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2008 Elections: November Ballot Measures
| ILLINOIS HJR 137; 2007 - CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION QUESTION | | State Net ID: | IL V 1 | | Title: | Constitutional Convention | | Summary: | Proposes a call for a state Constitutional Convention to review the current Constitution and to decide whether the Constitution should be revised or rewritten.
| | Status: | 12/31/2008 -- Rejected by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| MASSACHUSETTS BALLOT QUESTION 1; INITIATIVE | | State Net ID: | MA V 1 | | Title: | State Income Tax Repeal | | Summary: | Provides for the repeal of the state personal income tax; reduces the state personal income tax rate to 2.65 per cent for all categories of taxable income for the tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2009; eliminates the tax for all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2010.
| | Status: | 11/04/2008 -- Unofficially rejected by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| MASSACHUSETTS BALLOT QUESTION 2; INITIATIVE | | State Net ID: | MA V 2 | | Title: | Possession of Marijuana Decriminalization | | Summary: | Provides for the decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of marijuana; provides civil penalties in lieu of criminal penalties on adults possessing less than an ounce of marijuana.
| | Status: | 11/04/2008 -- Unofficially approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| MASSACHUSETTS BALLOT QUESTION 3; INITIATIVE | | State Net ID: | MA V 3 | | Title: | Dog Racing Elimination | | Summary: | Provides for the graduated elimination of dog racing in the state; provides for shutting down of the state's two dog racing tracks; provides civil fines for violations.
| | Status: | 11/04/2008 -- Unofficially approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| MICHIGAN BALLOT NO. 08-1; INITIATIVE PETITION | | State Net ID: | MI V 1 | | Title: | Medical Marijuana | | Summary: | Allows under State law the medical use of marijuana; provides protections for the medical use of marijuana; provides for a system of registry identification cards for qualifying patients and primary caregivers; imposes a fee for registry application and renewal; provides for the promulgation of rules.
| | Status: | 11/24/2008 -- Approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| MICHIGAN BALLOT NO. 08-2; INITIATIVE PETITION | | State Net ID: | MI V 2 | | Title: | Embryonic Stem Cell Research | | Summary: | Proposes a Constitutional amendment to address human embryo and human embryonic stem cell research; expands use of human embryos for any research permitted under federal law subject to specified limits; provides that stem cells cannot be taken from human embryos more than 14 days after cell division begins; prohibits selling or purchasing human embryos for stem cell research; prohibits state and local laws that prevent, restrict, or discourage stem cell research.
| | Status: | 11/24/2008 -- Approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| NEW JERSEY PUBLIC QUESTION 1 | | State Net ID: | NJ V 1 | | Title: | State Bonds | | Summary: | Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds; provides exceptions.
| | Status: | 11/04/2008 -- Unofficially approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| NEW JERSEY BALLOT QUESTION 2 | | State Net ID: | NJ V 2 | | Title: | Selection and Appointment of Municipal Court Judges | | Summary: | Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to provide that the method of selection and appointment of certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the Constitution; provides which judges may be included; provides that the possibility that a statute would continue to provide for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate would not be precluded; permits a statute to set forth another method of selection and nomination.
| | Status: | 11/04/2008 -- Unofficially rejected by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| NEW YORK STATE PROPOSAL NUMBER ONE; SENATE BILL 1568 - 2007 | | State Net ID: | NY V 2 | | Title: | Disabled Veteran Points on Civil Service Examination | | Summary: | Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to eliminate the requirement that veterans who were disabled in the actual performance of duty in any war be receiving disability payments from the United States Veterans Administration in order to qualify for additional points on a civil service examination for appointment or promotion.
| | Status: | 12/12/2008 -- Approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| OHIO ISSUE 1; HJR 3-2007 | | State Net ID: | OH V 1 | | Title: | Petition Deadlines | | Summary: | Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution; requires an initiative or referendum to be placed on the ballot at the first regular or general election conducted more than one hundred twenty-five days after the petition is filed and to revise other deadlines relative to the filing of those petitions.
| | Status: | 11/04/2008 -- Unofficially approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| OHIO ISSUE 2; HJR 5-2007 | | State Net ID: | OH V 2 | | Title: | Clean Ohio Fund | | Summary: | Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to create the Clean Ohio Fund that authorizes the issuance of general and other obligators of the state to pay the costs relating to environmental and related conservation, preservation, and revitalization purposes.
| | Status: | 11/04/2008 -- Unofficially approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| OHIO ISSUE 3; SJR 8-2007 | | State Net ID: | OH V 3 | | Title: | Water Rights | | Summary: | Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to provide that groundwater underlying privately owned land and nonnavigable waters located on or flowing through privately owned land shall not be held in trust by any governmental body and that the state, and a political subdivision may provide for the regulation of such waters; provides that a landowner may convey to a government body the property interest held in the ground water underlying or flowing through the land.
| | Status: | 11/04/2008 -- Unofficially approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| OHIO ISSUE 6; INITIATIVE PETITION | | State Net ID: | OH V 4 | | Title: | Privately Owned Casinos | | Summary: | Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to authorize no more than one privately-owned casino to be operated in the State with gross casino receipts taxes to be distributed among all county governments; creates a Gaming Regulatory Commission; permits the casino to conduct certain gaming activities, including any type of card or table games, slot machines or electronic gaming devices permitted by the State of Nevada or any State adjacent to Ohio.
| | Status: | 11/04/2008 -- Unofficially rejected by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| OHIO ISSUE 5; REFERENDUM PETITION | | State Net ID: | OH V 5 | | Title: | Check-Cashing Lender Law | | Summary: | Repeals the Ohio Check-Cashing Lender Law passed by the 127th General Assembly as Section 3 of Substitute House Bill No. 545 on May 20, 2008, and signed by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of the State.
| | Status: | 11/04/2008 -- Unofficially approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| PENNSYLVANIA QUESTION NO. 1; SB 1341, ACT NO. 64, 2008 | | State Net ID: | PA V 1 | | Title: | Water/Sewer Improvements Bond Referendum | | Summary: | Approves the Commonwealth borrowing $400,000,000 to make grants and loans to municipalities and public utilities for the acquisition, construction, improvement, expansion, extension, repair or rehabilitation of drinking water systems, storm water and nonpoint source projects, nutrient credits and wastewater treatment system projects. Specifies that the grants and loans are to be awarded by the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority.
| | Status: | 11/04/2008 -- Unofficially approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| RHODE ISLAND QUESTION 2; ACTS 2008-469/2008-378 H8433/S3162 | | State Net ID: | RI V 1 | | Title: | Open Space and Recreational Development Bonds | | Summary: | Authorizes the issuance of bonds, refunding bonds and temporary notes of the State for capital projects in a specified amount for the purpose of open space and recreational development; provides for purchase of title, development rights, conservation easements and public recreation easements, greenways and other open space, recreation lands, agriculture lands, forested lands and state parks.
| | Status: | 11/17/2008 -- Approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
| RHODE ISLAND QUESTION 1; ACTS 2008-100 H 7390 | | State Net ID: | RI V 2 | | Title: | Transportation Bonds | | Summary: | Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds, refunding bonds, and temporary notes in an amount not to exceed a specified total amount to match federal funds and provide direct funding for improvements to the State's highways, roads and bridges; provides funds for commuter rail and to purchase and/or rehabilitate buses for the Public Transit Authority's bus fleet.
| | Status: | 11/17/2008 -- Approved by Voters.
| | Election Date: | November 04, 2008 |
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