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The following is a list of ballot measures, whether initiated by legislators or citizens, which have been certified to appear on various states' ballots during the 2024 United States elections as of September 6, 2024.
The following is a list of ballot measures (also known as referendums, ballot questions, proposals, initiatives, propositions and proposals) which were on the ballot for the 2022 United States elections. Some were held prior to the federal elections on November 8.
Residents have also used ballot measures to expand their voting rights and (by extension) campaign for admitting the District of Columbia into the Union as the 51st state. An initiative in 1980 directed the D.C. government to begin the process of moving towards statehood due to the stalled and limited-in-scope voting rights amendment . [ 10 ]
For 2024, 80 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 30 states, four more measures than the average (76) for this point in the election cycle from 2012 to 2022. The average ...
Voters in 41 states will take policymaking into their own hands as they decide the fate of 146 ballot measures on topics as diverse as abortion rights, election laws, workers' rights and even drug ...
A 1990 ballot measure instituting term limits for many elected officials helped galvanize a nationwide movement for term limits, and in 2000 Amendment 20 legalized the medical use of marijuana. That measure was followed by full legalization in 2012 with Amendment 64, and the legalization of psilocybin mushrooms in 2022 with Proposition 122.
Sales Tax for Parks and Conservation Measure. Would renew for 10 years a 1984 state amendment which prescribes a 0.1% sales and use tax in order to fund state parks and conservation projects. Passed [10] 2,187,773 (79.88%) 551,117 (20.12%) Amendment 2 State and Judicial Campaign Contribution Limits Initiative.
With 47 ballot measures sent to the statewide ballot in multiple states, 2023 had the highest number of statewide ballot measures approved for the ballot in an odd-year election since 2007, when 45 measures (four citizen initiatives, 41 legislative referrals) were certified for statewide ballots.