1967 ballot measures

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Kentucky

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November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposed Constitution Referendum	Constitutions	Creates new Kentucky Commonwealth Constitution	d

Maine

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September 12

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
BI	Referendum Question No. 1	Transportation	Issues $3 million in bonds to reconstruct and eliminate hazardous portions of State Route 6	d
BI	Referendum Question No. 2	Healthcare	Issues $350,000 in bonds for construction Facility for "Severely Mentally Retarded" at Bangor State Hospital	a
BI	Referendum Question No. 3	Transportation	Issues $4.5 million in bonds for a bridge across the Androscoggin River between Auburn and Lewiston	d
BI	Referendum Question No. 4	Housing	Issues $6,715,000 in bonds for self-liquidating student housing and dining facilities	a
BI	Referendum Question No. 5	Transportation	Issues $2,837,000 in bonds for the construction, extension and improvement of airports	a
BI	Referendum Question No. 6	Education	Issues $6.38 million for school building construction, $270,000 for construction of regional technical and vocational centers	a
BI	Referendum Question No. 7	Education	Issues $1.8 million in bonds for a Research and Advanced Study building at the University of Maine	a
BI	Referendum Question No. 8	Bonds	Issues $16,710,000 in bonds for capital improvements	d

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
BI	Referendum Question No. 1	Education	Issues $415,000 in bonds for the construction of a multipurpose building at Fort Kent State College	a
BI	Referendum Question No. 2	Education	Issues $4,815,000 in bonds to expand classroom facilities at state colleges and vocational-technical institutions	a
BI	Referendum Question No. 3	Prisons	Issued $1,420,000 in bonds for the enlargement and improvement of mental hospitals and correctional institutions	a
BI	Referendum Question No. 4	Education	Issues $6.32 million in bonds for expansion of classroom facilities at several locations of the University of Maine	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1	Constitutions	Schedules recodification of Maine Constitution every 10 years starting in 1973	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2	Education	Issues up to $1 million in bonds for loans to students in higher education	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3	Gov't Finance	Increases amount for state guaranteed loans for recreational projects to $17 million	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4	Judiciary	Repeals judges and registers of probate as constitutional officers	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5	Gov't Finance	Allows Legislature to create debts exceeding $2 million for temporary loans	a
LRCA	Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 6	Food & Ag	Extends state guaranteed loans to agriculture and fisheries	a

New York

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Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
BI	Proposition 1	Transportation	Authorizes a $2.5 billion state debt for mass transportation	a
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 1	Bonds	Increases the bond that the state may be liable for by public corporations	d
LRCA	Proposed Amendment No. 2	Forests & Parks	Permits the state to construct and maintain ski slopes in Essex County	d
CCR	Question No. 1	Con Language	Proposes a new state constitution	d

Ohio

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May 2, 1967

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Creation of the Ohio Bond Commission Amendment	Create the Ohio Bond Commission.		508,364 (33%)	1,022,078 (67%)
LRCA	State Legislative Redistricting Amendment	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%)

November 7, 1967

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	State Legislative Redistricting Amendment	Create legislative districts and establish procedures for apportioning such districts.	a	1,315,736 (59%)	908,010 (41%)

Oklahoma

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May 9, 1967

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	State Question 446	Law enforcement	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%)

July 11, 1967

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	State Question 447	Judiciary	Establish terms of tenure for Justices of Supreme Court and Judges of Court and Criminal Appeals.	a	86,185 (52%)	79,280 (48%)
LRCA	State Question 448	Judiciary	Repeal Article VII and create a new one establishing a Judicial Department with the Supreme Court, District Courts, and appellate courts.	a	90,167 (55%)	73,919 (45%)

August 27, 1967

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	State Question 444	Taxes	Authorize the state legislature to define various taxes based on federal laws, rules, and regulations.	a	197,421 (52%)	185,125 (48%)

Pennsylvania

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May 16:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Question 1	Constitutional conventions	Proposes holding a constitutional convention to revise four sections of the state constitution concerning the state judiciary, local government, state government finance, and redistricting	a
LRCA	Question 2	Constitutional language and Constitutional rights	Amends the Declaration of Rights; prohibits the denial of any civil right; repeals the constitutional provision prohibiting emigration from the state; revises constitutional language in sections concerning the creation of special criminal tribunals and prohibiting forfeiture of estates	a
LRCA	Question 3	State legislatures measures	Provides that the General Assembly shall hold continuous two-year terms; allows the state legislature to call itself into a special session upon a majority vote; prohibits members of the legislature and state employees from holding any other state or federal office that has a salary, fee or other prerequisite	a
LRCA	Question 4	Constitutional language and State legislatures measures	Amends constitutional provisions regarding the procedures, duties, and powers of the state legislature; removes limitation on municipality classifications and restricts state legislative powers over local legislation; creates a competitive bidding process for state purchases	a
LRCA	Question 5	Elections and campaigns and State executive official measures	Provides that the governor and lieutenant governor be elected jointly; removes references to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and Secretary of Internal Affairs from the state constitution; changes the composition of the Board of Pardons; limits the State Treasurer's eligibility for the office of Auditor General	a
LRCA	Question 6	Suffrage and Elections and campaigns	Reduces residency requirements for registering to vote and voting from one year to 90 days; allows the state legislature to provide for laws concerning absentee voting	a
LRCA	Question 7	State legislatures measures and Direct democracy measures	Provides 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
LRCA	Question 8	Constitutional language and Transportation	Repeals Article 17 of the state constitution concerning railroads and canals and allows such matters to be provided for through state law	a
LRCA	Question 9	Bond issues and Natural resources	Authorizes state debt of $500 million to fund land and water conservation	a

November 7:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Civil service	Allows 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

Texas

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November 11, 1967

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 1	Taxes; Local government	Provide that all counties may put all taxes into a single general fund.	a	135,939 (50%)	134,068 (50%)
LRCA	Proposition 2	Healthcare; Local government	Permit localities located within hospital districts to contribute to establishing and maintaining mental health services or public health services.	a	167,657 (62%)	101,191 (38%)
LRCA	Proposition 3	Budgets	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.	a	160,865 (59%)	113,384 (41%)
LRCA	Proposition 4	Law enforcement; Local government	Allow counties to pay medical expenses for law enforcement officers injured on duty, with salary continuation until the end of their term.	a	178,864 (65%)	94,712 (35%)
LRCA	Proposition 5	Administration; Forests and parks	Authorize $75,000,000 of bonds for to create the Texas Park Development Fund to aquire and develop land for state parks.	a	148,765 (55%)	123,313 (45%)
LRCA	Proposition 6	Administration	Allow non-elective state officers and employees to hold, under given conditions, other non-elective positions in the state or federal government.	a	138,042 (51%)	130,069 (49%)

Wisconsin

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April 4, 1967

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Set a four year term of office for the governor and lieutenant governor	a	534,368 (63%)	310,478 (37%)
LRCA	Question 2	Set a four year term of office for the secretary of state	a	520,326 (63%)	311,974 (37%)
LRCA	Question 3	Set a four year term for the office of state treasurer	a	514,280 (62%)	314,873 (38%)
LRCA	Question 4	Set a four year term of office for the attorney general	a	515,962 (62%)	311,603 (38%)
LRCA	Question 5	Establish that the governor and lieutenant governor are to be elected jointly	a	507,339 (62%)	312,267 (38%)
LRCA	Question 6	Remove a provision that restricted sheriffs to two consecutive terms of office	a	508,242 (61%)	324,544 (39%)
LRCA	Question 7	Permit the legislature to provide transportation to students of private schools	a	494,236 (57%)	377,107 (43%)
LRCA	Question 8	Permit the legislature to equalize judicial salaries	a	489,989 (60%)	328,292 (40%)

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