2000 ballot measures

2000 State
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Part 1: Overview
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* Measures by year
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Measure Monthly

204 statewide ballot measures were on the 2000 ballot in 42 states. The state with the highest total number of ballot measures, both citizen initiatives and legislative referrals, was Oregon, with 26 measures.

## Contents

* 1 By state
* 1.1 Alabama
* 1.2 Alaska
* 1.3 Arizona
* 1.4 Arkansas
* 1.5 California
* 1.6 Colorado
* 1.7 Connecticut
* 1.8 Florida
* 1.9 Georgia
* 1.10 Hawaii
* 1.11 Idaho
* 1.12 Indiana
* 1.13 Iowa
* 1.14 Kansas
* 1.15 Kentucky
* 1.16 Louisiana
* 1.17 Maine
* 1.18 Maryland
* 1.19 Massachusetts
* 1.20 Michigan
* 1.21 Missouri
* 1.22 Montana
* 1.23 Nebraska
* 1.24 Nevada
* 1.25 New Hampshire
* 1.26 New Jersey
* 1.27 New Mexico
* 1.28 New York
* 1.29 North Carolina
* 1.30 North Dakota
* 1.31 Ohio
* 1.32 Oklahoma
* 1.33 Oregon
* 1.34 Rhode Island
* 1.35 South Carolina
* 1.36 South Dakota
* 1.37 Utah
* 1.38 Virginia
* 1.39 Washington
* 1.40 West Virginia
* 1.41 Wisconsin
* 1.42 Wyoming
* 2 External links
* 3 Voter Guides

## By state[edit]

### Alabama

> See also: Alabama 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Bond issues | Concerning the Capital Improvement Trust Fund | a
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Marriage | Concerning interracial marriage in the state | a
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Admin. of gov't | Concerning sharing of trust income with county and municipal governments | a
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Tax reform | Concerning ad valorem taxes in districts | a
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Admin. of gov't | Concerning the composition of the Board of Trustees of Auburn University | a
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Admin. of gov't | Concerning permitting certain Chilton County officials to participate in the state Employees' Retirement System | a
LRCA | Amendment 7 | Admin. of gov't | Concerning permitting certain Clay County officials to participate in the state Employees' Retirement System | a
LRCA | Amendment 8 | Tax increase | Concerning an additional ad valorem tax for fire protection in Fayette County | a
LRCA | Amendment 9 | Judicial reform | Concerning court costs in Greene county | a
LRCA | Amendment 10 | Admin. of gov't | Concerning permitting certain Lowndes County officials to participate in the state Employees' Retirement System | a
LRCA | Amendment 11 | Gambling | Concerning bingo games for charitable purposes | a
LRCA | Amendment 12 | Admin. of gov't | Concerning permitting certain Marion County officials to participate in the state Employees' Retirement System | a
LRCA | Amendment 13 | Admin. of gov't | Concerning permitting certain Sumter County officials to participate in the state Employees' Retirement System | a
LRCA | Amendment 14 | Tax increase | Concerning an ad valorem tax in Winston County | a

### Alaska

> See also: Alaska 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Measure 1 | Direct Democracy | Forbids using the initiative process to make laws regulating the taking of wildlife | d
LRCA | Measure 2 | Constitution | Requires proposed amendments to only consider one subject | d
LRCA | Measure 3 | Admin of Gov't | Establishes a public corporation to manage the Alaskan Permanent Fund | d
IndISS | Measure 4 | Taxes | Limits certain municipalities from setting property tax rates above 10 mills | d
IndISS | Measure 5 | Marijuana | Decriminalizes hemp and marijuana | d
VR | Measure 6 | Hunting | Allows hunters to use airplanes to shoot wolves on the same day they fly | a

### Arizona

> See also: Arizona 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Proposition 100 | Environment | Allow some state trust land and trust land income to be used for additional purposes. | d
LRCA | Proposition 101 | Gov't | Modernize certain out-of-date language including references to people with disabilities. | a
LRCA | Proposition 102 | Hunting | Manage wildlife in the public trust to assure the continued existence of wildlife populations. | d
LRCA | Proposition 103 | Term limits | Expand the Corporation Commission to five members and to change the term of office. | a
LRCA | Proposition 104 | Tax | Allowing the value of the primary residence of qualifying owners to remain at a fixed amount. | a
LRCA | Proposition 105 | Tax reform | Subject to property tax unless there is an exemption from the tax under federal law. | a
CICA | Proposition 106 | Redistricting | Establish an appointed Redistricting Commission to redraw the boundaries for legislative districts. | a
CICA | Proposition 108 | Business | Allow telephone companies that provide local service to set their own rates and charges. | d
CISS | Proposition 200 | Tobacco | State to deposit money it receives from settlement in a "Healthy Children, Healthy Families Fund." | a
CISS | Proposition 202 | Gov't | Change existing growth management statutes to add additional requirements. | d
CISS | Proposition 203 | English | Change the bilingual law to require classes be taught in English except "English Learners." | a
CISS | Proposition 204 | Tobacco | State to deposit money received from tobacco settlement in the "Arizona Tobacco Litigation settlement fund." | a
CR | Proposition 300 | Gov't | Increase the salary of members of the Arizona State Legislature. | d
CISS | Proposition 301 | Tax | Authorize issuance of up to $800 million of new school improvement revenue bonds. | a

### Arkansas

> See also: Arkansas 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Proposed Amendment 1 | Bonds | Allows cities and counties to form redevelopment districts and to issue bonds for redevelopment projects | a
LRCA | Proposed Amendment 2 | Taxes | Limits the increase in the assessed value of a taxpayer’s real property for property tax | a
LRCA | Proposed Amendment 3 | Judiciary | Revises the judicial article of the constitution | a
CICA | Proposed Amendment 5 | Gambling | Establishes a statewide lottery, authorizes charitable bingo and casino gaming | d
CISS | Proposed Initiated Act 1 | Tobacco | Creates a tobacco settlement cash holding fund | a

### California

> See also: California 2000 ballot propositions

March 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Proposition 1A | Gambling | Allows the governor to negotiate (subject to legislative approval) gambling compacts with Indians on tribal lands to authorize slot machines, lottery games, and banking and percentage card games | a
BI | Proposition 12 | Bonds | Issues $2.1 billion in bonds for clean water, recreational projects, and preserve open space and farmland | a
BI | Proposition 13 | Bonds | Issues $1.97 billion in bonds for public water, wastewater treatment, groundwater storage, flood control, stream restoration, watershed protection, and other water-related projects | a
BI | Proposition 14 | Bonds | Issues $350 million in bonds for the construction and renovation of public library facilities | a
BI | Proposition 15 | Bonds | Issues $220 million in bonds to fund the construction and renovation of forensic laboratories | d
BI | Proposition 16 | Bonds | Issues $50 million in bonds to fund veterans' homes | a
LRCA | Proposition 17 | Gambling | Permits private nonprofits to conduct raffles with at least 90% of the raffle's gross receipts dedicated to charitable purposes | a
LRSS | Proposition 18 | Law enforcement | Amends the California Penal Code to define "lying in wait" as a special circumstance where the maximum penalty for first-degree murder is a life sentence without the possibility of parole or the death penalty | a
LRSS | Proposition 19 | Law enforcement | Requires longer prison sentences for persons convicted of second-degree murder of a police officer working for the California State University system or and the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District, which would make the criminal punishment consistent with the statewide policy for the murder of other police officers | a
LRSS | Proposition 20 | Gambling | Mandates that of the future growth in lottery funds, one-half of that increase must go to K-14 public schools to be spent on instructional materials | a
CISS | Proposition 21 | Law enforcement | Increases criminal penalties for gang-related felonies; requiring individuals 14 years or older to be tried as adults for murder or specified sex offenses; prohibiting the use of informal probation for any juvenile offender who commits a felony; and revising the lists of specific crimes defined as serious or violent offenses | a
CISS | Proposition 22 | Marriage | Defines marriage between a man and a woman in the California Family Code | a
CISS | Proposition 23 | Elections | Requires election ballots for federal and state offices to provide an option to vote for 'none of the above' | d
CISS | Proposition 25 | Elections and campaigns | Revises the state's campaign finance laws to limit contributions, creates limited fundraising periods, provides public financing of certain candidate and ballot measure committee advertisements for committees agreeing to voluntary spending limits, and requires top donors to ballot measure committees to be listed on ballot pamphlets | d
CICA/SS | Proposition 26 | Education | Lowers the vote requirement for certain local school bond questions from a two-thirds (66.67%) supermajority vote to a simple majority (50%+1) vote and requires every K-12 school district to provide for charter school facilities "sufficient to accommodate the charter school’s students" | d
CISS | Proposition 27 | Term limits | Allows all California candidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to sign a non-binding declaration stating their intention to voluntarily limit their years of service to two terms in the Senate (12 years) or three terms in the House of Representatives (6 years) | d
CISS | Proposition 28 | Taxes | Eliminates the $0.50 per-pack excise tax on cigarettes and the equivalent tax on other tobacco products imposed by Proposition 10 of 1988 and eliminates the California Children and Families First Trust Fund once all previously collected taxes under Proposition 10 were appropriated and expended | d
VR | Proposition 29 | Gambling | Upholds or rejects the Pala Compacts, which authorized video lottery terminals as part of 11 tribal-state compacts | a
VR | Proposition 30 | Business regulation | Upholds or rejects legislation that allows third-party lawsuits against insurance companies for unfair claims practices in handling liability claims | d
VR | Proposition 31 | Business regulation | Upholds or rejects AB 1309, which was designed to limit certain third-party claimant lawsuits | d

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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BI | Proposition 32 | Bonds | Issues $500 million in general obligation bonds for the Cal-Vet veterans' housing program | a
LRCA | Proposition 33 | State legislature | Allows members of the state legislature to participate in the state Public Employees Retirement System | d
LRSS | Proposition 34 | Elections and campaigns | Adopts limits on campaign contributions to candidates for state elective offices | a
CICA | Proposition 35 | Admin of gov't | Allows the government to contract with private entities for engineering and architectural services | a
CISS | Proposition 36 | Marijuana | Requires that people convicted of the possession, use or transportation of controlled substances and similar parole violations, except sale or manufacture, receive probation and drug treatment, rather than incarceration | a
CICA | Proposition 37 | Taxes | Defines a fee as a tax and requires a two-thirds legislative vote to adopt a fee | d
CICA | Proposition 38 | School choice | Authorizes annual state payments of at least $4000 per pupil for private and religious schools | d
CICA | Proposition 39 | Education | Reduces the supermajority requirement from 60% to 55% for voters to pass local school bond measures | a

### Colorado

> See also: Colorado 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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CICA | Initiative 20 | Marijuana | Allows legal possession of marijuana for medical purposes | a
CICA | Initiative 21 | Taxes | Cuts taxes by $25 per year including property, income, utility, and vehicle taxes | d
CISS | Initiative 22 | Constitutional rights | Requires background checks for gun purchases at a gun show | a
CICA | Initiative 23 | Education | Sets a minimum increase in funding | a
CICA | Initiative 24 | Local Gov't | Requires voter approval of "growth area maps" | d
CISS | Initiative 25 | Abortion | Requires medical professionals to offer information before an abortion | d
LRCA | Referendum A | Taxes | Reduces property taxes for qualified senior citizens | a
LRCA | Referendum B | Redistricting | Permanently changes reapportionment timetable | a
LRCA | Referendum C | Elections | Adds the option of appointing a county surveyor | d
LRCA | Referendum D | Constitutions | Removes references to past one-time events and to public offices that no longer exist | a
LRSS | Referendum E | Gambling | Makes multi-state lotteries legal in Colorado | a
LRSS | Referendum F | Education | Allows state to keep and spend some excess of constitutional revenue limit for educational grants for a temporary period | d

### Connecticut

> See also: Connecticut 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Eliminate County Sheriffs Act | Law enforcement | Eliminates county sheriffs as constitutional officers | a

### Florida

> See also: Florida 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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CICA | Amendment 1 | Transportation | Build a high speed monorail | a
ABR | Selection of Circuit Court Judges | Judiciary | Change from electing circuit court judges to gubernatorial appointments | d
ABR | Selection of County Court Judges | Judiciary | Change from electing county court judges to gubernatorial appointments | d

### Georgia

> See also: Georgia 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Legislature | Provides for the selection of replacements for members of the general assembly who have been convicted of a felony | a
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Taxes | Provides for a homeowner's incentive adjustment for ad valorem property tax relief | a
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Insurance | Provides a compensation program for law enforcement officers and firemen who become injured in the line of duty | a
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Insurance | Provides for indemnification for public school employees who are killed or injured by an act of violence in the line of duty | a
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Insurance | Provides for indemnification for state highway employees injured or killed in the line of duty | a
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Taxes | Classifies marine vessels as a separate class of property for ad valorem tax purposes | d
LRCA | Amendment 7 | Judiciary | Increases the time for which state court judges must have been admitted to the practice of law | a
LRSS | Referendum A | Taxes | Exempts certain farm equipment used by family owned operations from ad valorem taxes | a
LRSS | Referendum B | Taxes | Increases the ad valorem tax exemption for tools and trade implements of manual laborers | a
LRSS | Referendum C | Taxes | Provides that unremarried spouses of soldiers killed in conflict receive a homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes | a
LRSS | Referendum D | Taxes | Provides ad valorem tax exemptions to property of Elks Lodges | d

### Hawaii

> See also: Hawaii 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Education | University of Hawaii the authority and power of self-governance. | a
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Admin. of gov't | Tax review commission every ten years instead of every five years. | a
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Admin. of gov't | Assign to the reapportionment commission the duty to maintain the staggering of senate terms. | a

### Idaho

> See also: Idaho 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | HJR 1 | Education | Allows money from the sale of school lands to go to the Public School Endowment Fund | a
LRCA | SJR 107 | Bonds | Establishes a bond bank authority to purchase municipal bonds | a

### Indiana

> See also: Indiana 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Question 1 | Admin. of gov't | Amend the constitution so that criminal appeals from a sentence of life imprisonment. | a

### Iowa

> See also: Iowa 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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ABR | Question 1 | Con Convention | Calls for a constitutional convention to amend the state constitution | d

### Kansas

> See also: Kansas 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Chapter 184 | Pension | Allow state retirement plans to be stockholders in any bank | a
LRCA | Chapter 190 | Taxes | Aircraft and watercraft taxed differently than other property | d

### Kentucky

> See also: Kentucky 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Admin. of gov't | Amends the Constitution to establish annual sessions of the legislature. | a
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Admin. of gov't | Abolishes the Railroad Commission and transfers its duties to another state agency. | a

### Louisiana

> See also: Louisiana 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Gov't Finances | Concerning the creation of a state economic development agency | d
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Taxes | Concerning the removal of the federal income tax paid deduction from state income taxes | d
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Taxes | Concerning the elimination state sales tax on food and utilities | a
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Development | Concerning donation of state funds to private corporations for economic development | d

### Maine

> See also: Maine 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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IndISS | Question 1 | Assisted Death | Allows informed adults with terminal illnesses to request and receive medications to end their lives | d
IndISS | Question 2 | Business | Requires owners of timberland to obtain a permit for clearcutting practices | d
IndISS | Question 3 | Lottery | Allows video lottery at some horse racing tracks | d
LRCA | Question 4 | Taxes | Assesses waterfront property used for commercial fishing based upon the value of its current use | d
LRCA | Question 5 | Suffrage | Removes the prohibition against voting by persons who are under guardianship for reasons of mental illness | d
LRSS | Question 6 | LGBT | Makes it unlawful to discriminate against individuals based on their sexual orientation | d

### Maryland

> See also: Maryland 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Question 1 | Elections | Exempts the Board of Cecil County Commissioners from requirement that elections be held only in every fourth year on a particular date | a
LRCA | Question 2 | Eminent domain | Authorizes Prince George's County Council to take property upon a finding of immediate need for redevelopment purposes. | d

### Massachusetts

> See also: Massachusetts 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Question 1 | Admin. of gov't | Require that the periodic redrawing of district boundaries for state legislators new census data. | a
LRCA | Question 2 | Civil rights | Limit the voting rights of incarcerated felons. | a
CISS | Question 3 | Animal rights | Prohibit dog races where betting or wagering occurs. | d
CISS | Question 4 | Tax reform | Lower the state personal income tax to 5%. | a
CISS | Question 5 | Healthcare | Require health insurance carries to provide certain rights to patients and health care professionals. | d
CISS | Question 6 | Tax reform | Corporate excise tax credit for Massachusetts tolls and motor vehicle excise taxes. | d
CISS | Question 7 | Tax reform | State income tax deduction for chariable contributions. | a
CISS | Question 8 | Law enforcement | Creation of a state Drug Treatment Trust Fund. | d

### Michigan

> See also: Michigan 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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CICA | Proposal 1 | Education | Allow students to use tuition vouchers to attend nonpublic schools and require teacher testing to redeem vouchers | d
CICA | Proposal 2 | Admin of gov't | Require a 2/3 vote of the legislature to enact certain laws affecting local governments | d

### Missouri

> See also: Missouri 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Gov't finances | Creates a budget reserve fund in the state treasury | a
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Gambling | Reduces the time from two years to six months that is required to be members of religious organization | d
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Gov't salaries | Requires that salaries recommended by the Citizens' Commission on Compensation for statewide elected officials be appropriated be legislature | d
CISS | Proposition A | Business | Prohibits the construction of most new outdoor advertising. | d
CISS | Proposition B | Elections | Establishes a campaign finance system | d

### Montana

> See also: Montana 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | C-34 | Gov't Finances | Allows state workers’ compensation insurance fund to be invested in private corporate capital stock. | a
LRCA | C-35 | Tobacco | Creates a Montana tobacco settlement trust fund. | a
CISS | I-143 | Animals | Prohibits all new alternative livestock ranches, also known as game farms. | a
LRSS | LR-115 | Taxes | Revises the taxation of certain vehicles. | a
LRSS | LR-116 | Taxes | Repeals state inheritance taxes | a

### Nebraska

> See also: Nebraska 2000 ballot measures

May 9

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | English | Eliminates English language requirements for private, denominational and parochial schools | d

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Elections | Changes the method of nominating and electing the Lieutenant Governor | a
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Con language | States that language in the constitution shall be construed to be gender neutral | d
LRCA | Amendment 3A | Elections | Requires two separate votes to approve amendments to constitution | d
LRCA | Amendment 3B | Direct democracy | Identifies the powers of initiative and referendum and to remove obsolete language | a
LRCA | Amendment 3C | Direct democracy | Changes filing requirements for initiative petitions | d
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Judiciary | Changes the date of compensation changes made by the legislature for the judiciary | a
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Legislature | Requires the resignation of members of the Legislature elected to other state or local offices | a
CICA | Measure 415 | Term Limits | Limits legislators to no more than two consecutive terms | a
CICA | Measure 416 | Marriage & family | Provides that only marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in Nebraska | a

### Nevada

> See also: Nevada 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Question 1 | Admin of gov't | Authorize investing state money in companies not classified as educational or charitable, subject to conditions | d
CICA | Question 2 | Marriage | "Only a marriage between a male and female person shall be recognized and given effect in this state" | a
CICA | Question 9 | Marijuana | Allow use of marijuana, upon the advice of a physician, for certain medical conditions | a

### New Hampshire

> See also: New Hampshire 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Home Rule Authority | Government | Constitutional amendment to provide that municipalities shall have home rule authority. | d

### New Jersey

> See also: New Jersey 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Question 1 | Tax reform | Dedicate petroleum products gross receipts tax and certain amounts from sales tax for transportation | a
LRCA | Question 2 | Government | Amend the constitution to permit the Legislature to authorize disclosure of information concerning sex offenders. | a

### New Mexico

> See also: New Mexico 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Local Gov't | Bernallilo County ranked as an "urban county" | a
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Term Limits | Eliminates term limits for elected county officials | d
LRSS | Bond Issue A | Bonds | Provides money to the State Agency on Aging for capital expenditures for senior citizen facility improvements | a
LRSS | Bond Issue B | Bonds | Provides money to make capital expenditures for public educational capital improvements | a
LRSS | Bond Issue C | Bonds | Provides money for construction and improvements to existing facilities and equipment around the state | d

### New York

> See also: New York 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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BI | Proposal 1 | Bond issues | Transportation infrastructure bond | d

### North Carolina

> See also: North Carolina 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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BI | Referendum 1 | Bonds | Issues bonds to fund improvements to higher education facilities | a

### North Dakota

> See also: North Dakota 2000 ballot measures

June 13

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Measure 1 | Admin of Gov't | Changes number of persons with bachelor's from the same state institution who can serve on the board of higher education from one to two | a
LRCA | Measure 2 | Elections | Provides for one-half of the elected state officials to be chosen by voters in each election year | a
LRCA | Measure 3 | Elections | Removes state treasurer as an elected constitutional officer | d
LRCA | Measure 4 | Legislature | Fills legislative assembly vacancies by laws created by the assembly instead of gubernatorial writs of election | a

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Measure 1 | Hunt & Fish | Values, preserves and manages hunting, trapping and fishing | a

### Ohio

> See also: Ohio 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Bonds | Authorizes $200 million in bonds for environmental projects | a

### Oklahoma

> See also: Oklahoma 2000 ballot measures

August 22

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRSS | State Question 691 | Taxes | Changes the annual registration fee for vehicles | a

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | State Question 684 | Education | Establishes the Trust to benefit the State’s common schools and certain State universities | d
LRCA | State Question 685 | Taxes | Increases property taxes by up to two and one-half mills to support county health departments | d
LRCA | State Question 686 | Education | Lets state colleges and universities make contracts with presidents for more than one year | a
LRCA | State Question 688 | Alcohol | Allows Oklahoma winemakers to make direct sales to retail package stores and restaurants in this state | a
LRCA | State Question 690 | Taxes | Provides procedure for making certain ad valorem tax levies permanent | a
LRCA | State Question 692 | Tobacco | Creates the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund | a

### Oregon

> See also: Oregon 2000 ballot measures

May 16

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Measure 77 | Taxes | Gives certain local taxing district’s temporary property tax authority | d
LRCA | Measure 78 | Direct Democracy | Lengthens the period of time for verifying signatures on initiative and referendum petitions | a
LRCA | Measure 79 | Direct Democracy | Increases the number of signatures required to place an initiative amending the constitution on the ballot | d
LRCA | Measure 80 | Taxes | Authorizes using fuel tax revenues and vehicle fees for increasing highway policing | d
LRCA | Measure 81 | Admin of Gov't | Allows the legislature to limit the recovery of damages in civil actions | d
VR | Measure 82 | Taxes | Repeals the truck weight-mile tax and increases on the fuel tax | d

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Measure 83 | Veterans | Establishes standards and priorities for granting veterans’ loans and eliminates specific active duty dates requirements | a
LRCA | Measure 84 | Gov't Finance | Retains the requirement that the state pay local governments for the costs of state-mandated programs | a
LRCA | Measure 85 | Local Gov't | Increases the minimum population and area requirements for the formation of new counties | d
LRCA | Measure 86 | Gov't Finance | Requires the refunding of tax revenues from the general fund that exceeded state estimates to taxpayers | a
LRCA | Measure 87 | Business | Allows for the zoning of sexually oriented businesses without needing to demonstrate actual neighborhood harm | d
LRSS | Measure 88 | Taxes | Increases the maximum deductible on state income tax returns for federal income taxes paid | a
LRSS | Measure 89 | Gov't Finance | Creates a fund from tobacco settlement proceeds dedicated to health, housing and transportation programs | d
VR | Measure 90 | Utilities | Allows public utilities to set rates at levels giving utilities returns on their undepreciated investments in property retired from service | d
CICA | Measure 91 | Taxes | Makes federal income taxes deductible on state personal income and corporate income tax returns | d
CICA | Measure 92 | Elections | Prohibits payroll deductions for political purposes without written employee authorization | d
CICA | Measure 93 | Elections | Requires approval by no less than the percentage of voters approving this measure for new or increased taxes | d
CISS | Measure 94 | Trials | Repeals the mandatory minimum sentences for certain violent felonies | d
CICA | Measure 95 | Education | Requires student learning, not seniority, as the determinate of teacher pay | d
CICA | Measure 96 | Direct Democracy | Prohibits the legislature from making the initiative process more expensive or difficult | d
CISS | Measure 97 | Hunt & Fish | Bans body-gripping traps, exchange of mammal furs, and certain animal poisons | d
CICA | Measure 98 | Elections | Prohibits using public resources to collect or help collect political funds | d
CICA | Measure 99 | Welfare | Creates a commission ensuring quality home services for the elderly and disabled receiving publicly-funded care | a
CICA | Measure 1 | Education | Requires the legislature to fund school quality goals adequately, issue reports and establish equalization grants | a
CICA | Measure 2 | Legislature | Creates a process for petitioning the legislature to review administrative rules | d
CICA | Measure 3 | Property | Requires conviction before property forfeiture, reporting of forfeitures and restricts use of proceeds from forfeitures | a
CISS | Measure 4 | Gov't Finance | Creates a tobacco settlement trust fund to be used for public low-income health care | d
CISS | Measure 5 | Firearms | Expands statewide background checks before firearms transfers at gun shows or by dealer | a
CISS | Measure 6 | Elections | Gives limited public funding to candidates accepting limits on spending and private contributions | d
CICA | Measure 7 | Property | Requires state and local governments to pay property owners for the decreased market value of their properties due to any regulation or restriction affecting such | a
CICA | Measure 8 | Gov't Finance | Limits state appropriations to fifteen percent of state’s personal income in prior biennium | d
CISS | Measure 9 | LGBT | Prohibits public schools from instructing on homosexual or bisexual behaviors | d

### Rhode Island

> See also: Rhode Island 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LBM | Question 1 | Bond issues | Environmental Management Bonds ($34,000,000) | a
LBM | Question 2 | Bond issues | Water Quality Management Bonds ($60,000,000) | a
LBM | Question 3 | Bond issues | Transportation Bonds ($62,510,000) | a
LBM | Question 4 | Bond issues | Higher Education Bonds ($36,950,000) | a
LBM | Question 5 | Bond issues | Heritage Harbor Museum Bonds ($25,000,000) | d
AQ | Question 6 | Government | Co-Equal Branches of Government (Advisory Referendum Proposed by the Governor) | a

### South Carolina

> See also: South Carolina 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Education | Amend the constitution to permit a state lottery; direct revenue generated by lottery to Education Lottery Account. | a
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Taxes | Property tax assessment on cars and pickup trucks from the current 10.5 percent to 6 percent | a
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Taxes | Allows a county, by local referendum, to approve an additional sales and use tax | a

### South Dakota

> See also: South Dakota 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment A | Taxes | Establishes multiple classes of agricultural property for purposes of taxation | a
LRCA | Amendment B | Local gov't | Authorizes local initiatives to provide for the cooperation and organization of local government. | a
CICA | Amendment C | Taxes | Prohibits a state inheritance tax. | a
CICA | Amendment D | Lottery | Abolishes video lottery. | d
LRCA | Amendment E | Gov't Finances | Permits investment of the permanent school funds in certain stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. | a
CISS | Initiative 1 | Gambling | Raises the maximum bet limits in Deadwood. | a

### Utah

> See also: Utah 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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CISS | Initiative A | English | Makes English the state's official language | a
CISS | Initiative B | Property | Uniform procedures for drug-offense forfeitures of property, forbids penalties to innocent parties | a
LRCA | Proposition 1 | Constitutional language | Modify terms used to identify local government officials | a
LRCA | Proposition 2 | Tobacco | Tobacco settlement trust fund | a

### Virginia

> See also: Virginia 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Question 1 | Gambling | Repeal of a constitutional ban on state-run lotteries | a
LRCA | Question 2 | Hunting | Right to Hunt, Fish and Harvest Game. | a

### Washington

> See also: Washington 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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ITP | Initiative 713 | Hunting | Makes hunting animals with body-gripping traps or poison a gross misdemeanor | a
ITP | Initiative 722 | Taxes | Limits property tax increases to 2% per year and nullifies certain 1999 tax increases. | a
ITP | Initiative 728 | Education | Reduces class sizes, extends learning programs, expands teacher training, and constructs facilities, funded by lottery proceeds, property taxes, and budget reserves | a
ITP | Initiative 729 | Education | Authorizes the establishment of charter public schools | d
ITP | Initiative 732 | Labor | Allows teachers and other school district employees to receive cost-of-living salary adjustments | a
ITP | Initiative 745 | Transportation | Mandates that 90% of transportation funds be spent constructing and maintaining roads and exempts road construction from sales tax | d
LRCA | SJR 8214 | Gov't Finances | Removes the constitutional limitations on investment of funds held in trust for people with developmental disabilities | a

### West Virginia

> See also: West Virginia 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Judiciary | Permit the Legislature to establish a unified system of family courts | a

### Wisconsin

> See also: Wisconsin 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRSS | Question 1 | Suffrage | Give the right to vote to adult children of state residents who reside abroad | a

### Wyoming

> See also: Wyoming 2000 ballot measures

Type  | Title  | Subject  | Description  | Result

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LRCA | Amendment B | War and peace | Allow any qualified resident to serve in the state militia if he or she is between 17 and 70 | a

## External links[edit]

* Vote USA 2000, from the BBC
* Oregon 2000 ballot measure cheatsheet
* CNN ballot measure election results 2000
* California 2000 ballot measure results
* Arizona 2000 ballot measure results
* 2000 referendum wars Dane Waters
* New York Times, "Californians Reject Gay Marriage and Back Tough Juvenile-Crime Laws", March 8, 2000
* November 2000 ballot questions in Maine
* Citizen's guide to the November 2000 ballot questions in Maine
* November 2000 election results, Maine ballot questions

## Voter Guides[edit]

* Alabama 2000 constitutional amendments
* Alaska 2000 ballot measure voter guide (dead link)
* Arizona 2000 ballot measures voter guide
* Arkansas ballot measure history, including 2000

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