A state referendum was held, and narrowly passed.

The Clinton Administration was not alone in its reaction to the state referendums.

Washington and California rejected laws permitting assisted suicide in state referendums.

They also expressed the same reaction to the legalization of marijuana in state referenda.

They had been in office for at least 12 years, the limit specified in a 1996 state referendum.

Of 18 state referendums since 1966, he said, the only one that passed was in South Dakota.

The by-election was held in conjunction with the state referendum on daylight saving hours.

After a state wide referendum, his proposal was accepted, although a new name was decided upon: Vallejo.

But the plan was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in a state referendum.

Increasingly, senators were elected based on state referenda, similar to the means developed by Oregon.