List of Michigan ballot measures
The following is a list of statewide initiatives and referenda modifying state law and proposing state constitutional amendments in Michigan, sorted by election.
1830s
1835
1850s
1850
1858
1860s
1860
1862
1866
1868
1870s
1870
1872
1874
1876
1878
1880s
1880
| Proposal | Passed | YES votes | YES % | NO votes | NO % | Description |
| Proposal 1 | No | 37,340 | 39.15% | 58,040 | 60.85% | River bridge or tunnel for Detroit |
1881
1882
1884
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890s
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1897
1898
1899
1900s
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1910s
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920s
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1926
1927
1928
1930s
1930
1931
1932
1934
1935
1936
1938
1939
1940s
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1948
1950s
1950
1951
1952
1954
1955
1956
1958
1959
1960s
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1966
1968
| Proposal | Passed | YES votes | YES % | NO votes | NO % | Description |
| Proposal 1 | No | 614,826 | 23.29% | 2,025,052 | 76.71% | Permitting state to impose a graduated income tax |
| Proposal 2 | No | 1,402,562 | 49.99% | 1,403,052 | 50.01% | Act 6 of 1967, permitting establishment of daylight saving time in Michigan |
| Proposal 3 | Yes | 1,906,385 | 70.54% | 796,079 | 29.46% | Act 76 of 1968, authorizing issuance of bonds for planning, acquisition, and construction of facilities for prevention and reduction of water pollution and for loans and grants to municipalities |
| Proposal 4 | Yes | 1,384,254 | 52.84% | 1,235,681 | 47.16% | Act 257 of 1968, authorizing issuance of bonds to provide funding for public recreational facilities and programs and for loans and grants to municipalities |
| Proposal 5 | No | 778,388 | 30.39% | 1,783,186 | 69.61% | Permitting election of members of Michigan State Legislature to another state office during their term of office |
1970s
1970
1972
| Proposal | Passed | YES votes | YES % | NO votes | NO % | Description |
| Proposal A | Yes | 696,570 | 66.10% | 357,186 | 33.90% | Allowing trial of jury by less than 12 jurors in all prosecutions in all courts for misdemeanors punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year |
| Proposal | Passed | YES votes | YES % | NO votes | NO % | Description |
| Proposal A | Yes | 1,754,887 | 54.57% | 1,460,724 | 45.43% | Repealing Act 6 of 1967 and establishing daylight saving time in Michigan from the last Sunday in April until the last Sunday in October of each year |
| Proposal B | No | 1,270,416 | 39.35% | 1,958,265 | 60.65% | Allow physicians to perform abortions if period of gestation has not exceeded 20 weeks |
| Proposal C | No | 1,324,702 | 42.19% | 1,815,126 | 57.81% | Limiting property tax for school, county, and township purposes and requiring the Michigan State Legislature to establish a state tax program for support of schools |
| Proposal D | No | 959,286 | 31.33% | 2,102,744 | 68.67% | Permitting the Michigan State Legislature to impose flat rate or graduated income tax and to enact laws to permit local units to levy a flat rate or graduated income tax |
| Proposal E | No | 1,490,968 | 48.19% | 1,603,203 | 51.81% | Act 231 of 1972, authorize issuance of in bonds to provide funding for bonus payments and educational benefits to veterans of the Vietnam War and other military veterans |
1974
1976
1978
1980s
1980
1981
1982
1984
1986
1988
1989
1990s
1992
1993
1994
| Proposal | Passed | YES votes | YES % | NO votes | NO % | Description |
| Proposal A | No | 777,779 | 27.92% | 2,008,070 | 72.08% | Calling for constitutional convention |
| Proposal B | Yes | 2,118,734 | 73.55% | 761,784 | 26.45% | Limiting criminal appeals |
| Proposal C | No | 1,165,732 | 39.14% | 1,812,526 | 60.86% | Act 143 of 1993, reducing auto insurance rates; placing limits on personal injury benefits, fees paid to health care providers, and the right to sue; and allowing rate reduction for accident-free driving |
| Proposal P | Yes | 2,007,097 | 71.33% | 806,888 | 28.67% | Establishing a Michigan state parks endowment fund, increasing maximum allowable funds in Michigan natural resources trust fund, and eliminating diversion of dedicated revenue from Michigan natural resources trust fund |
1996
1998
2000s
2000
2002
| Proposal | Passed | YES votes | YES % | NO votes | NO % | Description |
| Proposal 1 | No | 1,199,236 | 40.32% | 1,775,043 | 59.68% | Act 269 of 2001, amending sections of Michigan election law |
| Proposal 2 | Yes | 1,774,053 | 60.21% | 1,172,612 | 39.79% | Act 396 of 2002, authorizing bonds for sewage treatment works projects, stormwater projects, and water pollution projects |
| Proposal 3 | No | 1,336,249 | 45.64% | 1,591,756 | 54.36% | Granting state classified employees the state constitutional right to collective bargaining with binding arbitration |
| Proposal 4 | No | 1,018,644 | 33.62% | 2,011,105 | 66.38% | Reallocating the "tobacco settlement revenue" received by the state from cigarette manufacturers |
2004
2006
2008
2010s
2010
2012
| Proposal | Passed | YES votes | YES % | NO votes | NO % | Description |
| Proposal 1 | No | 2,130,354 | 47.33% | 2,370,601 | 52.67% | Upholding emergency manager law |
| Proposal 2 | No | 1,949,513 | 42.60% | 2,626,731 | 57.40% | Granting public and private employees the constitutional right to organize and bargain collectively |
| Proposal 3 | No | 1,721,279 | 37.72% | 2,842,000 | 62.28% | Requiring electric utilities to provide at least 25% of their annual retails sales of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025 |
| Proposal 4 | No | 1,985,595 | 43.77% | 2,550,420 | 56.23% | Allowing in-home care workers to bargain collectively with the Michigan Quality Home Care Council |
| Proposal 5 | No | 1,410,944 | 31.24% | 3,105,649 | 68.76% | Limiting the enactment of new taxes |
| Proposal 6 | No | 1,853,127 | 40.70% | 2,699,558 | 59.30% | Requiring the approval of voters at a statewide election and in each municipality where "new international bridges or tunnels for motor vehicles" are to be located before the state may expend funds or resources |
2014
| Proposal | Passed | YES votes | YES % | NO votes | NO % | Description |
| Proposal 1 | No | 1,318,080 | 45.07% | 1,606,328 | 54.93% | Public Act 520 of 2012, authorizing the establishment of the first open hunting season for wolves |
| Proposal 2 | No | 1,051,426 | 36.16% | 1,856,603 | 63.84% | Public Act 21 of 2013, authorizing the Michigan Natural Resources Commission to add certain animals to the list of game species |