The measure would ask voters to amend the State Constitution to overturn a State Supreme Court ruling that such a ban was unconstitutional.

November 3, 1998: The state's voters amended the constitution to require that all marriages be between a man and a woman.

By 54 percent to 46 percent, voters amended the State Constitution to permit more flexible terms in borrowing by counties, municipalities and school districts.

In November 1986, the voters amended the Charter to increase the number of Council seats in the 1990 election from seven to nine.

Its creation in 1983 required Connecticut's voters and legislature to amend the state's constitution.

Lost beneath the marquee races were some less pressing outcomes: in New York, voters amended the State Constitution to make it gender-neutral.

Under the measure, voters by a simple majority could have adopted new laws or amend existing laws prohibiting or limiting political campaign contributions or expenditures.

Around that same time, the voters amended the California Constitution by initiative to strengthen the constitutionality of the state workers' compensation system.

Hawaii's voters then amended their Constitution to limit marriage to a man and a woman, but court cases continued to follow Hawaii's lead.