List of Pennsylvania ballot measures

This page provides a list of ballot measures that have appeared on the statewide ballot in Pennsylvania.

List of ballot measures by year

Measures are listed in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent and upcoming elections appearing first. Tables include brief summaries, relevant topics, and the election results for each measure.

2021

See also: Pennsylvania 2021 ballot measures

May 18

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive powers and duties; State legislative processes and sessions; State legislative authority	Allows legislature to pass a resolution by a simple majority to extend or terminate the governor's emergency declaration	a	1,165,851 (52%)	1,074,205 (48%)
LRCA	Question 2	State legislative authority; State legislative processes and sessions; State executive powers and duties	Limits the governor's emergency declaration to 21 days unless the legislature votes to extend the declaration	a	1,174,528 (52%)	1,085,371 (48%)
LRCA	Question 3	Constitutional rights; Race and ethnicity issues	Adds constitutional language for equal rights regardless of race or ethnicity	a	1,629,889 (72%)	624,205 (28%)
LRSS	Question 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Expands the state's fire department loan program to include municipal fire companies and EMS services	a	1,629,773 (73%)	606,147 (27%)

2019

See also: Pennsylvania 2019 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Marsy's Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment	Criminal trials; Crime victims' rights	The Pennsylvania Marsy's Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment is on the ballot in Pennsylvania as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2019.		1,765,384 (74%)	620,104 (26%)

2017

See also: Pennsylvania 2017 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
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2016

See also: Pennsylvania 2016 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Judicial Retirement Age Amendment	State judiciary; Age limits for officials	a	2,541,601 (51%)	2,432,670 (49%)

April 26

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	a	1,448,141 (60%)	978,618 (40%)

2008

See also: Pennsylvania 2008 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Water Infrastructure Bond Measure	Bond issues	authorize the state to incur $400 million in debt in order to give loans and grants to municipalities for water and sewer projects	a	2,879,592 (62%)	1,744,555 (38%)

2006

See also: Pennsylvania 2006 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Persian Gulf Veterans' Compensation Fund Bond Measure	Veterans policy; Bond issues	issue $20 million in bonds to compensate veterans for service in the Persian Gulf Conflict	a	2,074,692 (61%)	1,317,051 (39%)

2005

See also: Pennsylvania 2005 ballot measures

May 17

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Environment, Open Space, and Mine Remediation Bond Measure	Bond issues; Environment	issue $625 million in bonds for environmental projects	a	725,308 (61%)	472,290 (39%)

2004

See also: Pennsylvania 2004 ballot measures

April 27

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Bond Measure	Bond issues; Drinking water systems; Sewage and stormwater	issue $250 million in bonds for the construction, expansion, and improvement of water and wastewater infrastructure	a	725,970 (63%)	426,043 (37%)

2003

See also: Pennsylvania 2003 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Constitutional rights; Constitutional wording changes; Civil and criminal trials	amend the state constitutional language to match that of the United States Constitution providing that a person accused of a crime has the right to be "confronted with the witnesses against him," instead of the right to "meet the witnesses face to face," therefore allowing witnesses to testify without being physically present with the accused person	a	1,239,356 (68%)	578,031 (32%)
LRCA	Question 2	Civil and criminal trials	allow the state legislature to provide laws concerning the testimony of children in criminal proceedings, including using videotaped depositions and closed-circuit television testimony	a	1,494,261 (81%)	360,283 (19%)

2002

See also: Pennsylvania 2002 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services Bond Measure	Bond issues	issue $100 million in bonds for a volunteer fire and volunteer emergency services program	a	1,833,795 (73%)	691,319 (27%)

2001

See also: Pennsylvania 2001 ballot measures

May 15

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Residency voting requirements; State legislative elections	Require that an election be held at the next general election for a state Senate district, regardless of whether the district is scheduled for an election based on the four-year term, if the incumbent is no longer a resident of the district following legislative redistricting	a	528,989 (61%)	341,800 (39%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary; Age limits for officials	change the mandatory judicial retirement age date from the day that a judge turns 70 to the last day of the year in which a judge turned 70	a	618,441 (68%)	297,434 (32%)

1998

See also: Pennsylvania 1998 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Joint Resolution 1	Civil and criminal trials	disallow bail when the proof is evidence or presumption great that the accused committed an offense for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment	a	1,620,567 (73%)	601,463 (27%)
LRCA	Joint Resolution 2	Civil and criminal trials	give the commonwealth the right to a jury in criminal cases	a	1,496,894 (69%)	684,204 (31%)

1997

See also: Pennsylvania 1997 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Taxes; Property	create a property tax homestead exclusion	a	1,240,406 (61%)	778,105 (39%)
LRCA	Question 2	State executive powers and duties; Crime victims' rights; Criminal sentencing	make changes to board of pardons	a	1,182,067 (59%)	811,701 (41%)
LRCA	Question 3	Absentee and mail voting	allow absentee voting for people who are away from their residences	a	1,301,638 (65%)	686,518 (35%)

1995

See also: Pennsylvania 1995 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Criminal Proceedings and Criminal Defendant Rights Amendment	Criminal trials	make changes to criminal defendant rights and criminal proceedings in state constitution		1,176,652 (75%)	400,727 (25%)

1993

See also: Pennsylvania 1993 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Parks and Libraries Bond Measure	Bond issues; Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Environment	issue $50 million in bonds for parks, wildlife habitats, historic sites, zoos, and public libraries	a	1,023,834 (64%)	576,169 (36%)

May 18

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	create a judicial conduct board	a	1,018,318 (83%)	208,187 (17%)
BI	Question 2	Bond issues; Veterans policy	issue $25 million in bonds for veteran compensation and memorial	d	429,728 (34%)	821,415 (66%)

1992

See also: Pennsylvania 1992 ballot measures

April 28

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Stormwater, Water Quality, and Sewage Bond Measure	Bond issues; Sewage and stormwater; Drinking water systems	issue $350 million for water supply, stormwater, and sewage plant projects	a	866,552 (65%)	457,881 (35%)

1990

See also: Pennsylvania 1990 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Question 1	Bond issues; Prison and jail funding	issue bonds to repair, expand, construct, reconstruct and rehabilitate county prisons	a	1,346,264 (58%)	955,384 (42%)
BI	Question 2	Bond issues	issue loans to volunteer fire companies	a	1,854,826 (79%)	486,896 (21%)

1989

See also: Pennsylvania 1989 ballot measures

May 16

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Replace Residential Property Tax Revenue with Income Tax Revenue Amendment	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Taxes	authorize classes of local governments to reduce residential property tax rates to the extent of additional revenue generated by personal income taxes	d	514,317 (25%)	1,538,732 (75%)

1988

See also: Pennsylvania 1988 ballot measures

April 26

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Water Supply Bond Measure	Bond issues; Sewage and stormwater; Drinking water systems	issue loans to improve water supply and sewage treatment systems	a	888,120 (76%)	276,735 (24%)

1987

See also: Pennsylvania 1987 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Question 1	Agriculture policy; Bond issues	issue $100,000,000 for the purchase of agricultural conservation easements	a	1,172,483 (67%)	575,330 (33%)

1985

See also: Pennsylvania 1985 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Absentee and mail voting	Make changes related to absentee voting	a	912,845 (68%)	434,516 (32%)
LRCA	Question 2	Veterans policy	create a property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a veteran who was disabled while serving in the military	a	1,075,121 (79%)	290,795 (21%)

1984

See also: Pennsylvania 1984 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Taxes; Property	make uniform special real property tax provisions applicable to taxpayers	a	1,499,771 (57%)	1,132,296 (43%)
LRCA	Question 2	Criminal trials	amend the state constitution to allow the use of a suppressed voluntary admission or voluntary confession in criminal trials	a	1,542,142 (59%)	1,076,343 (41%)

April 10

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Question 1	Bond issues	authorize $190 million in bonds for economic redevelopment programs	a	726,742 (64%)	417,351 (36%)

1982

See also: Pennsylvania 1982 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	use funds to repair, reconstruct and rehabilitate personal care boarding homes	a	1,371,930 (64%)	774,178 (36%)

1981

See also: Pennsylvania 1981 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Question 1	Ports and harbors; Drinking water systems; Water storage; Flood infrastructure and management; Bond issues	use loans to repair, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, extend and improve water supply systems	a	1,054,329 (64%)	588,669 (36%)
BI	Question 2	Bond issues	use loans for volunteer companies to establish or modernize facilities and equipment	a	1,188,191 (72%)	462,950 (28%)
LRCA	Question 3	Redistricting policy	amend the state constitution to establish a Legislative Reapportionment Commission after each decennial census	a	823,948 (57%)	625,700 (43%)
LRCA	Question 4	Public employee retirement funds	amend the state constitution to authorize the legislature to extend increased pension benefits to the spouse of the pensioner	d	618,857 (40%)	928,699 (60%)
LRCA	Question 5	Taxes	Require proceeds from aviation fuel excise taxes only be appropriated for purposes related to air navigation, such as construction, operation and maintenance of air navigational facilities, and property tax reimbursement	a	762,491 (52%)	714,434 (48%)

1979

See also: Pennsylvania 1979 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	authorize an increase to the number of judges of the Superior Court, make changes to judges' initial terms, and provide for the selection of the president judge of the Superior Court	a	793,474 (53%)	703,736 (47%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary	provide that the procedures for retention elections applied to justices and judges also apply to justices of the peace	d	730,122 (49%)	754,755 (51%)

1978

See also: Pennsylvania 1978 ballot measures

May 16

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive elections	Provide that the state attorney general be elected by voters	a	1,017,830 (83%)	206,528 (17%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judicial selection	Provide for terms for filling vacancies in the offices of justice, judge, or justice of the peace	a	1,000,662 (84%)	192,059 (16%)

1977

See also: Pennsylvania 1977 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Veterans policy; Taxes	extend property tax exemptions already given to certain disabled veterans to all residents of Pennsylvania who served the United States in any war or armed conflict and who have a related 100% disability according to the U.S. Veterans Administration	a	1,189,626 (77%)	360,211 (23%)
LRCA	Question 2	State legislatures measures	allow the state legislature, by a two-thirds vote, to enact special emergency legislation to make appropriations required for federal emergency or major disaster relief, applicable retroactively to 1976 or 1977	a	1,066,563 (71%)	428,388 (29%)

1976

See also: Pennsylvania 1976 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Bonds for Volunteer Fire, Ambulance, and Rescue Squad Loans Measure	Bond issues	issue $10 million in bonds for loans to volunteer fire companies, ambulance services, and rescue squads	a	1,408,284 (72%)	537,692 (28%)

1975

See also: Pennsylvania 1975 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Financial Assistance for Flood Damages Amendment	Revenue allocation; Flood infrastructure and management	provide for tax rebates, credits, exemptions, and grants for individuals, corporations, associations, and nonprofit institutions, and private schools, to "alleviate the danger, damage, suffering, or hardship" caused by great storms or floods of 1974 or 1975.	a	1,241,622 (68%)	595,254 (32%)

May 20

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Senate Confirmation of Vacancy Appointees Amendment	State legislatures measures	To require the state Senate to confirm a governor's appointee to fill a vacancy by a majority or two-thirds vote (as provided by law) within 25 legislative days	a	937,249 (82%)	209,026 (18%)

1974

See also: Pennsylvania 1974 ballot measures

May 24

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Nursing Home Repairs Bond Measure	Bond issues	Issue $100 million in bonds through loans to provide for reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repairs to nursing homes to comply with state and federal safety standards.	a	924,566 (75%)	301,918 (25%)

1973

See also: Pennsylvania 1973 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Veterans policy	increase state debt pursuant to the Vietnam Conflict Veterans' Compensation Act from fifty-five million dollars ($55,000,000) to sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,00).	a	1,143,147 (67%)	557,820 (33%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary	allow courts of common pleas, with the approval from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, to initiate criminal proceedings by information, without grand jury indictment	a	897,295 (62%)	552,797 (38%)

May 15

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Agriculture policy; Taxes	allow for legislation for establishing "standards, qualifications and special tax provisions" for agriculture land and reserves	a	803,173 (71%)	325,952 (29%)

1972

See also: Pennsylvania 1972 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Financial Assistance for 1971-1972 Flood Damage Amendment	Flood infrastructure and management; Revenue allocation	allow the legislature to provide tax rebates, credits, exemptions, grants-in-aid, state supplementations or special provisions for damage that resulted from the storms or floods of September 1971 and June 1972	a	1,711,509 (71%)	686,792 (29%)

1971

See also: Pennsylvania 1971 ballot measures

May 18

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Jury rules; Civil trials	require a five-sixths jury in civil cases	a	833,283 (66%)	423,606 (34%)
LRCA	Question 2	Sex and gender issues; Constitutional rights	add language to the state constitution to prohibit the denial or abridgment of rights on account of an individual's sex	a	783,441 (63%)	464,882 (37%)
LRCA	Question 3	Environment; Constitutional rights	add environmental rights to the state constitution	a	1,021,342 (80%)	259,979 (20%)
LRCA	Question 4	County and municipal governance; Salaries of government officials	allow 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	567,472 (46%)	656,603 (54%)
LRCA	Question 5	State legislatures measures	allow 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	487,976 (40%)	741,458 (60%)

1970

See also: Pennsylvania 1970 ballot measures

May 19

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Injured Veteran Compensation Bond Measure	Veterans policy; Bond issues	issue $27 million in bonds to compensate veterans for injuries	a	775,346 (77%)	233,175 (23%)

1969

See also: Pennsylvania 1969 ballot measures

May 20

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Appointed Judges and Retention Elections Amendment	State judiciary	change the system for selecting judges	d	624,453 (49%)	643,960 (51%)

1968

See also: Pennsylvania 1968 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
BI	Vietnam Conflict Veteran's Compensation Bond Measure	Bond issues; Veterans policy	issue $28 million in bonds to provide compensation to Vietnam War veterans	a	2,077,634 (76%)	640,627 (24%)

April 23

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Convention Proposal 5	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Taxes	require reimbursement of local taxing authorities for certain tax exemptions	a	882,116 (54%)	763,745 (46%)
CCRCA	Convention Proposals 1 and 2	State legislatures measures; Redistricting policy	set the size of the state legislature and create an apportionment commission	a	1,063,603 (65%)	583,091 (35%)
CCRCA	Convention Proposals 3 and 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	create a borrowing limit based on tax revenues, budgeting, financial planning, auditing and related matters	a	1,022,706 (62%)	614,110 (38%)
CCRCA	Proposal 6	County and municipal governance	make changes to constitutional provisions related to local government	a	986,855 (61%)	633,323 (39%)
CCRCA	Proposal 7	State judiciary	create a unified judicial system under the administration of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court	a	910,855 (56%)	729,845 (44%)

1967

See also: Pennsylvania 1967 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	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	a	1,396,312 (77%)	409,534 (23%)

May 16

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCCQ	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	a	1,140,931 (62%)	703,576 (38%)
LRCA	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	a	1,232,575 (66%)	638,365 (34%)
LRCA	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	a	1,249,914 (68%)	600,157 (32%)
LRCA	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	a	1,233,709 (67%)	621,381 (33%)
LRCA	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	a	1,221,773 (66%)	628,011 (34%)
LRCA	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	a	1,227,214 (66%)	638,361 (34%)
LRCA	Question 7	Ballot measure process; State legislatures measures	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	a	1,198,076 (66%)	626,711 (34%)
LRCA	Question 8	Constitutional wording changes; Transportation	repeal Article 17 of the state constitution concerning railroads and canals and allow such matters to be provided for through state law	a	1,221,907 (66%)	629,067 (34%)
LRCA	Question 9	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Bond issues	authorize state debt of $500 million to fund land and water conservation	a	1,163,779 (63%)	677,808 (37%)

1966

See also: Pennsylvania 1966 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Constitutional wording changes	move Article XVI of the state constitution to another article of the state constitution concerning private corporations	a	1,212,790 (66%)	636,925 (34%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary	allow the state legislature to require completion of a training and education course for justices of the peace and aldermen who are not licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania	a	1,153,759 (57%)	853,200 (43%)

May 17

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	increase the local government debt limit	a	610,465 (50%)	600,434 (50%)
LRCA	Question 2	Constitutional wording changes	consolidate constitutional provisions regarding public officials	a	788,662 (65%)	430,679 (35%)

1965

See also: Pennsylvania 1965 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	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	a	1,041,821 (75%)	351,737 (25%)
LRCA	Question 2	Taxes	exempt persons earning less than $1,000 per year from paying occupation privilege taxes	a	1,141,176 (80%)	292,700 (20%)

1963

See also: Pennsylvania 1963 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Education	provide for higher education loans	a	1,348,908 (61%)	868,003 (39%)
LRCA	Question 2	Administration of government	allow for emergency interim government seats in cases of disasters	a	1,280,036 (61%)	831,335 (39%)
LRCA	Question 3	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Bond issues; Environment	issue $70 million in bonds for acquisition of land for state parks, reservoirs, conservation, recreation, and historical preservation	a	1,149,263 (53%)	1,036,154 (47%)
LRCCQ	Question 4	State constitutional conventions	call for a constitutional convention	d	1,106,388 (49%)	1,148,060 (51%)

1961

See also: Pennsylvania 1961 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Taxes; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	provide that refunds of taxes and fees can be paid out of a fund without appropriation	a	1,108,506 (71%)	449,778 (29%)
LRCA	Question 2	State executive official measures	provide that the state's governor can succeed themselves (serve a second consecutive term)	d	762,569 (47%)	847,869 (53%)
LRCA	Question 3	State executive official measures	provide that the Secretary of Internal Affairs assumes office in January	a	1,110,470 (73%)	400,402 (27%)
LRCA	Question 4	Taxes; Veterans policy	amend the state constitution to provide for a tax exemption for certain disabled veterans	a	1,122,261 (71%)	453,280 (29%)
LRCA	Question 5	County and municipal governance	provide that a county treasurer can succeed themselves (serve a second consecutive term)	d	674,099 (43%)	884,130 (57%)

1959

See also: Pennsylvania 1959 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State legislatures measures	establish that the legislature shall meet each year on the first Tuesday in January and in even years address fiscal matters	a	632,422 (53%)	568,800 (47%)
LRCA	Question 2	Education; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	prohibit school districts from having debts that exceed 15% of assessed value of taxable property	d	513,987 (42%)	719,923 (58%)
LRCA	Question 3	Elections and campaigns	allow a qualified voter who moves within the state within 60 days of an election to vote in their old district	a	956,138 (77%)	292,019 (23%)

1958

See also: Pennsylvania 1958 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Private Forest Reserves Amendment	Parks, land, and natural area conservation	create standards and qualifications for private forest reserves	a	816,160 (62%)	502,943 (38%)

1915

See also: Pennsylvania 1915 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Women's suffrage; Sex and gender issues	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	385,348 (47%)	441,034 (53%)

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