Author: Victoria Antram
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Texas voters approve all 17 constitutional amendments, including prohibiting certain future taxes, adding parental rights, and prohibiting noncitizens from voting in state and local elections
Texas voters approved 17 constitutional amendments on Nov. 4, with support ranging from 57% to 89%. The average approval rate was 70%. The measure with the closest margin was Proposition 6, which prohibits the state legislature from enacting laws that impose an occupation tax on a registered securities market operator or a securities transaction tax.…
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2025 statewide ballot measures written at the highest reading level, equivalent to a doctorate degree, since Ballotpedia started tracking in 2017
The ballot language for the 30 statewide ballot measures in nine states in 2025 is written at an average reading level of 21, equivalent to a doctorate degree, and the highest level since 2017, when Ballotpedia started tracking the data. This is an increase from 2024, which had an average of 16 years of education…
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Florida voters have decided on 407 ballot measures since 1900
Since 1900, Florida voters have decided on 407 ballot measures—approving 288 (71%) and rejecting 119 (29%). There are five different types of ballot measures in Florida. Legislatively referred constitutional amendments have appeared on the ballot the most number of times (327), with voters approving 70% of them. Initiatives have appeared on statewide ballots 44 times…
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Voters in six states will decide on 24 statewide ballot measures on Nov. 4, 2025
On Nov. 4, voters in six states—California, Colorado, Maine, New York, Texas, and Washington—will be deciding on 24 statewide ballot measures. Overall, 30 statewide ballot measures are certified for the ballot in nine states in 2025. Earlier in 2025, voters in three states—Louisiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin—decided on six ballot measures. Two were approved, and four…
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California enacts four 2025 laws on ballot measures and recalls, including ban on foreign national contributions to ballot measure campaigns
The California State Legislature passed four bills that make changes to the laws governing ballot measures in the state, including a bill to prohibit foreign nationals from contributing to state and local ballot measure campaigns. Assembly Bill 953 defines foreign nationals as "a person who is not a citizen of the United States and who…
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California voters will decide on a proposition to allow public financing of campaigns in Nov. 2026
California voters will decide in 2026 whether to allow state and local governments to create public financing programs for election campaigns under Senate Bill 42 (SB 42), which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed on Oct. 2. The measure would repeal a prohibition, enacted through Proposition 73 in 1988, on public officers and candidates using or…
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Ballot measure update: Amendment related to voter approval of citizen initiatives certified in Missouri for 2026; no new measures certified for 2025
The Missouri State Legislature voted to send a constitutional amendment to the Nov. 3, 2026, ballot that would require voter approval of citizen-initiated constitutional amendments in each congressional district and add language prohibiting foreign nationals and foreign adversaries, as defined in the measure, from spending to support or oppose ballot measures. 2025 ballot measures For 2025,…
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Citizen-initiated ballot measures have different signature deadlines in each state; here’s what they are for 2026
Twenty-six states permit citizen-initiated ballot measures, with each state setting its own rules for signature collection and filing deadlines. In Nevada, where the citizens can collect signatures for indirect initiated state statutes that require the state legislature to first consider the proposal before it heads to voters, the deadline was Nov. 20, 2024. One indirect…
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Ballot measure update: Redistricting measure certified in California for 2025 during past two weeks; no new measures certified for 2026
The California State Legislature voted to send a redistricting amendment to the Nov. 4, 2025, ballot—bringing the total number of certified measures for 2025 to 30, which is equal to the average for odd-numbered year election cycles since 2011. 2025 ballot measures For 2025, 30 statewide ballot measures have been certified in nine states—California, Colorado,…
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Proponents file recreational marijuana initiative in Nebraska for 2026 ballot—the fifth initiative attempt since 2018
An initiative to amend the Nebraska Constitution to establish a “right to use all plants in the genus Cannabis” for individuals 21 years of age or older was filed on Aug. 18. This is the fifth initiative filed to effectively legalize recreational marijuana since 2018. None has ever submitted enough valid signatures to qualify for…