Voters in Arizona will decide on a ballot measure regarding state agency rulemaking if the new rule increases regulatory costs by a certain amount. The measure, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1012 (SCR 1012), was introduced to the Arizona State Senate on January 23, 2024. It passed the Senate on February 22, 2024, by a 16-13 vote,…
Arizona voters will decide on a measure that will make it a state crime to unlawfully cross the border from Mexico, as well as allow for state and local police to arrest individuals who unlawfully cross the border. This measure will appear on the ballot on Nov. 5, 2024. The measure, HCR 2060, was introduced…
Voters in three South Dakota counties will decide on June 4 whether to prohibit the use of automatic tabulating machines to count votes and require the hand-counting of ballots. In South Dakota, paper ballots are used in elections, and automatic tabulating machines or systems are permitted to count the paper ballots. South Dakota Canvassing organized…
For 2024, 110 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 35 states, five more measures than the average (105) 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…
In South Dakota, a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment that would establish top-two primaries in the state was certified on May 21, 2024. Voters will decide on the initiative at the general election on Nov. 5. South Dakota Open Primaries, the campaign behind the initiative, submitted about 46,500 signatures on May 7. A random sample determined that…
Protect Patients Now, which is sponsored by the California Apartment Association, has qualified an initiative for the November ballot in California that would require entities defined as prescription drug price manipulators to spend at least 98% or more of their revenue earned from their national participation in the 340B program on direct patient care to…
Missouri voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that would allow for courts of justice to levy costs and fees in order to provide for salaries and benefits for law enforcement personnel. The amendment will be on the Nov. 5, 2024, ballot. The amendment was referred to the ballot by the Missouri State Legislature. For…
In Nevada, a campaign supporting a ballot initiative to establish a constitutional right to an abortion submitted more than 200,000 signatures on May 20, 2024. If enough signatures are found valid, the initiative will appear on the ballot on Nov. 5, 2024. Voters in 12 states could see abortion measures on the ballot in 2024.…
Colorado is the fourth state set to vote on an abortion-related ballot measure in November. The initiative will be the 10th abortion-related measure to be decided by Colorado voters. Colorado has seen more abortion-related ballot measures than any other state. There have been nine on the ballot since the first in 1984, and this year…
In South Dakota, an initiative to prohibit sales and use taxes on groceries was certified for the Nov. 5, 2024, ballot. On May 13, the secretary of state’s office verified that the campaign behind the initiative, TakeItBack, submitted enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. On April 24, the campaign submitted about 25,000 signatures,…