Author: Nicole Fisher
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Signatures submitted for ballot initiative to repeal Alaska’s top-four ranked-choice voting system; would be the state's third ballot measure on RCV
In Alaska, Repeal Now, an organization supporting an effort to repeal the state's ranked-choice voting system, submitted 48,000 signatures to the Division of Elections on Nov. 6, 2025. At least 34,098 signatures must be found valid to appear on the ballot. The initiative would eliminate the state's top-four ranked-choice voting (RCV) system, which combines top-four…
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Contributions to 2025 ballot measures total $178 million, and California’s Proposition 50 accounts for 93% of it
Contributions from individuals and groups totaled $178.44 million in support or opposition to this year’s 30 state ballot measures as of Oct. 30. For 2025, ballot measures were certified in nine states: California, Colorado, Louisiana, Maine, New York, Ohio, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. Earlier in 2025, voters in three states—Louisiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin—decided on six…
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What ballot measures will NYC voters be deciding on Nov. 4?
What ballot measures will NYC voters be deciding on Nov. 4? New York City voters will be deciding one statewide measure and five local ballot measures on Nov. 4, 2025. The one statewide measure, Proposal 1, is a constitutional amendment placed on the ballot by the New York State Legislature. All New York voters will…
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Voters in California, Maine, and Texas to decide ballot measures on elections and voting policy on Nov. 4, 2025
Voters in California, Maine, and Texas will decide statewide ballot measures related to elections on Nov. 4, 2025. In addition, voters in several cities, including New York City, will also be deciding measures related to election policy. California Proposition 50 California voters will decide on Proposition 50, which would authorize the state to use a…
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Under proposed supermajority rule, every Missouri ballot initiative since 2020 would have failed
In 2026, Missouri voters will decide on a constitutional amendment, Amendment 4, to require voter approval of citizen-initiated constitutional amendments in each congressional district, rather than statewide. Amendment 4 was introduced by State Rep. Ed Lewis (R-6). It passed the House by 98–58 and passed the Senate by 21–11. In addition to the new supermajority…
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Missouri veto referendum campaign seeks to place new congressional map on 2026 ballot
In Missouri, signatures are being gathered for a veto referendum to place the newly redrawn congressional district map on the 2026 ballot. A veto referendum is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that asks voters whether to uphold or repeal an enacted law. Placing the map on the ballot would mean it would not go into effect…
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Juneau, Alaska, voters to decide three local ballot measures on Oct. 7, including a seasonal sales tax proposal
Voters in Juneau, Alaska, will decide on three local ballot measures on Oct. 7, 2025, including two citizen-initiated measures and a referred measure to implement a new seasonal sales tax rate. Currently, the sales tax rate in Juneau is 5% year-round—this includes a permanent 1% sales tax, a temporary 3% sales tax, and another temporary…
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Missouri voters to decide on ballot measure requiring voter approval in each congressional district for citizen-initiated amendments and adding foreign spending ban and petition fraud crime to the constitution
Voters in Missouri will decide on a constitutional amendment to require voter approval of citizen-initiated constitutional amendments in each congressional district, rather than statewide. The constitutional amendment would also add language to the Missouri Constitution prohibiting foreign nationals and foreign adversaries, as defined, from spending to support or oppose ballot measures, with penalties for violations, and…
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South Dakota voters have decided on 366 ballot measures since statehood in 1889
Since achieving statehood in 1889, South Dakotans have voted on 366 statewide ballot measures. Voters approved 160 (43.7%) and rejected 206 (56.3%). In South Dakota, most measures are placed on the ballot by the South Dakota State Legislature or through a successful citizen initiative. The Legislature voted to refer 233 measures to the state ballot,…
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Voters in 18 states have decided 41 death penalty ballot measures since 1912, approving 91% of measures to permit or expand it and 27% of measures to abolish it
Since 1912, voters in 18 states have decided 41 total ballot measures related to the death penalty. Measures that would permit the death penalty were more common than measures that would abolish it. Out of the 41 measures, 11 were designed to abolish the death penalty, while 22 measures proposed reinstating, permitting, or requiring the…