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As of January 4, 2024, 55 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 25 states for elections in 2024.

From 2010 to 2022, the average number of statewide ballot measures in an even-numbered year was 161.

Trends in 2024

Types of ballot measures

From 2010 to 2022, an average of 161 statewide ballot measures—53 initiated measures and 108 referred measures—appeared on ballots in even-numbered years. An initiated measure is a proposed law that people collect signatures for to put on the ballot. A referred measure is a proposed law that a legislature or commission, or constitutional provision in the case of automatic referrals, puts on the ballot for voters to decide.

Type	2024	2022	2020	2018	2016	2014	2012	2010	Average (2010-2022)
Initiated ballot measures	9	30	43	68	76	40	61	50	53
Initiated constitutional amendments^[1]	4	11	15	26	25	8	19	17	17
Initiated state statutes	3	17	25	37	46	27	29	29	30
Veto referendums	2	2	4	5	5	5	13	5	6
Referred ballot measures	46	110	86	99	86	118	125	134	108
Legislative constitutional amendment	40	89	69	66	69	91	98	106	84
Legislative state statute	5	8	6	9	2	5	8	8	7
Commission-referred measure	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1
Automatically referred measure	1	3	1	1	1	1	3	4	2
Bond issues	0	7	6	14	11	15	14	15	12
Advisory question	0	3	4	2	3	5	2	1	3
Total:	55	140	129	167	162	158	186	184	161

By date

March 5

April 2

By state

Alabama

See also: Alabama 2024 ballot measures

March 5, 2024:

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Exempt Local Bills from Budget Isolation Resolution Amendment	Exempt local laws or local constitutional amendments from the budget isolation resolution process

Arizona

See also: Arizona 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRSS	Criminal Conviction Fee for First Responder Death Financial Benefit Amendment	Establish a $20 fee on every conviction for a criminal offense, which would go to pay a benefit of $250,000 to the family of a first responder who is killed in the line of duty
LRCA	Emergency Declarations Amendment	Provide for the legislature to terminate a state of emergency or alter the emergency powers of the governor during the state of emergency, and provide for any emergency powers granted to the governor to automatically terminate 30 days after the state of emergency is proclaimed, unless the state legislature extends the emergency powers granted to the governor, and except in cases for a state of war emergency or an emergency arising from a flood or a fire
LRCA	Require Partisan Primaries Amendment	Require partisan primary elections for partisan offices
LRCA	Signature Distribution Requirement for Initiatives Amendment	Create a signature distribution requirement for citizen-initiated ballot measures based on state legislative districts

Arkansas

See also: Arkansas 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Lottery Proceed Funding for Vocational-Technical School Scholarships and Grants Amendment	Gambling and Education	Allows proceeds from the state lottery to fund scholarships and grants for vocational-technical schools and technical institutes

California

See also: California 2024 ballot propositions

March 5:

Type	Title	Description
LRSS	Proposition 1	Change the funding structure and name of the Mental Health Services Act and issue bonds for veteran housing and homeless projects

November 5:

Type	Title	Description
CISS	$18 Minimum Wage Initiative	Increase minimum wage to $18 an hour
CISS	Employee Civil Action Law and PAGA Repeal Initiative	Repeals the Private Attorneys General Act
LRCA	Lower Supermajority Requirement to 55% for Local Special Taxes to Fund Housing and Public Infrastructure Amendment	Lower the vote threshold from 66.67% to 55% for local special taxes and bond measures to fund housing projects and public infrastructure
VR	Oil and Gas Well Regulations Referendum	Repeals Senate Bill 1137, which prohibits new oil and gas wells within health protection zones
CICA/SS	Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Institute Initiative	Increase the income tax by 0.75% for 10 years and create the California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Institute
CISS	Prohibit State Limitations on Local Rent Control Initiative	Repeals Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act
LRCA	Remove Voter Approval Requirement for Public Low-Rent Housing Projects Amendment	Repeals constitutional requirement that voters approve publicly-funded housing projects at certain rent levels
LRCA	Right to Marry and Repeal Proposition 8 Amendment	Repeal Proposition 8 and establish a right to marry
CICA	Two-Thirds Legislative Vote and Voter Approval for New or Increased Taxes Initiative	Require new state taxes to be enacted via a two-thirds legislative vote and voter approval and require new local taxes to be enacted via a two-thirds vote of the local electorate
LRCA	Vote Requirements for Initiatives Requiring Supermajority Votes Amendment	Require initiatives that change vote thresholds to supermajority votes to pass by the same vote requirement as is being proposed

Colorado

See also: Colorado 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
CICA	Voter Approval to Retain Property Tax Revenue Initiative	Taxes	Requires statewide voter approval for the state to retain property tax revenue exceeding 4% growth from the previous year; provides for ballot language
LRCA	Property Tax Exemption for Veterans with Individual Unemployability Status Amendment	Taxes	Expands the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability to veterans with individual unemployability status
LRCA	Independent Judicial Discipline Adjudicative Board Amendment	State judiciary	Creates an independent judicial discipline adjudicative board and create rules for the judicial discipline process

Connecticut

See also: Connecticut 2024 ballot measures

Type	Name	Subject	Description
LRCA	No-Excuse Absentee Voting Amendment	Voting policy	Authorizes the state legislature to provide by law for no-excuse absentee voting

Florida

See also: Florida 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Amendment 1	Changes school board elections from nonpartisan to partisan beginning in the November 2026 general election and for primary elections nominating party candidates for the 2026 election
LRCA	Amendment 2	Establishes a state constitutional right to hunt and fish

Indiana

See also: Indiana 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Remove Superintendent of Public Instruction from Gubernatorial Line of Succession Amendment	State executive official measures	Removes the superintendent of public instruction from the gubernatorial line of succession

Iowa

See also: Iowa 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Require Citizenship to Vote in State Elections and Allow 17-Year-Olds to Vote in Primaries Amendment	Suffrage	States that only a citizen of the U.S., rather than every citizen of the U.S., can vote; provides that 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the general election may vote in primary elections
LRCA	Gubernatorial Succession Amendment	State executives	Provides that the lieutenant governor assumes the office of governor for the remainder of the term— creating a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor— if the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office

Maine

See also: Maine 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRSS	State Flag Referendum	Motto and symbols	Replaces Maine state flag

Maryland

See also: Maryland 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment	Establishes a right to reproductive freedom in the state constitution

Minnesota

See also: Minnesota 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Environment and Natural Resources Fund Amendment	Extend the dedication of lottery-derived revenue to Environment and Natural Resources Fund for 25 years

Missouri

See also: Missouri 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Property Tax Exemption for Childcare Establishments Amendment	Allow childcare establishments to be exempt from property tax

Nebraska

See also: Nebraska 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
VR	Education Scholarships Tax Credit Referendum	Repeal Legislative Bill 753, which enacted a tax credit for taxpayers who contribute to education scholarships

Nevada

See also: Nevada 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Question 1	Remove the constitutional status of the Board of Regents—which governs, controls, and manages the state universities in Nevada—thereby allowing the state legislature to review and change the governing organization of state universities
LRCA	Question 2	Revise language in the state constitution related to public entities that benefit individuals with mental illness, blindness, or deafness
CICA	Question 3	Provide for open top-five primaries and ranked-choice voting for general elections
LRCA	Question 4	Repeal language from the Nevada Constitution that allows the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as criminal punishments
LRSS	Question 5	Amend the Sales and Use Tax of 1955 to provide a sales tax exemption for child and adult diapers

New Hampshire

See also: New Hampshire 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Increase Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment	Increase the mandatory judicial retirement age from 70 to 75

New Mexico

See also: New Mexico 2024 ballot measures

Type	Name	Subject	Description
LRCA	Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption Amendment	Taxes and Veterans	Proportionally applies the disabled veteran property tax exemption according to a veteran's disability rating
LRCA	Increase Veteran Property Tax Exemption Amendment	Taxes and Veterans	Increases the property tax exemption for veterans from $4,000 to $10,000, adjusted annually for inflation

New York

See also: New York 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Equal Protection of Law Amendment	Constitutional rights	Adds language to the constitution to prohibit the denial of rights to individuals based on ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or reproductive status

North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Constitutional Measure 1	Update language used in the state constitution to describe certain state institutions such as changing "insane" to "individuals with mental illness", "feebleminded" to "individuals with developmental disabilities", and "deaf and dumb" to "deaf and hard of hearing"
LRCA	Constitutional Measure 2	Establish a single-subject rule for initiatives; increase the signature requirement for constitutional initiatives; and require constitutional initiatives to be approved at two elections
LRCA	Constitutional Measure 3	Change requirements for transfers from the state legacy fund, a fund that receives 30% of tax revenue from oil and gas production

Oregon

See also: Oregon 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Impeachment of Elected State Executives Amendment	Allow the Legislature to impeach elected state executives
LRCA	Independent Public Service Compensation Commission Amendment	Establish the Independent Public Service Compensation Commission to determine certain public officials' salaries
LRSS	Ranked-Choice Voting for Federal and State Elections Measure	Establish ranked-choice voting for federal and state offices

Rhode Island

See also: Rhode Island 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
ConCon	Constitutional Convention Question	Convention	Asks voters whether to hold a state constitutional convention

South Dakota

See also: South Dakota 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Description
LRCA	Gender-Neutral Constitutional Language Amendment	Amend the constitution to change male pronouns in the Constitution to gender-neutral terms or titles

Utah

See also: Utah 2024 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Elections of County Sheriffs Amendment	County and municipal governance	Provides for elections of county sheriffs to serve terms of four years
LRCA	State School Fund Distribution Cap Increase Amendment	Education and State government finance	Increases the annual distributions from the State School Fund for public education from 4% to 5%
LRCA	Constitutional Requirements for Education Funding Amendment	Taxes and Education	Removes a provision from the state constitution providing that all revenue from income taxes or taxes on intangible property be used to support children and individuals with a disability and to support public and higher education systems

Wisconsin

See also: Wisconsin 2024 ballot measures

April 2:

Type	Title	Subject	Description
LRCA	Question 1	Admin of gov't and Elections	Prohibits any level of government in the state from applying or accepting non-governmental funds or equipment for election administration
LRCA	Question 2	Elections	Provide that only election officials designated by law may administer elections