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SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS APPENDIX I statewide questions submitted in the united states Listed below by states are questions presented to the electorate by initiative or referendum petitions from the years 1956 through 1964. In all probability this list does not contain all questions that were submitted in the various states by such petitions. In most cases questions were taken from copies of election ballots. Very often the ballot would not indicate whether the question was originated by the legislature or by the initiative power; also it would not indi- cate whether a referred question was rereffered by legislative proviso or by referendum petition. In some cases the only source of information was newspaper clippings, and newspapers would tend to discuss only the more controversial questions and not mention others. Constitutional amendments generally are not included in this list since they are often sub- mitted in accordance with a specific provision on amending the state constitution, which differs significantly from initiative and referendum provisions. Questions submitted in Maryland are not included in this list, but are presented elsewhere in this paper. alaska (Population! 1960—226,167) 1958 Total Gubernatorial Vote: 48,968. Shall Alaska immediately for 40,452 be admitted to the Union against 8 010 as a State? majority 32,442 for total vote 48,462 Shall Alaska accept the for 40,221 boundaries determined by against 7 766 Congress ? ______ majority 32,655 for total vote 48,187 Shall the State accept all for 40,739 the provisions of the Act against 7,500 of Congress admitting ______ Alaska? majority 33,239 for total vote 48,239 1962 Total Gubernatorial Vote: 56,681. Required Number of Petition Signatures: 4,897. (Based upon 10% of total number of persons who voted in last general election: 48,968.) Initiated proposal to move for 26,542 the location of the State against 32,325 Capital. —————— majority 5,783 against total vote 58,867 arizona (Population: 1950—749,587; 1960—1,302,161) 1956 Total Gubernatorial Vote: 288,592. Required Number of Petition Signatures: 24,397. (Based upon 10% of 1954 gubernatorial vote: 243,970.) Initiated proposal relat- for 150,178 ing to premarital exam- against 27,932 inations and licenses. —————— majority 122,246 for total vote 178,110 78 |
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Constitutional Revision Study Documents of the Constitutional Convention Commission, 1968
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