Alaska 1978 ballot measures
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Fifteen statewide ballot measures were on the November 7, 1978 ballot in Alaska.
- One measure was an advisory question.
- One measure was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
- Three measures were indirect initiated state statutes.
- Nine measures were legislatively referred bond questions.
- Eleven measures were approved and four were defeated.
On the ballot
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| AQ | Proposition 1 | Legislature | Asks voters whether legislative sessions should be 120 days long | 
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| LRCA | Proposition 2 | Legislature | Empowers a interim committee to share the authority with the Governor to approve or disapprove revisions to the budget | 
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| IndISS | Proposition 3 | Capitals | Requires a vote on all bondable costs of capital relocation |
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| IndISS | Proposition 4 | Property | Makes all vacant and unreserved state general grant land available for homesteading until a certain number of acres of the land pass into private ownership |
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| IndISS | Proposition 5 | Environment | Provides that all beer and carbonated beverage containers sold in the certain areas of Alaska have refund value of at least ten cents |
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| BI | Proposition 6 | Bonds | Issues $33,290,000 in bonds for erosion flood control, port facilities and small boat landing projects |
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| BI | Proposition 7 | Bonds | Issues $5,850,000 in bonds for parks, trails and recreational facilities |
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| BI | Proposition 8 | Bonds | Issues $25,000,000 in bonds for health facilities, senior centers and pioneers' homes |
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| BI | Proposition 9 | Bonds | Issues $33,656,000 in bonds for vocational training and University of Alaska educational facilities |
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| BI | Proposition 10 | Bonds | Issues $88,450,000 in bonds for transportation projects |
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| BI | Proposition 11 | Bonds | Issues $30,504,000 in bonds for correctional and public safety facilities |
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| BI | Proposition 12 | Bonds | Issues $29,965,000 in bonds for fisheries management and facilities |
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| BI | Proposition 13 | Bonds | Issues $3,645,000 in bonds for National Guard facilities |
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| BI | Proposition 14 | Bonds | Issues $27,640,000 in bonds for water supply and sewage systems |
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| BI | Proposition 15 | Bonds | Issues $966 million in bonds for the new state capital |
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