In Missouri, voters will decide on a constitutional amendment for a second time, after the Missouri Supreme Court ordered a new election. In 2022, voters approved a ballot measure allowing legislators to increase the minimum required funding for a state board-established police force. As of 2024, there is just one state board-established police force, the…
In northeastern Gwinnett County, Georgia, voters will decide on a ballot measure on May 21 to create a new city called Mulberry. Mulberry would have around 41,245 residents. The Georgia State Legislature referred the measure to the ballot in a vote that divided Republicans and Democrats. The Georgia State Senate voted 30-15 to pass the…
On April 29, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) signed HB 3156 into law, banning the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) in the state. The new law makes Oklahoma the seventh state to ban RCV, and the second state to do so this year after Kentucky did so earlier in the month. Every state that has…
Signatures were filed for a citizen-initiated ballot measure to adopt ranked-choice voting (RCV) in Idaho. The ballot initiative would replace partisan primaries with top-four primaries, in which candidates, regardless of political affiliation, are listed on the same ballot, and the top four vote-getters advance to the general election. RCV would then be used in general elections.…
A Missouri campaign supporting a minimum wage and paid sick leave ballot initiative submitted more than 210,000 signatures to the secretary of state on May 1, 2024. The initiative would increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour in 2026, starting at $13.75 per hour in 2025. It would also require employers to provide one…
For 2024, 94 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 34 states, three more measures than the average (91) 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…
Voters in Crook County, Oregon, will be voting on a measure on May 21 that asks whether they support negotiations to incorporate the county into the state of Idaho. Since 2013, voters in California, Colorado, and Oregon have decided on measures regarding counties joining other states or forming new states. Voters in one Illinois county…
Voters in 12 states could see abortion on their ballots this year, including three states where ballot measures have been certified for the ballot—Florida, Maryland, and New York. Measures have been proposed in nine other states. This report provides the most recent updates on abortion-related ballot measure certifications and potential measures. On April 18, the…
So far, five ballot measures have been certified to appear on the 2024 ballot in Colorado. The most recent measure to be certified for the ballot is Initiative 77. The initiative would require that an economic impact statement be included on the ballot for each measure before the question itself is presented to voters. The…
Voters in Colorado have seen more abortion-related ballot measures than those in any other state. There have been nine on the ballot since the first in 1984, and this year could increase that number to 10. The state with the next highest number is Oregon with six. On April 18, the campaign Coloradans for Protecting…