Tag: ballot measure
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Campaign submits signatures for right-to-abortion initiative in Arizona; could join six or more states voting on abortion in 2024
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.…
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Signatures submitted for Washington initiative prohibiting restrictions on access to natural gas
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.…
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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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Signatures submitted for Arizona initiative that would eliminate partisan primaries, possibly enact ranked-choice voting
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…
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Signatures submitted for Arizona initiative that would raise minimum wage to $18
In Arizona, a campaign supporting an initiative to increase the minimum wage to $18 per hour submitted signatures on July 3, 2024. Voters would decide on the ballot initiative on Nov. 5, 2024. Raise the Wage AZ, the campaign sponsoring the initiative, submitted 354,278 signatures to state officials. At least 255,949 signatures must be verified.…
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Voters in six states—CO, FL, MD, NY, NV, and SD—will be deciding on abortion in 2024, with measures proposed in five other states
Voters in six states—Colorado, Florida, Maryland, New York, Nevada, and South Dakota—will decide on abortion-related ballot measures in Nov. 2024. Initiatives are also proposed in five additional states. On June 28, a ballot initiative to provide a state constitutional right to an abortion was certified for the ballot in Nevada. Around 128,000 signatures were verified…
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North Carolina becomes seventh state to add citizenship requirement for voting amendment to Nov. ballot
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.…
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Arizona voters to decide on an amendment providing for legal challenges to ballot initiatives before an election
Voters in Arizona will decide on a constitutional amendment regarding legal challenges to ballot initiatives on Nov. 5, 2024. The ballot measure, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1041 (SCR 1041), allows for the filing of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a proposed citizen-initiated measure after it has been filed with the secretary of state and at…
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Voters in Arizona to decide ballot measure on changing minimum wage for tipped workers
Voters in Arizona will decide on a constitutional amendment to allow businesses to pay tipped employees 25% less per hour than the minimum wage. The amendment would allow for tipped workers to be paid 25% less per hour than the minimum wage if any tips received by the employee were not less than the minimum…
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Update on 2024 state ballot measure certifications: Eight new measures in the past two weeks
For 2024, 118 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 35 states, six more measures than the average (112) 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…