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Florida

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November 2, 1971

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Corporate Income Tax Amendment	Allow for an income tax on corporations	a	841,433 (70%)	355,023 (30%)

Kansas

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April 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional Rights	Proposes to outline the qualifications to vote	a

Kentucky

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November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Senior Tax Exemption Referendum	Taxes	Exempts single-family residences owned and occupied by a person aged 65 or older up to $6,500 of the assessed value	a

Maine

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November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
IndISS	Referendum Question	Taxes	Repeals state income tax	d
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1	Suffrage	Reduces voting age requirement from 20 to 18 years old	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2	State Exec	Continues Governor's term in office until his successor is determined and take the oath of office	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3	Education	Provides government credit for loans to state college students	a

Montana

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November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	R-68	Taxes	Relates to the sales tax and increased income tax	d

Nevada

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June 8, 1971

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Voting age	Reduce the voting age from 21 years to 18 years in Nevada	a	37,142 (51%)	35,577 (49%)

New Jersey

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November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
BI	Question 1	Bond issues	Allows for $155 million in bonds for higher education buildings.	a
LRCA	Question 2	Taxes	Excludes federal benefits from determining eligibility for the property tax deduction for senior citizens.	a
BI	Question 3	Bond issues	Allows for $80 million in bonds for acquiring land for recreational and conservational purposes.	a

New York

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
BI	Proposition 1	Bonds and Transportation	Allows for $2.5 billion in debt for transportation	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Gov't Finances	Relates to the constitutional debt limit of counties, towns and villages	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Utilities	Excludes indebtedness for sewage facilities	d

North Dakota

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September 23

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
VR	Measure 1	Gov't Finance	Appropriates $807,580 for the expenses to operate the Department of Accounts and Purchases	a

Ohio

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November 2, 1971

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Publication of Ballot Measures in Newspapers	Authorize the state to publish copies of ballot measures in newspapers, rather than sending copies to voters	a	1,645,961 (65%)	900,549 (35%)

Oklahoma

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December 7, 1971

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CISS	State Question 478	Business; Sunday	Prohibit the sale of specific merchandise on both Saturday and Sunday at the same location.		109,409 (46%)	127,080 (54%)
LRCA	State Question 479	Bonds	Allow city, town, and county bonds for industrial development without requiring voters to be property taxpayers.		91,191 (41%)	132,176 (59%)
LRCA	State Question 481	Education; Budgets	Allow the investment of permanent school and educational funds in federally or state-insured student loans.	a	125,902 (57%)	94,176 (43%)
LRCA	State Question 482	Criminal trials	Require testimony or evidence, even if self-incriminating, with immunity from prosecution or penalties.	a	120,842 (55%)	96,935 (45%)
LRCA	State Question 483	Judiciary; Trials	Allow grand juries to be convened by citizen petitions or the Attorney General for investigations and indictments of all crimes.	a	142,436 (66%)	74,736 (34%)
LRCA	State Question 484	Voting age	Lower the voting age requirement for qualified electors to 18 years.	a	130,284 (58%)	95,400 (42%)

Pennsylvania

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May 18:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Trials	Requires a five-sixths jury in civil cases	a
LRCA	Question 2	Constitutional Rights	Adds constitutional language for equal rights regardless of sex	a
LRCA	Question 3	Environment	Adds environmental rights to the state constitution	a
LRCA	Question 4	Salaries	Allows a county officer's salary or emoluments to be increased or decreased during the officer's term if a change in county classification requires it	d
LRCA	Question 5	Legislature	Allows a legislator to resign to take a civil office if the office wasn't created during the legislator's term or the position's emoluments weren't increased during the legislator's term	d

Texas

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May 18, 1971

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 2	Legislature	Allow the legislature to propose amendments to the Texas Constitution at any legislative session, changing the amendment process		344,268 (45%)	423,718 (55%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Public assistance	Eliminate state appropriation limits for assistance grants to the needy aged and blind and set limits for grants to needy children and their caretakers		378,327 (48%)	407,504 (52%)
LRCA	Proposition 4	Water; Bonds	Authorize the Texas Water Quality Board to issue $100,000,000 of bonds to give localities loans or grants for water quality enhancement	a	406,936 (53%)	363,301 (47%)
LRCA	Proposition 1	Administration	Establish a state ethics commission		273,191 (35%)	500,981 (65%)

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