Election Snapshot Ballot Measures

Elections 2009 Ballot Measures
ST Type Number Description Link Result
MEQuestion1Rejects new state law that allows same-sex marriage.LINKPASS
MEQuestion2Decreases Automobile Excise Tax and allows energy efficiency tax incentives.LINKFAIL
MEQuestion3Repeals the 2007 law on school district consolidation.LINKFAIL
MEQuestion4Changes certain tax formulae and requires referenda for certain tax and spending increases.LINKFAIL
MEQuestion5Amends the Maine Medical Marijuana Act to allow certain usage of medical marijuana.LINKPASS
MEQuestion6A $71,250,000 bond issue for several infrastructural improvements.LINKPASS
MEQuestion7Amends the state constitution to increase the amount of time that local officials have to certify the signatures on direct initiative petitions.LINKFAIL
NJQuestion 1Allows the state borrow $400 million to preserve open space, farmland, and historic areas.LINKPASS
NYProposal1Allows sale of state forest land for power lines.LINKPASS
NYProposal2Allows inmates to work for nonprofit organizations.LINKPASS
OHAmendment1Generally authorizes the state to issue up to $200 million in bonds to provide compensation to veterans of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq conflicts.LINKPASS
OHAmendment2Creates the Livestock Care Standards Board.LINKPASS
OHAmendment 3Allows for one casino each in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo.LINKPASS
TXAmendment1Allows tax-financed acquisition of open space near bases by local governments.LINKPASS
TXAmendment2makes property taxes on residence based only on the property's value as a residence.LINKPASS
TXAmendment3Provides for uniform standards and procedures for the appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes.LINKPASS
TXAmendment4Establishes the national research university fund to enable emerging research universities in the state to achieve national prominence as major research universities.LINKPASS
TXAmendment5Authorizes the legislature to authorize a single board of equalization for two or more adjoining appraisal entities that elect to provide for consolidated equalizations.LINKPASS
TXAmendment6Authorizes the Veterans' Land Board to issue general obligation bonds in amounts equal to or less than amounts previously authorized.LINKPASS
TXAmendment7Allows an officer or enlisted member of the Texas State Guard or other state militia or military force to hold other civil offices.LINKPASS
TXAmendment8Authorizes the state to contribute money, property, and other resources for the establishment, maintenance and operation of veterans' hospitals in Texas.LINKPASS
TXAmendment9Protects the right of the public, both individually and collectively, to access and use the public beaches bordering the seaward shore of the Gulf of Mexico.LINKPASS
TXAmendment10Limits elected members of the governing boards of emergency services districts may serve to terms no longer than four years.LINKPASS
TXAmendment11Prohibits the taking, damaging, or destroying of private property for public use unless the action is for eminent domain purposes..LINKPASS
WAQuestion1Limits growth of certain local revenue to annual inflation and population growth, not including voter-approved revenue increases.LINKFAIL
WAQuestion2Expands the rights, responsibilities and obligations accorded state-registered same-sex and senior domestic partners to be equivalent to those of married spouses, except that a domestic partnership is not a marriage. LINKPASS