligation bonds of the state to be sold from time to time under the supervision of such public corporation; provided, that all moneys received by such public corporation from the state, whether as appropriations from the state's general fund or as proceeds of the sale of the state's bonds, shall be expended, except for reasonable administrative expenses, in discharging obligations that the state is permitted under the foregoing provisions of this amendment to Undertake in connection with the waterway and the flood control projects and shall have directed such public corporation to undertake in its stead." |
| 64,555 (72%) | 24,949 (28%) | |
| Amendment 6 | State judiciary | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the judges of the state Supreme Court would appoint the court clerk and that the legislature would establish the method by which inferior court clerks are chosen. |
| 55,137 (64%) | 31,071 (36%) | |
| Amendment 7 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Game and fish commissions | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "There is hereby created and shall be a fund in the State Treasury, which shall be known as the Game and Fish Fund. This Fund shall consist of: a. All monies received from all occupational licenses or privilege taxes imposed by the State on any person, firm or corporation for engaging in any business or activity relating to taking, catching , capturing or killing any fur bearing or game animal or game bird in this State or the taking, catching, capturing or killing of any fresh-water fish or aquatic animal in the public waters of this State; b. All monies derived from the levying or imposition upon any person, firm or corporation of any tax, license, permit, certificate, fee or any other charge, by whatsoever name called, pursuant to the game and fish laws of this State or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; c. All monies paid, derived, received or arising from fines, penalties and forfeitures pursuant to the game and fish laws of this State and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; d. All monies derived from the administration and enforcement of the game and fish laws of this State or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; e. All monies derived from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses or permits; f. All monies derived from the sale of lands, timber or other natural resources owned by the Game and Fish Division of the Department of Conservation; g. All monies accruing to the game and fish fund from any other source whatsoever. No funds accruing to the game and fish fund of the State of Alabama from any source whatsoever shall be expended for any other purpose than the payment of administrative costs of the game and fish activities of the Department of Conservation and for the protection, propagation, preservation, investigation of game and fish and public use of the game and fish resources of this State." |
| 68,429 (76%) | 21,685 (24%) | |
| Amendment 8 | Bond issues | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state of Alabama would be authorized to become indebted and issue interest-bearing general obligation bonds not to exceed $4 million in principal for the purpose of funding the improvement of state-owned docks. |
| 60,919 (70%) | 26,734 (30%) | |
| Amendment 9 | Public economic investment policy | The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "When authorized by appropriate laws passed by the Legislature, the State of Alabama may, in promoting and aiding the commercial flow of agricultural products within the State or in aid of commerce and use of the waterways of the State, at a cost not exceeding $2,000,000 engage in works of internal improvement by promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining and operating within the State or along navigable streams and waterways now or hereafter existing within the State all manner of elevators, facilities, warehouses, docks, water and rail terminals and other structures and facilities and improvements needful for the convenient use of the same; provided that any such works or improvements shall always be and remain under the management and control of the State through the Alabama State Docks Department or other State governing agency and shall become part of the inland waterways facilities of the State. When authorized by appropriate laws passed by the Legislature, the State may, in addition to all other bonds of the State, become indebted in an aggregate principal amount of not exceeding $2,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this amendment and may cause to be issued its general direct obligation bonds for the repayment of such indebtedness and interest thereon and pledge the faith and credit of the State thereto." |
| 57,927 (68%) | 27,065 (32%) |
Kentucky
See also: Kentucky 1967 ballot measures
November 8
| Type | Title | Subject | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposed Constitution Referendum | State constitution ratification |  | 143,133 (22%) | 517,034 (78%) |
Maine
See also: Maine 1967 ballot measures
November 7
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 3 | Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Bond issues | Increase the limit on state-backed loans for recreational projects from $10 million to $17 million through a new bond issue |
| 40,619 (51%) | 38,454 (49%) | |
| Amendment 4 | State judiciary structure | Repeal the offices of Judges and Registers of Probate as constitutional officers |
| 41,850 (55%) | 34,454 (45%) | |
| Amendment 5 | Public economic investment policy | Modify provisions governing temporary loans made in anticipation of state tax revenues and the limits on such borrowing |
| 45,086 (59%) | 31,930 (41%) | |
| Amendment No. 6 | Agriculture policy; Revenue allocation; Fisheries and fishing regulations | Allow the state to insure payment of industrial loans made to fisheries and agricultural enterprises |
| 49,886 (64%) | 28,365 (36%) | |
| Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 | Bond issues; Constitutional wording changes | Change the time allowed for codifying the state constitution |
| 46,649 (61%) | 29,798 (39%) | |
| Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 | Bond issues; Higher education funding | Allow the state to issue up to $1 million in bonds to provide loans for Maine students in higher education |
| 57,583 (71%) | 24,018 (29%) | |
| Question No. 4 | Higher education funding; Bond issues | Authorize a $6.32 million state bond issue to expand and improve classroom facilities at multiple University of Maine locations to accommodate increased enrollment |
| 55,736 (67%) | 27,388 (33%) | |
| Referendum Question No. 1 | Bond issues; Higher education funding | Ratify a $415,000 state bond issue to construct a multi-purpose building at Fort Kent State College |
| 49,069 (60%) | 32,862 (40%) | |
| Referendum Question No. 2 | Higher education funding; Bond issues | Authorize a $4.815 million state bond issue to expand classroom facilities at state colleges and vocational-technical institutes to accommodate increased enrollment |
| 58,301 (70%) | 24,883 (30%) | |
| Referendum Question No. 3 | Healthcare facility funding; Prison and jail funding; Bond issues | Authorize a $1.42 million state bond issue to expand and improve mental hospitals and correctional institutions for better accommodation of individuals with mental, emotional, or social disorders |
| 68,596 (82%) | 15,022 (18%) |
September 12
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | Bond issues; Highways and bridges | Issue $3 million in bonds to reconstruct and eliminate hazardous portions of State Route 6 | | 40,415 (44%) | 51,174 (56%) | |
| Question 2 | Healthcare facility funding; Bond issues | Issue $350k in bonds for construction of a regional care facility at Bangor for individuals with intellectual disabilities. |
| 75,483 (81%) | 17,497 (19%) | |
| Question 3 | Highways and bridges; Bond issues | Issue $4.5 million in bonds for a bridge across the Androscoggin River between Auburn and Lewiston | | 36,444 (40%) | 55,434 (60%) | |
| Question 4 | Bond issues; Housing; Higher education funding | Issue $6.715 million in bonds for self-liquidating student housing and dining facilities at state colleges and vocational-technical schools |
| 60,496 (66%) | 31,358 (34%) | |
| Question 5 | Airport infrastructure; Bond issues | Issue $2.837 million in bonds for the construction, extension and improvement of airports |
| 48,613 (53%) | 42,290 (47%) | |
| Question 6 | Bond issues; Higher education funding | Issue $6.38 million for school building construction and $270k for construction of regional technical and vocational centers |
| 61,593 (67%) | 30,061 (33%) | |
| Question 7 | Higher education funding; Bond issues | Issue $1.8 million in bonds for the construction of a research and advanced study building at the University of Maine-Portland |
| 48,913 (54%) | 42,419 (46%) | |
| Question 8 | Bond issues | Issue $16.710 million in bonds for capital improvements, construction, renovations, repairs, equipment and furnishings | | 43,742 (48%) | 47,061 (52%) |
New York
See also: New York 1967 ballot measures
November 7
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposed Amendment No. 1 | Land use and development policy; Bond issues | Authorize the state to increase its bonds for job development from $50 million to $200 million | | 2,045,499 (46%) | 2,388,676 (54%) | |
| Proposed Amendment No. 2 | Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Land use and development policy; Athletics and sports | Allow the state to build and operate up to 30 miles of ski trails with facilities on specified forest‑preserve slopes | | 1,147,937 (27%) | 3,153,389 (73%) | |
| Proposition 1 | Public transportation; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Bond issues; Highways and bridges | Authorize issuing $2.5 billion in bonds for the development of state highways, mass transit, and airport facilities |
| 2,795,577 (58%) | 2,006,318 (42%) | |
| Question No. 1 | State constitution ratification | Adopt a new state constitution | | 1,327,999 (28%) | 3,487,513 (72%) |
Ohio
See also: Ohio 1967 ballot measures
November 7
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Legislative Redistricting Amendment | State legislatures measures; Redistricting policy | Create legislative districts and establish procedures for apportioning such districts. |
| 1,315,736 (59%) | 908,010 (41%) |
May 2
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creation of the Ohio Bond Commission Amendment | Bond issues; Administration of government | Create the Ohio Bond Commission. | | 508,364 (33%) | 1,022,078 (67%) | |
| State Legislative Redistricting Amendment | Redistricting policy | Apportion the general assembly into single-member state legislative districts and establish a method for apportioning districts every ten years. | | 699,021 (45%) | 850,068 (55%) |
Oklahoma
See also: Oklahoma 1967 ballot measures
August 27
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Question 444 | Taxes | Authorize the state legislature to define various taxes based on federal laws, rules, and regulations. |
| 197,421 (52%) | 185,125 (48%) |
July 11
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Question 447 | State judiciary | Establish terms of tenure for Justices of Supreme Court and Judges of Court and Criminal Appeals. |
| 86,185 (52%) | 79,280 (48%) | |
| State Question 448 | State judiciary | Repeal Article VII and create a new one establishing a Judicial Department with the Supreme Court, District Courts, and appellate courts. |
| 90,167 (55%) | 73,919 (45%) |
May 9
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Question 446 | Parole policy; Law enforcement officers and departments | Repeal the constitutional Pardon and Parole Board and replace it with a legislatively authorized State Pardon and Parole Board. | | 182,742 (48%) | 197,219 (52%) |
Pennsylvania
See also: Pennsylvania 1967 ballot measures
November 7
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | Civil service | allow the state legislature to pass laws providing that disputes between public employers and policemen and firemen shall be settled by panels and that the panel's findings are binding |
| 1,396,312 (77%) | 409,534 (23%) |
May 16
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | State constitutional conventions | propose holding a constitutional convention to revise four sections of the state constitution concerning the state judiciary, local government, state government finance, and redistricting |
| 1,140,931 (62%) | 703,576 (38%) | |
| Question 2 | Constitutional wording changes; Constitutional rights | amend the Declaration of Rights; to prohibit the denial of any civil right; to repeal the constitutional provision prohibiting emigration from the state; to revise constitutional language in sections concerning the creation of special criminal tribunals and prohibiting forfeiture of estates |
| 1,232,575 (66%) | 638,365 (34%) | |
| Question 3 | State legislatures measures | provide that the General Assembly shall hold continuous two-year terms; to allow the state legislature to call itself into a special session upon a majority vote; to prohibit members of the legislature and state employees from holding any other state or federal office that has a salary, fee or other prerequisite |
| 1,249,914 (68%) | 600,157 (32%) | |
| Question 4 | State legislatures measures; Constitutional wording changes | amend constitutional provisions regarding the procedures, duties, and powers of the state legislature; remove limitation on municipality classifications and restrict state legislative powers over local legislation; and create a competitive bidding process for state purchases |
| 1,233,709 (67%) | 621,381 (33%) | |
| Question 5 | State executive branch structure; State executive elections | Provide that the governor and lieutenant governor be elected jointly; to remove references to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and Secretary of Internal Affairs from the state constitution; to change the composition of the Board of Pardons; to limit the State Treasurer's eligibility for the office of Auditor General |
| 1,221,773 (66%) | 628,011 (34%) | |
| Question 6 | Absentee and mail voting; Residency voting requirements | reduce residency requirements for registering to vote and voting from one year to 90 days; to allow the state legislature to provide for laws concerning absentee voting |
| 1,227,214 (66%) | 638,361 (34%) | |
| Question 7 | State legislative processes and sessions; Ballot measure process | provide for an alternative method of adopting constitutional amendments during times of emergency in which amendments could be considered once by the state legislature, advertised, and submitted to state voters within one month |
| 1,198,076 (66%) | 626,711 (34%) | |
| Question 8 | Transportation; Constitutional wording changes | repeal Article 17 of the state constitution concerning railroads and canals and allow such matters to be provided for through state law |
| 1,221,907 (66%) | 629,067 (34%) | |
| Question 9 | Bond issues; Parks, land, and natural area conservation | authorize state debt of $500 million to fund land and water conservation |
| 1,163,779 (63%) | 677,808 (37%) |
Texas
See also: Texas 1967 ballot measures
November 11
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 1 | County and municipal governance; Taxes | Provide that all counties may put all taxes into a single general fund. |
| 135,939 (50%) | 134,068 (50%) | |
| Proposition 2 | County and municipal governance; Healthcare | Permit localities located within hospital districts to contribute to establishing and maintaining mental health services or public health services. |
| 167,657 (62%) | 101,191 (38%) | |
| Proposition 3 | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Increase the Veterans' Land Fund from $200 million to $400 million and the maximum bond interest rate from 3.5 percent to 4.5 percent. |
| 160,865 (59%) | 113,384 (41%) | |
| Proposition 4 | Law enforcement; County and municipal governance | Allow counties to pay medical expenses for law enforcement officers injured on duty, with salary continuation until the end of their term. |
| 178,864 (65%) | 94,712 (35%) | |
| Proposition 5 | Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Administration of government | Authorize $75,000,000 of bonds for to create the Texas Park Development Fund to aquire and develop land for state parks. |
| 148,765 (55%) | 123,313 (45%) | |
| Proposition 6 | Administration of government | Allow non-elective state officers and employees to hold, under given conditions, other non-elective positions in the state or federal government. |
| 138,042 (51%) | 130,069 (49%) |
Wisconsin
See also: Wisconsin 1967 ballot measures
April 4
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | State executive elections | Set a four year term of office for the governor and lieutenant governor |
| 534,368 (63%) | 310,478 (37%) | |
| Question 2 | State executive elections | Set a four year term of office for the secretary of state |
| 520,326 (63%) | 311,974 (37%) | |
| Question 3 | State executive elections | Set a four year term for the office of state treasurer |
| 514,280 (62%) | 314,873 (38%) | |
| Question 4 | State executive elections | Set a four year term of office for the attorney general |
| 515,962 (62%) | 311,603 (38%) | |
| Question 5 | State executive elections | Establish that the governor and lieutenant governor are to be elected jointly |
| 507,339 (62%) | 312,267 (38%) | |
| Question 6 | Local official term limits | Remove a provision that restricted sheriffs to two consecutive terms of office |
| 508,242 (61%) | 324,544 (39%) | |
| Question 7 | School choice policy | Permit the legislature to provide transportation to students of private schools |
| 494,236 (57%) | 377,107 (43%) | |
| Question 8 | Salaries of government officials | Permit the legislature to equalize judicial salaries |
| 489,989 (60%) | 328,292 (40%) |
Other years
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See also
Ballotpedia
Footnotes
