Author: Victoria Antram
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Nebraskans to vote on competing abortion ballot initiatives in November, bringing the total of abortion-related measures in 2024 to 11
Voters in Nebraska will decide on two abortion-related ballot measures on Nov. 5. The ballot initiatives would contradict. One, the Right to Abortion Initiative, would amend the Nebraska Constitution to provide for a state constitutional right to abortion until fetal viability. The other ballot measure, the Prohibit Abortions After the First Trimester Initiative, would prohibit…
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Nebraska voters will decide on paid sick leave ballot initiative in November
A ballot initiative in Nebraska to require employers to provide earned paid sick leave to employees was certified for the ballot by the secretary of state on Aug. 13. Businesses with 20 or more employees would be required to provide seven days of paid sick leave annually, and businesses with fewer than 20 employees would…
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D.C. voters will decide on ranked-choice voting initiative in November
The D.C. Board of Elections voted unanimously on Aug. 2 to send Initiative 83 to the Nov. 5 ballot to allow voters to decide on whether to create a semi-open primary system allowing voters who are unaffiliated with a political party to vote in a party primary election and establish ranked-choice voting for elections in…
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Two initiatives qualify for the ballot in Oregon proposing increased corporate taxes and cannabis worker labor policy
Oregon voters will decide on two citizen initiatives this fall alongside three legislative referrals. Measure 118 was certified for the ballot on July 24 after the secretary of state determined that 122,276 of the 165,426 signatures submitted were valid. Measure 118 would increase the minimum tax on corporations with Oregon sales by enacting a 3%…
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Colorado voters will decide on an initiative to prohibit the hunting of mountain lions, bobcats, and lynxes in November
The Colorado Secretary of State announced on July 21 that an initiative to define and prohibit trophy hunting had qualified for the Nov. 5 ballot. The initiative would define trophy hunting as “intentionally killing, wounding, pursuing, or entrapping a mountain lion, bobcat, or lynx; or discharging or releasing any deadly weapon at a mountain lion,…
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Oregon to vote on ballot initiative to increase corporate tax rate with additional revenue dedicated to citizen rebates
The Oregon Secretary of State announced on July 24 that Initiative #17, which would increase the corporate tax rate and dedicate additional revenue to citizen rebates, had qualified for the ballot. The campaign submitted 165,426 signatures on July 3 of which 122,276 were found to be valid. The required number of signatures to qualify an…
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Update on 2024 state ballot measure certifications: nine new measures and 27 pending signature verification
For 2024, 134 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 39 states, two fewer measures than the average (136) for this point in the election cycle from 2012 to 2022. The average number of statewide ballot measures certified for an even-numbered year during this period was 157. Here’s an update on the…
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Massachusetts minimum wage for tipped workers initiative qualifies for the ballot for a total of five initiatives this Nov.—most for the last seven election cycles
A signature challenge to the minimum wage for tipped workers initiative filed by the Massachusetts Restaurant Association was withdrawn on July 17. The challenge delayed the initiative’s certification, but upon its withdrawal, the secretary of state certified the measure. The initiative would gradually increase the minimum wage for tipped employees according to the following schedule:…
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Signatures submitted for Nebraska veto referendum on private education scholarship funding bill
Support Our Schools, a campaign sponsored by the Nebraska State Education Association, submitted over 86,000 signatures to the Nebraska Secretary of State on July 17 for a veto referendum targeting a partial repeal of Legislative Bill 1402 (2024). LB 1402 authorizes the state treasurer to administer an education scholarship program with a $10 million budget…
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Massachusetts certifies four ballot questions on standardized testing, state legislature audits, transportation network drivers, and psychedelic substances
Secretary of State William Galvin (D) announced that four of the five initiatives that submitted verified signatures on July 3 had qualified for the ballot. The initiatives address standardized testing for graduate high school; auditing the state legislature; unionizing and collective bargaining for transportation network drivers; and providing regulated access to certain psychedelic substances. One…