Tag: ballot measures
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California Proposition 1 is the eighth-closest statewide ballot measure election since at least 1908, with a margin of 0.38%
California Proposition 1 was approved by a vote of 50.19% to 49.81%—a 0.38% margin—as of March 26, with more than 95% of the vote accounted for. Fifteen days after the election, the Associated Press called Proposition 1 as approved. Proposition 1 joins 16 other California statewide measures decided by a margin of less than 0.5%…
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Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas ballots have featured political party platform advisory questions in recent years
Ballotpedia has tracked nonbinding political party platform advisory questions in three states—Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas. Democratic and Republican parties have placed these questions on statewide ballots to gauge voters’ support for various policy proposals. All three states have open primaries, meaning that voters do not have to formally affiliate with a political party in…
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Florida abortion rights initiative surpasses signature requirement to appear on 2024 ballot pending state supreme court approval
Floridians Protecting Freedom has submitted 911,169 valid signatures to place an initiative on the Nov. 2024 ballot that would prohibit any state laws that restrict, delay, penalize, or ban abortion before fetal viability. To qualify for the ballot, 891,523 valid signatures (equal to 8% of the total votes cast in the last presidential election) were…
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Two 2024 ballot initiative campaigns report reaching the 25% signature threshold in California
The California secretary of state reported on Dec. 13 that two California ballot initiatives campaigns had collected at least 25% of the required number of signatures needed to qualify for the ballot in 2024. Protect Patients Now, sponsored by the California Apartment Association, is gathering signatures for an initiated state statute to require healthcare providers…
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Signatures submitted for Washington initiative to remove restrictions on police officers’ ability to engage in vehicular pursuits
Let’s Go Washington, a committee sponsoring six citizen-initiated ballot measures for 2024, submitted signatures for a third initiative—Initiative 2113—on Dec. 14. State Rep. Jim Walsh (R-19) sponsors the six initiatives, along with Let’s Go Washington. Let’s Go Washington was founded by Brian Heywood, a Republican donor and the CEO of Taiyo Pacific Partners. Initiative 2113…
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Oregon ballot initiative filed to require gas pump attendants after state legislature repealed ban on self-serve gas in August
Two versions of an initiative to require gas pump attendants in Oregon were filed in October and November. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555 filed the initiated state statutes. To qualify for the 2024 ballot, proponents need to collect 117,173 valid signatures by July 5, 2024. Michael Selvaggio, political director for UFCW Local…
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Ballot measure roundup: Wisconsin
As of Nov. 14, three ballot measures have been certified for Wisconsin’s statewide ballot in 2024, including three new certifications Ballotpedia tracked from Nov. 8-14. All three measures are legislatively referred constitutional amendments on the ballot, two on April 2, 2024, and one on Nov. 5, 2024. The three ballot measures are below: Wisconsin Election…
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Update on this year’s and next year’s ballot measure certifications
In 2023, 41 statewide measures were certified for the ballot in eight states, 10 more measures than the average number certified in other odd-numbered years from 2011 to 2021. There are no more pending state ballot measures for 2023. The next—and final—election for state ballot measures is on Sat., Nov. 18 in Louisiana, where voters will…
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More than $169 million has been raised for and against state ballot measures in 2023, surpassing the three previous odd-numbered-year election cycles
A total of $169.48 million has been contributed to either support or oppose 41 statewide ballot measures in eight states in 2023, surpassing the previous three odd-numbered-year election cycles. Campaigns received $107.41 million in 2021. In 2019, $28.36 million was received. In 2017, $108.76 million was received. In 2023, one state—Ohio—accounts for 63.23% of the…
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Voters in Ohio to decide on Issue 1, which would provide a state constitutional right to abortion, on Nov. 7
Ohio voters will decide on two statewide ballot measures on Nov. 7, 2023. Along with Issue 2, which would legalize recreational marijuana for adults over 21, voters will also decide on Issue 1, which would create the state constitutional right to abortion and other reproductive matters. Issue 1 is a constitutional amendment, which would add…