| |
Number Filed |
Number Certified |
Number Successful |
Number Failed |
| Initiatives to the People |
952 |
128 |
64 |
64 |
| Initiatives to the Legislature |
379 |
28 |
18 |
10 |
Referendum Measures
(Referred by petition of voters) |
66 |
34 |
6 |
28 |
Referendum Bills
(Referred by the Legislature) |
51 |
48 |
39 |
9 |
* Initiatives to the Legislature--In some cases, the initiative was approved by the Legislature without being referred to the vote of the people. In other cases, an alternative to the initiative was approved by the voters.
** Referendum Measures--When a referendum fails, it means that citizens sponsoring referendum measures were successful in preventing newly-enacted legislation from becoming law. Votes cast were in opposition to the measure referred.
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