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As of May 11, 2024, 103 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 35 states for elections in 2024.

From 2010 to 2022, the average number of statewide ballot measures in an even-numbered year was 161.

Trends in 2024

Types of ballot measures

From 2010 to 2022, an average of 161 statewide ballot measures—53 initiated measures and 108 referred measures—appeared on ballots in even-numbered years. An initiated measure is a proposed law that people collect signatures for to put on the ballot. A referred measure is a proposed law that a legislature or commission, or constitutional provision in the case of automatic referrals, puts on the ballot for voters to decide.

Type	2024	2022	2020	2018	2016	2014	2012	2010	Average (2010-2022)
Initiated ballot measures	20	30	43	68	76	40	61	50	53
Initiated constitutional amendments^[1]	7	11	15	26	25	8	19	17	17
Initiated state statutes	11	17	25	37	46	27	29	29	30
Veto referendums	2	2	4	5	5	5	13	5	6
Referred ballot measures	81	110	86	99	86	118	125	134	108
Legislative constitutional amendment	61	89	69	66	69	91	98	106	84
Legislative state statute	11	8	6	9	2	5	8	8	7
Commission-referred measure	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1
Automatically referred measure	1	3	1	1	1	1	3	4	2
Bond issues	7	7	6	14	11	15	14	15	12
Advisory question	1	3	4	2	3	5	2	1	3
Total:	103	140	129	167	162	158	186	184	161

By date

The following is a list of state ballot measures that will be decided at an elections other than the general election on November 5, 2024.

March 5

April 2

June 11

North Dakota Initiated Measure 1, Congressional Age Limits Initiative (June 2024)

August 13

By state

Alabama

See also: Alabama 2024 ballot measures

March 5, 2024:

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Exempt local laws or local constitutional amendments from the budget isolation resolution process		341,515 (49%)	359,850 (51%)

Alaska

See also: Alaska 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
IndISS	Minimum Wage Increase and Paid Sick Leave Initiative	Increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour and require employers to provide paid sick leave
IndISS	Repeal Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative	Repeal the top-four ranked-choice voting (RCV) system that was adopted in 2020

Arizona

See also: Arizona 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRSS	Criminal Conviction Fee for First Responder Death Financial Benefit Measure	Establish a $20 fee on every conviction for a criminal offense, which would go to pay a benefit of $250,000 to the family of a first responder who is killed in the line of duty
LRCA	Emergency Declarations Amendment	Provide for the legislature to terminate a state of emergency or alter the emergency powers of the governor during the state of emergency, and provide for any emergency powers granted to the governor to automatically terminate 30 days after the state of emergency is proclaimed, unless the state legislature extends the emergency powers granted to the governor, and except in cases for a state of war emergency or an emergency arising from a flood or a fire
LRSS	Life Imprisonment for Sex Trafficking of a Child Measure	Provide for life imprisonment for an individual who is convicted of sex trafficking of a child
LRSS	Property Tax Refund for Non-Enforcement of Public Nuisance Laws Measure	Allow for property owners to apply for a property tax refund in certain circumstances, including in instances if the city or locality in which the property is located does not enforce laws regarding illegal camping, loitering, obstructing public thoroughfares, panhandling, public urination or defecation, public consumption of alcoholic beverages, and possession or use of illegal substances
LRCA	Require Partisan Primaries Amendment	Require partisan primary elections for partisan offices
LRCA	Signature Distribution Requirement for Initiatives Amendment	Create a signature distribution requirement for citizen-initiated ballot measures based on state legislative districts

Arkansas

See also: Arkansas 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Lottery Proceed Funding for Vocational-Technical School Scholarships and Grants Amendment	Gambling and Education	Allows proceeds from the state lottery to fund scholarships and grants for vocational-technical schools and technical institutes

California

See also: California 2024 ballot propositions

March 5:

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Proposition 1	Change the Mental Health Services Act to Behavioral Health Services Act and issue bonds for veteran housing and housing for homeless persons	a	3,636,678 (50%)	3,610,436 (50%)

November 5:

Type	Title	Description
CISS	$18 Minimum Wage Initiative	Increase minimum wage to $18 an hour
CISS	Employee Civil Action Law and PAGA Repeal Initiative	Repeals the Private Attorneys General Act
LRCA	Lower Supermajority Requirement to 55% for Local Special Taxes to Fund Housing and Public Infrastructure Amendment	Lower the vote threshold from 66.67% to 55% for local special taxes and bond measures to fund housing projects and public infrastructure
VR	Oil and Gas Well Regulations Referendum	Repeals Senate Bill 1137, which prohibits new oil and gas wells within health protection zones
CICA/SS	Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Institute Initiative	Increase the income tax by 0.75% for 10 years and create the California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Institute
CISS	Prohibit State Limitations on Local Rent Control Initiative	Repeals Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act
LRCA	Remove Voter Approval Requirement for Public Low-Rent Housing Projects Amendment	Repeals constitutional requirement that voters approve publicly-funded housing projects at certain rent levels
CISS	Require Personal Finance Course for High School Graduation Initiative	Require a personal finance course as a requirement to graduate high school
LRCA	Right to Marry and Repeal Proposition 8 Amendment	Repeal Proposition 8 and establish a right to marry
CICA	Two-Thirds Legislative Vote and Voter Approval for New or Increased Taxes Initiative	Require new state taxes to be enacted via a two-thirds legislative vote and voter approval and require new local taxes to be enacted via a two-thirds vote of the local electorate
LRCA	Vote Requirements for Initiatives Requiring Supermajority Votes Amendment	Require initiatives that change vote thresholds to supermajority votes to pass by the same vote requirement as is being proposed

Colorado

See also: Colorado 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
CISS	Economic Impact Statements Shown with Ballot Question Initiative	Require an economic impact statement to appear on the ballot with each ballot measure preceding the ballot question
LRCA	Independent Judicial Discipline Adjudicative Board Amendment	Creates an independent judicial discipline adjudicative board and create rules for the judicial discipline process
LRCA	Initiative and Referendum Filing and Judicial Retention Filing Deadlines Amendment	Change deadlines for filing initiative and referendum petition signatures and judicial retention notice deadlines to remove one week in order to allow one extra week for the secretary of state to certify ballot order and content and election officials' deadline to transmit ballots
LRCA	Property Tax Exemption for Veterans with Individual Unemployability Status Amendment	Expands the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability to veterans with individual unemployability status
CICA	Property Tax Revenue Cap Initiative	Cap the property tax revenue to 4% growth above the total statewide property tax revenue collected in the previous year and require statewide voter approval to retain revenue above the cap
LRCA	Remove Constitutional Same-Sex Marriage Ban Amendment	Remove the provision of the state constitution that says "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state"
LRCA	Remove Right to Bail in First Degree Murder Cases Amendment	Remove the right to bail in cases of first degree murder when the proof is evident or the presumption is great
LRSS	Retain Sports Betting Tax Revenue for Water Projects Measure	Allow the state to retain tax revenue collected above $29 million annually from the tax on sports betting proceeds
LRSS	Sales Tax on Firearms Dealers, Manufacturers, and Ammunition Vendors Measure	Levy an 11% retail sales tax on firearms dealers, manufacturers, and ammunition vendors and appropriating the revenue to the Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Cash Fund to be used to fund crime victim services programs, education programs, and mental and behavioral health programs for children and veterans

Connecticut

See also: Connecticut 2024 ballot measures

Type	Name	Subject	Description
LRCA	No-Excuse Absentee Voting Amendment	Voting policy	Authorizes the state legislature to provide by law for no-excuse absentee voting

Florida

See also: Florida 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Amendment 1	Changes school board elections from nonpartisan to partisan beginning in the November 2026 general election and for primary elections nominating party candidates for the 2026 election
LRCA	Amendment 2	Establishes a state constitutional right to hunt and fish
CICA	Amendment 3	Legalize marijuana for adults 21 years old and older
CICA	Amendment 4	Provide a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability, which is estimated to be around 24 weeks, or when necessary to protect the patient's health, as determined by the patient's healthcare provider
LRCA	Amendment 5	Provide for an annual inflation adjustment for the value of the homestead property tax exemption
LRCA	Amendment 6	Repeal a constitutional provision providing for public campaign financing for candidates who agree to spending limits

Georgia

See also: Georgia 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Tax Court Amendment (HR 598)	State judiciary	Provide the Georgia Tax Court with judicial power and statewide jurisdiction
LRCA	Local Option Homestead Property Tax Exemption Amendment (HR 1022)	Property and Taxes	Provide for a local option homestead property tax exemption
LRSS	Personal Property Tax Exemption Increase Measure (HB 808)	Taxes and Property	Exempts property that is valued at less than $20,000 from the personal property tax
LRSS	Statewide Homestead Property Tax Exemption Increase Measure (HB 1019)	Taxes and Property	Increase the statewide homestead property tax exemption from $2,000 to $10,000

Hawaii

See also: Hawaii 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Judicial Appointments and Confirmations Amendment	Change the process for appointing and confirming district court judges to be the same as that used for supreme court justices and other higher court judges
LRCA	Remove Legislature Authority to Limit Marriage to Opposite-Sex Couples Amendment	Remove provision of the constitution saying that "the legislature shall have the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples"

Idaho

See also: Idaho 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Citizenship Voting Requirement for Voting Amendment	Amend the Idaho Constitution to provide that only a citizen of the United States can vote in the state

Illinois

See also: Illinois 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
AQ	Assisted Reproductive Healthcare Advisory Question	Advise state officials on whether to provide for medically assisted reproductive treatments, including in vitro fertilization, to be covered by any health insurance plan in Illinois that provides full coverage to pregnancy benefits
AQ	Income Tax Advisory Question	Advise state officials on whether to amend the Illinois Constitution to create an additional 3% tax on income greater than $1 million for the purpose of dedicating funds to property tax relief
AQ	Penalties for Violation of Duties of Election Worker Advisory Question	Advise state officials on whether to establish civil penalties if a candidate interferes or attempts to interfere with an election worker's official duties

Indiana

See also: Indiana 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Remove Superintendent of Public Instruction from Gubernatorial Line of Succession Amendment	State executive official measures	Removes the superintendent of public instruction from the gubernatorial line of succession

Iowa

See also: Iowa 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Require Citizenship to Vote in State Elections and Allow 17-Year-Olds to Vote in Primaries Amendment	Suffrage	States that only a citizen of the U.S., rather than every citizen of the U.S., can vote; provides that 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the general election may vote in primary elections
LRCA	Gubernatorial Succession Amendment	State executives	Provides that the lieutenant governor assumes the office of governor for the remainder of the term— creating a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor— if the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office

Kentucky

See also: Kentucky 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Allow State Funding for Non-Public Education Amendment	Allow the state to provide funding for non-public education
LRCA	Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment	Require U.S. citizenship to be able to vote in the state

Maine

See also: Maine 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRSS	State Flag Referendum	Motto and symbols	Replaces Maine state flag
IndISS	Campaign Contribution Limits Initiative	Campaign finance	Limit the amount of campaign contributions to $5,000 from individuals and entities to political action committees that make independent expenditures
BI	Science and Technology Research and Commercialization Bond Issue	Bond issues	Authorize $25 million in general obligation bonds for research, development, and commercialization of for Maine-based public and private institutions in support of technological innovation
BI	Development and Maintenance of Trails Bond Issue	Bond issues	Authorize $30 million in general obligation bonds for the development and maintenance of outdoor trails
BI	Historic Community Buildings Bond Issue	Bond issues	Authorize $10 million in general obligation bonds for the restoration of local community buildings

Maryland

See also: Maryland 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment	Establishes a right to reproductive freedom in the state constitution

Minnesota

See also: Minnesota 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Environment and Natural Resources Fund Amendment	Extend the dedication of lottery-derived revenue to Environment and Natural Resources Fund for 25 years

Missouri

See also: Missouri 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Allow Legislature to Require a City to Increase Funding without State Reimbursement for a Police Force Established by State Board Amendment	Allow the Legislature to pass a law requiring Kansas City to increase funding for the Kansas City Police Department
LRCA	Property Tax Exemption for Childcare Establishments Amendment	Allow childcare establishments to be exempt from property tax

Nebraska

See also: Nebraska 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
VR	Education Scholarships Tax Credit Referendum	Repeal Legislative Bill 753, which enacted a tax credit for taxpayers who contribute to education scholarships

Nevada

See also: Nevada 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Question 1	Remove the constitutional status of the Board of Regents—which governs, controls, and manages the state universities in Nevada—thereby allowing the state legislature to review and change the governing organization of state universities
LRCA	Question 2	Revise language in the state constitution related to public entities that benefit individuals with mental illness, blindness, or deafness
CICA	Question 3	Provide for open top-five primaries and ranked-choice voting for general elections
LRCA	Question 4	Repeal language from the Nevada Constitution that allows the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as criminal punishments
LRSS	Question 5	Amend the Sales and Use Tax of 1955 to provide a sales tax exemption for child and adult diapers

New Hampshire

See also: New Hampshire 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Increase Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment	Increase the mandatory judicial retirement age from 70 to 75

New Mexico

See also: New Mexico 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	County Officer Salaries Amendment	Authorize the board of county commissioners to set salaries for county officers and clarify that fees collected by the county are to be deposited into the county treasury
LRCA	Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption Amendment	Proportionally applies the disabled veteran property tax exemption according to a veteran's disability rating
LRCA	Increase Veteran Property Tax Exemption Amendment	Increases the property tax exemption for veterans from $4,000 to $10,000, adjusted annually for inflation
LRCA	Judicial Nominating Commission Amendment	Authorize the designee of the dean of the University of New Mexico Law School serve as chair of the judicial nomination commission
BI	Public Education Bond Issue	Issues $230,258,400 in bonds to fund public higher education institutions, special public schools, and tribal schools
BI	Public Libraries Bond Issue	Issues $19,305,000 in bonds to fund public libraries
BI	Public Safety Radio Communications Systems Bond Issue	Issues $10,297,100 in bonds to modernize public safety radio communications systems
BI	Senior Citizens Facilities Bond Issue	Issues $30,758,100 in bonds to fund senior citizens facilities

North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 2024 ballot measures

June 11:

Type	Title	Description
CICA	Initiated Measure 1	Set an age limit for election or appointment to the U.S. Congress

November 5:

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Constitutional Measure 1	Update language used in the state constitution to describe certain state institutions such as changing "insane" to "individuals with mental illness", "feebleminded" to "individuals with developmental disabilities", and "deaf and dumb" to "deaf and hard of hearing"
LRCA	Constitutional Measure 2	Establish a single-subject rule for initiatives; increase the signature requirement for constitutional initiatives; and require constitutional initiatives to be approved at two elections
LRCA	Constitutional Measure 3	Change requirements for transfers from the state legacy fund, a fund that receives 30% of tax revenue from oil and gas production

Oklahoma

See also: Oklahoma 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Public Infrastructure Districts Amendment	State and local government finance	Creates public infrastructure districts, which can be created by municipalities if a petition is filed with the signatures of all property owners within the proposed district, and give the districts the authority to issue bonds for public improvements that are approved by voters within the district

Oregon

See also: Oregon 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Impeachment of Elected State Executives Amendment	Allow the Legislature to impeach elected state executives
LRCA	Independent Public Service Compensation Commission Amendment	Establish the Independent Public Service Compensation Commission to determine certain public officials' salaries
LRSS	Ranked-Choice Voting for Federal and State Elections Measure	Establish ranked-choice voting for federal and state offices

Rhode Island

See also: Rhode Island 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
ConCon	Constitutional Convention Question	Convention	Asks voters whether to hold a state constitutional convention

South Carolina

See also: South Carolina 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment	Provide in the state constitution that only a citizen (rather than every citizen) of the U.S. may vote

South Dakota

See also: South Dakota 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Gender-Neutral Constitutional Language Amendment	Amend the constitution to change male pronouns in the Constitution to gender-neutral terms or titles
LRCA	Medicaid Work Requirement Amendment	Amend the South Dakota Constitution to provide that the state "may impose a work requirement on any person ... who has not been diagnosed as being physically or mentally disabled" for eligible individuals to receive Medicaid under the Medicaid expansion that took effect on July 1, 2023

Utah

See also: Utah 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Elections of County Sheriffs Amendment	County and municipal governance	Provides for elections of county sheriffs to serve terms of four years
LRCA	State School Fund Distribution Cap Increase Amendment	Education and State government finance	Increases the annual distributions from the State School Fund for public education from 4% to 5%
LRCA	Constitutional Requirements for Education Funding Amendment	Taxes and Education	Removes a provision from the state constitution providing that all revenue from income taxes or taxes on intangible property be used to support children and individuals with a disability and to support public and higher education systems

Virginia

See also: Virginia 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Property Tax Exemption for Veterans and Surviving Spouses Amendment	Amend language in the Virginia Constitution regarding property tax exemptions for veterans and surviving spouses to say died in the line of duty rather than killed in action

Washington

See also: Washington 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
ITL	Initiative 2109	Repeal the capital gains excise tax imposed on long-term capital assets by individuals with capital gains over $250,000
ITL	Initiative 2117	Prohibit carbon tax credit trading and repeal provisions of the 2021 Washington Climate Commitment Act (CCA), a state law that provided for a cap and invest program designed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 95% by 2050
ITL	Initiative 2124	Allow all employees and self-employed individuals to opt out of paying the tax and receiving benefits under WA Cares, the state's long-term services and supports trust health care program

West Virginia

See also: West Virginia 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Amendment 1	Prohibit people from participating in "the practice of medically assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of a person"

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 2024 ballot measures

April 2:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Admin of gov't; Elections	Prohibit any level of government in the state from applying or accepting non-governmental funds or equipment for election administration	a	638,555 (54%)	534,612 (46%)
LRCA	Question 2	Elections	Provide that only election officials designated by law may administer elections	a	685,806 (59%)	483,900 (41%)

August 13:

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Prohibit Legislature from Delegating Appropriations Power Amendment	State leg	Prohibit the legislature from delegating its power to appropriate money
LRCA	Require Legislative Approval for State Expenditure of Federal Funds Amendment	Admin of gov't; State leg; Budgets	Require legislative approval before the governor can expend federal money appropriated to the state