In Colorado, the campaign Cats Aren’t Trophies submitted 180,000 signatures on July 3, 2024, for a ballot initiative to prohibit the hunting of mountain lions, bobcats, and lynxes. At least 124,238 signatures must be verified. The ballot initiative would make violations a class 1 misdemeanor and those convicted of violations would be prohibited from holding…
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…
In Arizona, the campaign behind a ballot initiative to provide a state constitutional right to abortion submitted signatures on July 3, 2024. Voters would decide on the ballot initiative on Nov. 5, 2024. Arizona for Abortion Access, the campaign sponsoring the initiative, submitted 823,685 signatures to state officials. At least 383,923 signatures must be verified.…
Supporters of Washington Initiative 2066 submitted 431,063 signatures on July 3, 2024, for a ballot initiative to prohibit restrictions on natural gas access. To qualify for the ballot, 324,516 of the signatures must be valid. If validated, Initiative 2066 would be the first Initiative to the People to qualify for the Washington ballot since 2018.…
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…
In Arizona, a campaign for a ballot initiative that would eliminate partisan primaries submitted signatures on July 3, 2024. Make Elections Fair, the campaign sponsoring the initiative, submitted 584,124 signatures to state officials. At least 383,923 signatures must be verified for the initiative to make the ballot. The initiative would amend the Arizona Constitution to…
In North Dakota, a campaign, End Unfair Property Tax, submitted signatures on June 28, 2024, for a ballot initiative to prohibit property taxes, except those used to pay for bond debt. Former State Rep. Rick Becker (R-7) is chairman of the campaign. End Unfair Property Tax submitted about 41,000 signatures. To qualify for the ballot,…
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…
Voters in North Carolina will join those in Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wisconsin in deciding a ballot measure to prohibit non-citizen voting. The ballot measures would amend language to their respective state constitutions to provide that only U.S. citizens can vote in elections. All seven ballot questions were placed on the Nov.…
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…