Author: Victoria Antram
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Update on 2024 state ballot measure certifications: five new measures, 33 pending signature verification, and one moved to 2026 ballot
For 2024, 125 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 37 states, three fewer measures than the average (128) 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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California State Legislature sends two bond measures addressing school facilities and environmental projects to voters in Nov.
The final additions to the California general election ballot are two bond measures, Propositions 2 and 4, which together total $20 billion. Proposition 2 would issue $10 billion to fund construction and improvements to education facilities, including $8.5 billion for elementary and secondary educational facilities and $1.5 billion for community college facilities. In order for…
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Campaigns behind five ballot initiatives in Massachusetts filed a second round of signatures for a spot on the November ballot
Campaigns sponsoring five ballot initiatives filed a second round of signatures with the Massachusetts secretary of state by the July 3 deadline. Committee to Eliminate Barriers to Student Success for All filed signatures for an initiative to amend Massachusetts state law to repeal the requirement that students must achieve a certain competency level on the…
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Campaigns behind two Oregon ballot initiatives related to cannabis unions and higher corporate taxes and rebates submit signatures for Nov. ballot
The signature deadline for Oregon ballot initiatives was July 5. Two campaigns sponsoring initiated state statutes filed signatures by the deadline. United Food and Commercial Workers 555 filed 168,854 unverified signatures for an initiative to require cannabis businesses to submit to the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission a signed labor peace agreement guaranteeing their neutrality…
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Nebraska could see its first abortion-related ballot measures with signatures submitted for competing initiatives
In Nebraska, two competing campaigns sponsoring abortion-related constitutional amendments each submitted over 200,000 signatures on July 3. The constitutional amendments would appear on the Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot. Two competing campaigns sponsoring abortion-related constitutional amendments filed over 200,000 signatures each with the secretary of state on July 3, aiming to qualify the initiatives…
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Campaigns sponsoring medical marijuana legalization, paid sick leave, and abortion-related ballot initiatives submit signatures in Nebraska
The signature deadline for initiated laws and amendments was July 3 in Nebraska. Campaigns sponsoring medical marijuana legalization, paid sick leave, and abortion-related initiatives filed signatures with the secretary of state. The medical marijuana and paid sick leave initiatives are initiated statutes, while the abortion-related initiatives are initiated constitutional amendments. Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana filed…
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Statewide ballot initiatives are finalized in California after record initiative withdrawals and legislative action
The deadline to qualify or withdraw a ballot initiative from the California ballot was June 27. This cycle, 12 ballot initiatives qualified for the ballot, but by the deadline, only five remained on the ballot. Six California ballot initiatives were withdrawn after qualifying for the ballot—the most since the practice was authorized in 2014 for…
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Nebraska campaign submits signatures for paid sick leave ballot initiative
Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans submitted more than 138,000 signatures for verification on June 27 in hopes of qualifying a ballot initiative that would require businesses to provide earned paid sick leave for employees—up to seven days for businesses of at least 20 employees and five days for fewer than 20 employees. Employees would earn…
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Twelfth initiative qualified for California 2024 ballot: Measure to revise Children’s Services Program
An initiative to change California Children’s Services (CCS) Program eligibility requirements and authorize the program to cover the costs of life-saving specialty drugs qualified for the ballot on June 21. This marks the twelfth initiative to qualify this cycle, the highest number since 2016 when 15 initiatives were certified. The initiative is sponsored by the…
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California Supreme Court removes initiative from Nov. ballot that would have increased vote thresholds for taxes
The California Supreme Court ruled on June 20 that the Taxpayer Protection Act (TPA), as supporters call it, cannot appear on the Nov. 5 ballot because its proposed changes to vote thresholds for new taxes amount to a revision of the state constitution, which cannot be enacted via a citizen initiative. Under the state constitution,…