Tag: constitutional amendment
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Utah voters to decide on constitutional amendment granting legislature power to amend or repeal initiatives and banning foreign influence on ballot measures
Voters in Utah will decide on a constitutional amendment to provide the Utah State Legislature with explicit power to amend or repeal voter-approved ballot initiatives. The constitutional amendment would also ban foreign individuals, entities, or governments from influencing, supporting, or opposing initiatives and referendums. On Aug. 21, 2024, the Utah State Legislature referred the constitutional…
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Arizona voters to decide on competing constitutional amendments addressing primary elections and electoral changes in Nov.
Voters in Arizona will decide on two constitutional amendments, one from the legislature and one citizen-initiated, related to the state’s electoral system on Nov. 5. The ballot measures are Proposition 133 and Proposition 140, and both would address primary elections. Currently, Arizona has semi-closed partisan primaries in which voters, registered with political parties, choose their…
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Missouri voters approve Kansas City police funding amendment, reject property tax exemptions for childcare establishments amendment
Voters in Missouri decided on two constitutional amendments on August 6, 2024. Voters rejected Amendment 1 and approved Amendment 4. Amendment 1 would have allowed for childcare establishments to be exempt from property tax. Voters rejected the amendment, with 45% voting for it, and 55% voting against it. Amendment 4 allows the state legislature to…
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Voters in Missouri will decide on the first constitutional amendment to prohibit ranked-choice voting (RCV)
The Missouri State Legislature took the final vote on May 17 to send a constitutional amendment to voters this Nov. that would prohibit non-citizen voting and the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) in elections. In November, Iowa, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Wisconsin, along with Missouri, will have measures on their ballots concerning citizenship voter requirements.…
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Nevada campaign submits signatures for right to abortion amendment, may join four or more other states voting on abortion in 2024
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.…
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Colorado voters to decide on constitutional right to abortion in Nov. 2024, joining Florida, Maryland, and South Dakota
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…
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South Carolina becomes the fourth state to send a constitutional amendment providing that only U.S. citizens can vote in elections to the Nov. 2024 ballot
South Carolina voters will join Iowa, Kentucky, and Wisconsin voters in deciding on ballot questions to add language to their respective state constitutions to provide that only U.S. citizens can vote in elections. All four ballot questions were placed on the Nov. 2024 ballot by their respective state legislatures. Similar measures have appeared on ballots…
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South Dakota campaign submits signatures for right to abortion amendment, may join three other states voting on abortion in 2024
In South Dakota, a campaign supporting a ballot initiative to provide a state constitutional right to abortion submitted 55,000 signatures on May 1, 2024. If at least 35,017 of the submitted signatures are validated, the initiative will be certified to appear on the ballot for Nov. 5, 2024. Voters in 12 states may decide on…
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Hawaii will join California this Nov. in deciding constitutional amendments regarding same-sex marriage
Voters in Hawaii will join those in California in deciding on a constitutional amendment related to same-sex marriage in Nov. 2024. Both states follow Nevada, which decided a constitutional amendment in 2020. While California, like Nevada, will be voting on whether to repeal language defining marriage as between one man and one woman, the amendment…
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West Virginia will be the first state where voters will decide to prohibit assisted death, also known as assisted suicide, in a state constitution
Voters in West Virginia will decide on a constitutional amendment to prohibit people from participating in “the practice of medically assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of a person.” While several states have voted on ballot measures to allow for assisted death, also known as assisted suicide or aid-in-dying, West Virginia is the first state…