In North Dakota, the organization New Economic Frontier reported submitting 22,000 signatures on July 8, 2024, for a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. At least 15,582 of the signatures must be valid. Burleigh County Commissioner Steve Bakken (R) filed the ballot initiative. He said, “A lot of what we don’t want…
Voters in seven states will decide on ballot measures to prohibit non-citizen voting in Nov. 2024. The ballot measures would amend the states’ constitutions to provide that only a citizen rather than every citizen may vote in a state’s elections. The seven states are North Carolina, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. In…
Voters in Arkansas could decide on three citizen-initiated ballot measures amending the state’s constitution in November after three campaigns submitted signatures by the July 5 deadline. The ballot initiatives address abortion, medical marijuana, and casinos. Campaigns need at least 90,704 valid signatures, as well as signatures equal to 5% of votes cast for governor in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In South Dakota, a ballot measure campaign submitted signatures for a veto referendum on June 25, 2024, against Senate Bill 201 (SB 201), a law regarding carbon dioxide pipelines. Gov. Kristi Noem (R) signed SB 201 on March 26, 2024. SB 201 provides requirements for regulating carbon dioxide pipelines used in carbon capture and storage…
The campaign reported submitting more than 179,000 signatures. For the initiative to appear on the ballot, at least 102,362 of those signatures need to be valid. The initiative would require that Nevada residents present a form of photo identification to verify their identity while voting in person. Acceptable forms of photo identification would include a…
For 2024, 127 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 36 states, five more measures than the average (123) 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…