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Alabama
State Amendment 1 - Foreign Laws
Forbids state's recognition of laws violating its policies, including all foreign law.
100% reporting
Yes | 694,467 | 72.3% | |
No | 265,455 | 27.7% |
State Amendment 2 - Trust Fund
Increases the amount of the General Obligation Bonds authorized by $50 million.
99% reporting
Yes | 477,544 | 50.5% | |
No | 468,705 | 49.5% |
State Amendment 3 - Right to Bear Arms
Protects right to bear arms; requires strict scrutiny of any restriction on the right.
100% reporting
Yes | 734,359 | 72.4% | |
No | 279,450 | 27.6% |
Alaska
Arizona
Proposition 122 - Rejection of Unconstitutional Federal Actions
Creates mechanism by which use of state personnel and financial resources are employed only for purposes congruent with Constitution.
100% reporting
Yes | 701,901 | 51.2% | |
No | 668,197 | 48.8% |
Arkansas
Issue 1 - Approve Rules by Legislature
Requires legislative review and approval of changes to state agencies' administrative rules.
100% reporting
For | 467,160 | 59.1% | |
Against | 323,854 | 40.9% |
Issue 2 - Initiative Reform
Sets threshold of 75 percent of required petition signatures to obtain additional time for signature collection.
100% reporting
For | 423,559 | 53.3% | |
Against | 371,070 | 46.7% |
Issue 3 - Ethics Transparency Reform
Extends length of time state legislators can stay in office to 16 years; limits lobbying and creates independent elected officials salary commission.
100% reporting
For | 426,831 | 52.5% | |
Against | 385,616 | 47.5% |
California
Proposition 1 - Water Quality
$7.12 billion bond for California's water system.
100% reporting
Yes | 4,237,957 | 67.1% | |
No | 2,078,305 | 32.9% |
Proposition 2 - State Budget
Increase amount of potential savings in the state 'rainy day' fund from 5% to 10% of the General Fund.
100% reporting
Yes | 4,300,530 | 69.2% | |
No | 1,914,218 | 30.8% |
Proposition 45 - Healthcare Insurance
Public notice required for insurance company rates initiative.
100% reporting
No | 3,742,376 | 59.3% | |
Yes | 2,570,623 | 40.7% |
Proposition 46 - Substance Testing of Docs
Increase the cap on damages that can be assessed in medical negligence lawsuits to over $1 million.
100% reporting
No | 4,269,718 | 67.2% | |
Yes | 2,082,674 | 32.8% |
Colorado
Amendment 67 - Personhood
Recognizes unborn children as persons in the Colorado Criminal Code and Colorado Wrongful Death Act.
98% reporting
No | 1,264,098 | 64.8% | |
Yes | 687,395 | 35.2% |
Amendment 68 - Horse Racing
Establishes a K-12 education fund to be funded by expanded limited gaming at horse racetracks.
98% reporting
No | 1,388,560 | 70.6% | |
Yes | 579,341 | 29.4% |
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
Amendment 1 - Conservation Program
Provides funding for the Land Acquisition Trust Fund.
100% reporting
Yes | 4,230,858 | 74.9% | |
No | 1,414,079 | 25.1% |
Georgia
Amendment A - State Income Tax
Prohibits the state from increasing the maximum state income tax rate above that in effect on January 1, 2015.
100% reporting
Yes | 1,847,973 | 73.9% | |
No | 653,027 | 26.1% |
Hawaii
Amendment 1084 - Early Childhood Ed
Permits the appropriation of public funds for private early childhood education programs.
100% reporting
No | 192,247 | 54.5% | |
Yes | 160,238 | 45.5% |
Amendment 2876 - Dams and Reservoirs
Authorizes the issuance of bonds for loan assistance to dam and reservoir owners.
100% reporting
Yes | 234,016 | 68.7% | |
No | 106,377 | 31.3% |
Amendment Agricultural Enterprises
Authorizes the issuance of bonds for agricultural enterprises.
100% reporting
Yes | 185,531 | 54.9% | |
No | 152,222 | 45.1% |
Idaho
Illinois
Advisory Question 1 - Raise Minimum Wage
Advises the legislature to increase the state's hourly minimum wage to $10.
99% reporting
Yes | 2,262,241 | 66.7% | |
No | 1,129,856 | 33.3% |
Advisory Question 2 - Cover Contraception
Advises the legislature to require prescription birth control to be covered in prescription drug coverage health insurance plans.
99% reporting
Yes | 2,229,477 | 65.9% | |
No | 1,155,186 | 34.1% |
Advisory Question 3 - Raise Income Tax
Advises the legislature to increase the tax on income greater than one million dollars to provide additional revenue to schools.
99% reporting
Yes | 2,120,215 | 63.3% | |
No | 1,229,248 | 36.7% |
Kansas
Louisiana
Proposition 1 - Create Medical Assistance
Gives constitutional protection to the Medical Assistance Trust Fund.
100% reporting
Yes | 776,900 | 56.2% | |
No | 606,475 | 43.8% |
Proposition 10 - Tax Sales Redemption
Provides redemption period for certain property sold at tax sale.
100% reporting
Yes | 712,839 | 54.3% | |
No | 600,865 | 45.7% |
Proposition 11 - Up Max Departments
Permits upwards of twenty-one state executive departments.
100% reporting
No | 923,354 | 70.1% | |
Yes | 392,976 | 29.9% |
Proposition 12 - Amend Commission Residency
Adds members to the state's Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.
100% reporting
No | 770,743 | 58.9% | |
Yes | 538,476 | 41.1% |
Proposition 13 - Price Lower Ninth
Authorizes New Orleans to sell property at a price fixed by the legislature in the Lower Ninth Ward.
100% reporting
No | 775,242 | 59.5% | |
Yes | 528,508 | 40.5% |
Proposition 14 - Ban No-Tax Legislation
Limits when tax rebates can be altered by the legislature.
100% reporting
No | 761,078 | 58.6% | |
Yes | 538,530 | 41.4% |
Proposition 2 - Create Hospital Fund
Creates a Hospital Stabilization Fund.
100% reporting
Yes | 770,602 | 56.2% | |
No | 600,390 | 43.8% |
Proposition 3 - Allow Agent Fees
Allows agents of tax collectors to assist in the tax sale process and recover costs from fees charged.
100% reporting
No | 857,884 | 64.2% | |
Yes | 477,859 | 35.8% |
Proposition 4 - State Infrastructure
Creates a state infrastructure bank to issue loans to transportation projects.
100% reporting
No | 894,105 | 67.5% | |
Yes | 430,027 | 32.5% |
Proposition 5 - Repeal Retirement Age
Removes the retirement age requirement from judicial offices.
100% reporting
No | 782,393 | 58.2% | |
Yes | 562,790 | 41.8% |
Proposition 6 - Up Mileage Rate
Authorizes Orleans Parish to levy an additional ad valorem tax for fire and police protection.
100% reporting
Yes | 672,048 | 51.2% | |
No | 641,664 | 48.8% |
Proposition 7 - Exempt Disabled Vets
Makes corrections to language of state's current homestead exemption for disabled veterans.
100% reporting
Yes | 992,380 | 74.4% | |
No | 341,725 | 25.6% |
Maine
Question 1 - Ban Bear-Baiting
Puts restrictions on certain bear hunting practices.
100% reporting
No | 320,873 | 53.4% | |
Yes | 279,617 | 46.6% |
Question 2 - Health Lab Bonds
Issues $8 million in bonds to support agriculture, natural resources industries and human health monitoring.
100% reporting
Yes | 352,945 | 60.2% | |
No | 232,944 | 39.8% |
Question 3 - Business Loan Bonds
Issues $4 million in bonds to insure loans to small businesses; issues $8 million in flexible loans to small businesses.
100% reporting
Yes | 360,978 | 61.9% | |
No | 222,213 | 38.1% |
Question 4 - Gene Medicine Bonds
Issues $10 million in bonds to build a research center for genetic solutions to cancer and diseases of aging.
100% reporting
Yes | 365,956 | 62.7% | |
No | 217,815 | 37.3% |
Question 5 - Tissue Repair Bonds
Issues $3 million in bonds to modernize and expand laboratory specializing in tissue repair and regeneration.
100% reporting
Yes | 295,595 | 51.1% | |
No | 282,506 | 48.9% |
Maryland
Massachusetts
Question 1 - No Gas Tax Indexing
Repeals 2013 law that automatically increases gas taxes according to inflation.
100% reporting
Yes | 1,091,131 | 53.0% | |
No | 968,909 | 47.0% |
Question 2 - Expand Bottle Bill
Expands the state's beverage container recycling law to include all non-alcoholic containers.
100% reporting
No | 1,555,858 | 73.5% | |
Yes | 561,635 | 26.5% |
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Amendment 10 - Restrict Governor
Prohibits the governor from estimating available state revenues when making budget recommendations under certain legislative circumstances.
99% reporting
Yes | 789,000 | 56.8% | |
No | 600,033 | 43.2% |
Amendment 2 - Allow Records
Renders prior criminal acts admissible in court during child sexual abuse trials.
99% reporting
Yes | 1,015,996 | 72.0% | |
No | 395,812 | 28.0% |
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
Amendment 1 - Vary School Elections
Provides that school elections shall be held on different dates from partisan elections.
100% reporting
Against | 186,617 | 42.4% | |
For | 253,541 | 57.6% |
Amendment 2 - Student Regent at NNMC
Allocates one position on the Northern New Mexico State School Board of Regents to a student representative.
100% reporting
For | 276,975 | 64.7% | |
Against | 151,360 | 35.3% |
Amendment 3 - Judicial Retention Dates
Permits the legislature to set the date for filing candidacy declarations for judicial retention elections.
100% reporting
For | 259,260 | 62.3% | |
Against | 156,829 | 37.7% |
New York
Proposal 1 - Redistricting
Creates a redistricting commission to draw district lines every ten years.
99% reporting
Yes | 1,576,970 | 57.3% | |
No | 1,173,475 | 42.7% |
North Carolina
North Dakota
Measure 1 - Right to Life
Declares in the state constitution that life begins at conception.
100% reporting
No | 160,728 | 64.1% | |
Yes | 89,888 | 35.9% |
Measure 2 - Mortgage Taxes
Prevents the state from imposing mortgage, sales or transfer taxes on the mortgage or transfer of real property.
100% reporting
Yes | 187,641 | 75.7% | |
No | 60,241 | 24.3% |
Measure 3 - Higher Education Commission
Abolishes elected State Board of Higher Education and replaces it with appointed Commission of Higher Education.
100% reporting
No | 181,808 | 74.9% | |
Yes | 60,819 | 25.1% |
Measure 4 - Measure Rules
Requires measures that have significant fiscal impacts on the state to be voted on at a general election.
100% reporting
No | 135,408 | 56.6% | |
Yes | 103,888 | 43.4% |
Measure 5 - Create Outdoors Fund
Redirects some of the state's oil tax revenues to conservation efforts.
100% reporting
No | 198,596 | 79.4% | |
Yes | 51,578 | 20.6% |
Measure 6 - Parental Rights
Creates a legal presumption that each parent is a fit parent and entitled to be awarded equal parental rights by a court.
100% reporting
No | 151,460 | 62.1% | |
Yes | 92,471 | 37.9% |
Oklahoma
Question 769 - Dual Office
Guarantees that public officials can also serve as officers and members of the National Guard, Oklahoma State Guard and Officers Reserve Corps.
100% reporting
Yes | 540,290 | 69.4% | |
No | 237,682 | 30.6% |
Oregon
Measure 86 - College Fund
Amends Oregon Constitution to create fund for Oregonians pursuing post-secondary education; authorizes debt to finance.
94% reporting
No | 760,965 | 57.8% | |
Yes | 556,639 | 42.2% |
Measure 87 - Judge Employment
Allows judges to be hired by the National Guard and public universities; allows school employees to serve in the legislature.
93% reporting
Yes | 745,924 | 57.3% | |
No | 555,412 | 42.7% |
Measure 88 - Drivers Card
Upholds four-year driver licenses for those who cannot prove legal presence in the United States.
95% reporting
No | 906,862 | 66.4% | |
Yes | 458,916 | 33.6% |
Measure 89 - Equal Rights
Guarantees equal rights regardless of sex.
94% reporting
Yes | 843,091 | 63.8% | |
No | 477,995 | 36.2% |
Measure 90 - Open Primaries
Creates an open, top-two primary election system.
94% reporting
No | 905,570 | 68.2% | |
Yes | 422,237 | 31.8% |
Rhode Island
Question 1 - Approve Gaming Newport Grand
Authorizes casino gaming at the Newport Grand facility in Newport.
99% reporting
Reject | 133,155 | 43.7% | |
Approve | 171,632 | 56.3% |
Question 2 - Local Gaming Move Approval
Prohibits changes in location of gambling without the approval of electors.
99% reporting
Approve | 200,377 | 67.6% | |
Reject | 96,216 | 32.4% |
Question 3 - Constitutional Convention
Dictates whether or not Rhode Island holds a constitutional convention.
99% reporting
Reject | 163,749 | 55.1% | |
Approve | 133,445 | 44.9% |
Question 4 - Higher Ed Bonds
Permits the issuance of a bond of $125 million to construct a new College of Engineering building.
99% reporting
Approve | 186,020 | 63.5% | |
Reject | 106,755 | 36.5% |
Question 5 - Cultural Bonds
Permits the issuance of a bond of $35 million to fund artistic, historic and cultural centers.
99% reporting
Approve | 185,325 | 60.6% | |
Reject | 120,720 | 39.4% |
South Carolina
South Dakota
Amendment Q - Deadwood Gambling Expansion
Permits certain forms of gambling in the city of Deadwood upon local voter approval.
100% reporting
Yes | 152,218 | 56.7% | |
No | 116,297 | 43.3% |
Tennessee
Amendment 1 - Abortion Regulation
Inserts constitutional language empowering the legislature to enact, amend or repeal statutes regarding abortion.
100% reporting
Yes | 728,565 | 52.6% | |
No | 656,306 | 47.4% |
Amendment 2 - Judicial Selection
Empowers the governor to appoint judges subject to confirmation by the general assembly.
100% reporting
Yes | 831,341 | 60.9% | |
No | 533,393 | 39.1% |
Texas
Utah
Constitutional Amendment A - State Tax Commission
Eliminates provision limiting membership on the State Tax Commission to no more than two members of the same political party.
99% reporting
Against | 271,789 | 59.5% | |
For | 185,320 | 40.5% |
Virginia
Washington
Advisory Vote Marijuana Grower Tax
Asks voters whether to repeal or maintain the elimination of agricultural tax preferences for aspects of the marijuana industry.
88% reporting
Maintained | 982,471 | 54.2% | |
Repealed | 831,398 | 45.8% |
Advisory Vote 9 - Tribal Tax
Asks voters whether to repeal or maintain leasehold excise tax on certain leasehold interests in tribal property.
85% reporting
Maintained | 971,255 | 55.1% | |
Repealed | 790,683 | 44.9% |