Appendix E: Pro- and Anti-Gay Ballot Initiatives, 1972-1997 _______________________________________________________________________________ Year Jurisdiction Issue/Action Previous Electoral MarginCourt Action Result Action ______________________________________________________________________________________ 1972 Detroit, MI Enact gay-rights Council 1972 Fail ?n/a 1974 Boulder, CO Repeal gay-rights Council, yearPass 83% Voided 1977 Dade County, Repeal gay-rights County Comm. Pass 69.3% n/a FL 1977 TF 67% 1978 California Ban gay teachers State leg. had Fail 58% n/a defeated bill Dade County, Enact gay rights Gay rights Fail 58% n/a FL Repealed at ballot 1977 Eugene, OR Repeal gay-rights Council, 1977 Pass 64.3% St. Paul, MN Repeal gay-rights Council, 1974 Pass 63.1% n/a Seattle, WA Repeal gay-rights Council, 1973 Fail 62.9% n/a (R 13) and 1975 TF 68% Wichita, KS Repeal gay-rights Council, 1977 Pass 80% TF 83% 1980 Davis, CA Instruct City Council None Fail 66.7% n/a to adopt gay-rights Santa Clara Repeal gay-rights Board, 1979 Pass 70.2% n/a County, CA San Jose, CA Repeal gay-rights Council, 1979 Pass 75.2% n/a Virginia Beach, Gay book ban ? Pass 78% ? VA 1982 Austin, TX Repeal gay-rights Council Fail 63% n/a in housing Lincoln, NE Extend civil-rights ? Fail ? to gays 1984 Duluth, MN Repeal gay rights ? Pass 76% ? 1985 Houston, TX Repeal gay-rights Council Pass 82% n/a 1986 Davis, CA Repeal gay rights Council Fail 58% n/a 1987 Boulder, CO Extend civil rights ? Pass 51% n/a 1988 Ft. Collins, CO Extend civil rights ? Fail 57% n/a to gays Saint Paul, MN Repeal gay rights Council & Fail 56% n/a (TF says repeal ban on laws) Ballot San Francisco, Ban Navy for treatment ? Fail 51% ? CA of gays Oregon Repeal executive Governor Pass 56% voided order banning hiring signed order TF 53% in 1992 discrimination in state in 1987 employment 1989 Athens, OH Repeal gay rights Council? Pass 53% ? Irvine, CA Repeal gay-rights Council, 1988 Pass 53% n/a San Francisco, Enact domestic Approved by Fail 50.5% n/a CA partner law Board, 1989 Tacoma, WA Repeal gay-rights Council, 1989 Pass 51.2% TF 52% 1990 Broward Extend civil rights ? Fail 59% n/a County, FL to gays San Francisco, Allow domestic partner Council, 1989 Pass 54% CA registration repealed, 1989 Seattle, WA Repeal domestic Council, 1989 Fail 55% n/a partner benefits (I 35) and 1990 TF 58% Tacoma, WA Enact gay-rights Similar law Fail71% n/a repealed, 1989 Wooster, OH Repeal housing law ? Pass 63% ? 1991 Concord, CA Repeal gay rights Council Pass 50.2% ? Denver, CO Repeal gay rights Council Fail 55% n/a Ferndale, MI Enact gay rights ? Fail 63% n/a San Francisco, Repeal domestic partner Passed by ballot Fail59.6%n/a CA registration 1990 St. Paul, MN Repeal gay-rights Council & Ballot Fail 54% n/a 1992 Colorado Ban gay-rights laws City ordinances Pass 54% On TF 53% Appeal Corvalis, OR Ban gay-rights laws None Fail 64.2% n/a Oregon Ban gay-rights laws City Fail 57% ordinaces Portland, ME Repeal gay-rights Council, 1992 Fail 57% n/a Springfield, OR Ban gay-rights laws None Pass 55.6% Voided Tampa, FL Repeal gay-rights Council, 1991 Pass 58.5% Voided 1993 Canby, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 55.8% Voided Cincinnati, OH Repeal gay-rights, Council, 1992 Pass 62% Upheld Ban gay rights laws and appealed, but Council voted 5-4 to delete the section on 3/8/95 Cornelius, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 62% Voided Creswell, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 57.9% Voided Douglas County Ban gay rights laws None Pass 73.4% Voided OR Estacada, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 54.4% Voided Jackson County, Ban gay rights laws None Pass 59.1% Voided OR Josephine Ban gay rights laws None Pass 60.8% Voided County, OR Junction City, Ban gay rights laws None Pass 50.1% Voided OR 1 vote Keizer, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 55% Voided Klamath County, Ban gay rights laws None Pass 65.9% Voided OR Lebanon, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 65.2% Voided Lewiston, ME Repeal gay-rights law Council, 1993 Pass 68% n/a Linn County, Ban gay rights laws None Pass 69.1% Voided OR Medford, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 58.5% Voided Molalla, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 55% Voided Oregon City Ban gay rights laws None Pass 51.9% Voided OR Portsmouth, NH Enact gay rights ? Fail 60% n/a Sweet Home, Ban gay rights laws None Pass 77% Voided OR Tampa, FL Repeal gay-rights law Previous ballot Pass 56% Voided repeal was voided 1994 Alachua County, Repeal County Pass 57% Voided FL 1993 Alachua County, Ban Gay Rights Laws County Pass 59% Voided FL (Amend. 1) 1993 Albany, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 59% Voided Austin, TX Repeal domestic-partner Council Pass 62.4% n/a benefits 60% Cottage Grove, Ban gay rights laws None Pass 57.2% Voided OR Grants Pass, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 60% Voided Gresham, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 50.5% n/a Idaho Ban gay-rights laws None Fail 50.1% n/a Lake County, Ban gay rights laws None Pass 58% Voided OR Marion County, Ban gay rights laws None Pass 61% Voided OR Oakridge, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 51.4% Voided Oberlin, OH Enact gay rights Council Fail ? n/a Oregon Ban gay rights laws Previous ballot Fail 51% n/a failed Roseburg, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 64.6% Voided Springfield, MO Repeal inclusion of ? Pass 71% ? gays in hate crime law Turner, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 79% Voided Veneta, OR Ban gay rights laws None Pass 55.4% Voided 1995 Maine Repeal and ban gay Bill was rejected Fail 53% rights laws by legislature Northhampton, Repeal domestic partner Council Pass 50.5% ? MA benefits (TF says ban?) West Palm Repeal gay-rights laws Council Fail 56% n/a Beach, FL 1996 Colorado Parental Rights Law Local & Ballot Fail n/a Lansing, MI Repeal gay rights laws Council 3/96 Pass 52% ? (Proposal 1 written by City Council) Lansing, MI Repeal gay rights laws Council 3/96 Pass 55% ? (Proposal 2 written by MOST) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Appendix B: AIDS Ballot Initiatives, 1986-1997 _______________________________________________________________________________ Year Jurisdiction Issue/Action Previous ElectoralMargin Court Action Result Action _______________________________________________________________________________ 1986 California Prop 64: Prohibit None Fail 71% n/a people with AIDS from teaching and working with food; also subjected people with AIDS to possible quarantine 1988 California Prop. 69: People with None Fail 65% n/a AIDS subject to quarantine California Prop. 96: Require AIDS None Pass 62.2% n/a test for sex crime suspects California Prop. 102: End None Fail 65.7% n/a Confidentiality of AIDS testing 1989 Concord, CA Repeal of law prohibiting Council, 1989 Pass 56% ? discrimination against people with AIDS Appendix C: Ballot Initiatives that Were Never Voted on, 1972-1997 _______________________________________________________________________________ Year Jurisdiction Issue/Action Previous Reason Never Action Reached Ballot _______________________________________________________________________________ 1985 King County, Ref. 7 and Ref. 10, Board Court didn't allow R 7: WA both in 1985, were designed R 10 - not enough to repeal gay rights law signatures 1992 Florida Repeal and ban gay Local Laws Failed to collect enough rights laws signatures 1994 Arizona Repeal and ban gay Local Laws Signatures never rights laws submitted Florida Repeal and ban gay Local laws Blocked in Court rights laws Maine Repeal and ban gay Local Laws Failed to collect enough rights laws signatures Michigan Repeal and ban gay Local laws Failed to collect enough rights laws signatures Missouri Repeal and ban gay Local laws Failed to collect enough rights laws signatures Nevada Repeal and ban gay ? Collected 27,000 needed rights laws 51,388 Washington (2) Repeal and ban gay Local laws Failed to file rights laws; prevent gays signatures from adopting (608 and 610) 1995 Idaho Repeal and ban gay Local laws Failed to collect enough rights laws (for 1996) signatures Tampa, FL Referendum to repeal ordinance; Provision thrown off ballot. 12,000 signatures had been collected Washington (2) Repeal and ban gay Local laws Failed to file rights laws; prevent gays signatures from adopting (167 and 166) (for 1996) 1996 Broward Repeal gay rights Council Not enough County, FL signatures Maine Anti-Same-Gender Marriage Likely vote in Nov. 1997 Oregon Ban gay rights laws State & Local Failed to file signatures Oregon Anti-Same-Gender Marriage Likely vote in Nov. 1998 Santa Clara Repeal Domestic Partner Council 50,734 signatures collected County, CA Registry 1996 by 10/96; Vote likely in 1997 or 1998