Author: Ryan Byrne
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How statewide ballot measure results compare with candidate results across five policy areas, including taxes, abortion, voter ID, and more.
Candidate results show who voters chose to hold office. Ballot measure results show how voters decided specific policy questions. Voters can elect a candidate while approving a policy the candidate opposes or rejecting one the candidate supports. For example, in Nevada, voters approved Question 6, a constitutional right to abortion, with 63.2%, and Question 7,…
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Where state parties disagreed, Democratic positions prevailed on 33 called ballot measures (62.3%) and Republican positions on 20 (37.7%); 17 measures remained uncalled
Of the 70 statewide ballot measures where state Democratic and Republican parties took opposing positions in 2026, results have been called for 53. Democratic positions prevailed on 33 (62.3%), and Republican positions prevailed on 20 (37.7%). Another 17 measures on which the parties disagreed remained uncalled as of Nov. 5. Based on the available vote…
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Voters approved abortion rights measures in two states, Nevada and Virginia, rejected a rights measure in Idaho, and a repeal in Missouri
Voters in four states decided abortion-related ballot measures in 2026. Here are the results and what they mean. Of the three measures to establish a state right to abortion, two passed, and one was defeated. Missouri voters defeated a measure that would have repealed the constitutional right to reproductive freedom they approved in 2024 and…
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State Democratic and Republican parties took opposing positions on 70 ballot measures and agreed on six in 2026
State Democratic and Republican parties agreed on six statewide ballot measures this year, and disagreed on 70. On 50 state ballot measures, the state Republican Party supported them, and the state Democratic Party opposed them. On 20, Democrats supported, and Republicans opposed. Both parties supported three measures and opposed three others. Of the remaining 88…
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Nearly two-thirds of 2026 legislative referrals were driven by one political party
State legislatures in 32 states referred 109 constitutional amendments and statutes to statewide ballots in 2026. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of those referrals reflect partisan divisions in the legislative votes that sent them to the ballot. Ballotpedia analyzed how Democrats and Republicans voted on each referral. Of the 109 legislatively referred measures on the ballot this…
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Ohio leads states in number of local ballot measures on data centers for 2026
Voters in eight states—Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, California, Michigan, Nevada, and Florida—will decide on 38 data center-related ballot measures in 2026. The ballot measures span 35 jurisdictions in 30 counties. Ohio accounts for 20 measures across 17 jurisdictions, more than half of the total. Illinois has seven measures, including four in Madison County. The remaining…
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Three measures certified in the past two weeks, bringing the 2026 statewide total to 164 — 11 above the decade average
As of Sept. 15, 164 statewide measures had been certified in 40 states — 11 more than the average at this point in even-numbered years from 2014 through 2024. With no additional measures eligible for the November ballot, the final 2026 total is 164: 145 on the November ballot and 19 decided earlier in the…
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Over the past two weeks, 10 new ballot measures certified across Colorado and Nebraska, and one removed from the ballot in Colorado
As of Sept. 1, 161 statewide measures have been certified for the ballot in 40 states, 12 more measures than the average number certified at this point in other even-numbered years over the past decade (2014 to 2024). Over the past two weeks: By this point in even-numbered years from 2014 through 2024, an average…
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Fourteen states require periodic votes on a constitutional convention question, but officials disagree over who can call the vote in one state — Oklahoma
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) ordered a statewide vote on whether the legislature should call a constitutional convention. The Oklahoma Constitution requires the question to be submitted to voters at least once every 20 years, but it was last submitted in 1970. Stitt issued an executive proclamation on Aug. 25, scheduling the question for a…
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Over the past two weeks, four new ballot measures in Colorado and Montana, and one removed in Arizona
As of August 18, 152 statewide measures have been certified for the ballot in 40 states, 10 more measures than the average number certified at this point in other even-numbered years over the past decade (2014 to 2024). Over the past two weeks: The most recent signature deadline for ballot initiatives was August 3, 2026,…