1985 ballot measures
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Alabama
See also: Alabama 1985 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Gov't Finances | Concerning the creation of The Alabama Trust Fund | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Resources | Concerning soil, water and forest improvement | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Food & Agri | Concerning the cattle industry in Alabama |
Maine
See also: Maine 1985 ballot measures
November 5
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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IndISS | Issue 1A: Initiated Bill | Nuclear | Requires citizen vote on any plan for the storage or disposal of low-level radioactive waste | |
Issue 1B: Legislative Bill | Nuclear | Requires vote on any site for disposal of low-level radioactive waste if not disposed of outside of Maine or at the Yankee site | ||
Issue 1C: Against Bills | Nuclear | Denies both legislative and initiated bills | ||
BI | Bond Issue 2 | Utilities | Issues $15 million for construction of sewage and water facilities and for the cleanup and restoration of oil contaminated water | |
BI | Bond Issue 3 | Development | Issues $4.3 million in bonds to build and equip centers for advanced technology | |
BI | Bond Issue 4 | Transportation | Issues $20 million in bonds for improvements to highways, bridges and airports | |
BI | Bond Issue 5 | Transportation | Issues $850,000 in bonds for the acquisition of rail lines | |
BI | Bond Issue 6 | Culture | Issues $2 million in bonds for the restoration and preservation of historic buildings | |
BI | Bond Issue 7 | Education | Issues $2.2 million in bonds for the purchase of equipment and land for vocational-technical institutes | |
LRCA | Constitutional Amendment 8 | Legislatures | Allows legislators to be appointed to civil office as long as they resign from the legislature | |
LRCA | Constitutional Amendment 9 | Term Limits | Extendes the tenure for sheriffs from 2 years to 4 years |
New Jersey
See also: New Jersey 1985 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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BI | Question 1 | Bond issues | Authorizes $190 million in bonds for municipal water treatment projects. | |
BI | Question 2 | Bond issues | Authorizes $85 million for resource recovery and solid waste disposal. | |
BI | Question 3 | Bond issues | Authorizes $30 million for infrastructure systems in the pinelands area. | |
LRSS | Question 4 | Bond issues | Allows money paid back for loans from the natural resources fund created in 1980 to go into the fund created by the act in Question 2. | |
LRSS | Question 5 | Gambling | Allows racetracks to send and receive video of horse races for betting purposes. | |
LRCA | Question 6 | Taxes | Ends the use of money from the casino revenue fund to finance senior and disabled homestead rebates after June 30, 1985. | |
LRCA | Question 7 | Administration of government | Allows the legislature to invalidate state executive rules and regulations by resolutions. |
New York
See also: New York 1985 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Proposal 1 | Bond issues | Permits the legislature to increase the amount the state may guarantee for bonds issued by a public corporation | |
LRCA | Proposal 2 | Taxes | Permits the legislature or government to incorporate any federal laws into state laws relating to reviving a tax | |
LRCA | Proposal 3 | State judiciary | Expands the jurisdiction of the court of appeals | |
LRCA | Proposal 4 | Bond issues | Authorizes municipalities or school districts to issue sinking fund bonds | |
LRCA | Proposal 5 | Taxes | Repeals the part of a section of the Constitution limiting the amount that can be raised through real estate taxes by school districts |
Ohio
See also: Ohio 1985 ballot measures
November 5, 1985
Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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Bonds for Coal Research Amendment | Allow the issuance of bonds to fund coal research. |
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1,439,344 (64%) |
807,647 (36%) |
Oklahoma
See also: Oklahoma 1985 ballot measures
April 30
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | State Question 586 | Labor | Sets limits on the amount of recoverable damages for injuries resulting in death | |
LRCA | State Question 587 | Gov't Finances | Revises the procedure for revenue estimates and prohibits creating certain debts | |
LRCA | State Question 588 | Taxes | Provides an ad valorem tax exemption for manufacturing facilities |
Oregon
See also: Oregon 1985 ballot measures
September 17
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Measure 1 | Taxes | Instates a five percent sales tax to fund educational institutions, reduces income, property and timber taxes and prohibits local sales taxes |
Pennsylvania
See also: Pennsylvania 1985 ballot measures
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Question 1 | Voting | Requires the state legislature to provide for absentee voting | |
LRCA | Question 2 | Veterans | Provides a property tax exemption for the primary residences of surviving spouses of a veteran |
Rhode Island
See also: Rhode Island 1985 ballot measures
November 5:
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Proposal 1 | Bond issues | Authorizes $5.5 million in bonds for restoration of the statehouse | |
LBM | Proposal 2 | Bond issues | Authorizes $5 million in bonds to continue accessibility of state facilities for the handicapped | |
LBM | Proposal 3 | Bond issues | Authorizes $16 million in bonds for capital development in transportation | |
LBM | Proposal 4 | Bond issues | Authorizes $9 million in bonds for capital development relating to heritage properties and natural and recreational areas | |
LBM | Proposal 5 | Bond issues | Authorizes the refinancing of up to $40.7 million in bonds first issued in 1981 | |
LBM | Proposal 6 | Bond issues | Authorizes $1.5 million in bonds to replace underground storage tanks for petroleum products and hazardous waste | |
LBM | Proposal 7 | Bond issues | Authorizes $2 million in bonds for the acquisition of development rights to farmlands | |
LBM | Proposal 8 | Bond issues | Authorizes up to $12.68 million for group facilities for the mentally disabled and chronically alcoholic | |
LBM | Proposal 9 | Bond issues | Authorizes up to $20 million in bonds for asbestos removal |
South Dakota
See also: South Dakota 1985 ballot measures
November 12
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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AQ | Question 1 | Nuclear issues | Asks for voter approval of a radioactive waste management compact |
Texas
See also: Texas 1985 ballot measures
November 5
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Proposition 1 | Water | Issues additional water development bonds for water related projects | |
LRCA | Proposition 2 | Bonds | Issues agricultural water conservation bonds | |
LRCA | Proposition 3 | Gov't finances | Permits the use of public funds for the relocation or replacement of water laterals | |
LRCA | Proposition 4 | Gov't finances | Allows proceeds from the sale of land dedicated to the permanent school fund to be used to acquire other land | |
LRCA | Proposition 5 | Healthcare | Regulates the provision of health care by hospital districts | |
LRCA | Proposition 6 | Prisons | Permits state prisoners to be placed in penal facilities of another state | |
LRCA | Proposition 7 | Local gov't | Allows Chambers County to be divided into precincts | |
LRCA | Proposition 8 | Veterans | Provides additional bonds for the veterans' housing program | |
LRCA | Proposition 9 | Gov't finances | Authorizes prior approval of expenditure or emergency transfer of state appropriations | |
LRCA | Proposition 10 | Bonds | Issues bonds for the purchase of farm and ranch land | |
LRCA | Proposition 11 | Trials | Refines the method for instituting criminal prosecutiions | |
LRCA | Proposition 12 | Judiciary | Grants the Supreme Court jurisdiction to answer questions of state law from a federal court | |
LRCA | Proposition 13 | Redistricting | Reapportions the state's judicial districts | |
LRCA | Proposition 14 | Local gov't | Abolishes the office of county treasurer in two counties and county surveyor in six counties |
Washington
See also: Washington 1985 ballot measures
November 5, 1985
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
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HJR 12 | Budgets | Permit investment in State industrial insurance (Worker's Compensation) Funds. |
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582,471 (71%) |
233,628 (29%) |
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HJR 22 | Education, Elections, and Taxes | Remove voter turnout requirements for voter approval of excess property tax levies for schools, except the 60% yes vote requirement. |
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369,852 (44%) |
463,391 (56%) |
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HJR 23 | Econ devt, Property, and Taxes | Permit local governments to finance development projects through creating districts and tax revenues from increased property values. |
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337,015 (41%) |
476,600 (59%) |
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HJR 22 | Food and agri | Permit agricultural commodity commissions to engage in promotional hosting to develop agricultural trade. |
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536,528 (68%) |
250,936 (32%) |
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