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Ballot Measure Scorecard, 2015

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Ballot Measures overview

The Ballot Measure Scorecard for 2015 filters ballot measures approved for the 2015 ballot by type. The Polls and News tabs provide information regarding the measures from the months leading up to the elections.

Like previous odd-numbered years, such as 2013, 2011, 2009 and 2007, 2015's ballot featured roughly three dozen statewide ballot measures in a handful of states. Specifically, there were 28 measures certified for statewide ballots in nine states.

The states that nearly always have statewide ballot measures on their odd-year ballots are Texas, New Jersey and the State of Washington. Other states that show up with statewide measures in odd-numbered years with some frequency are Colorado, Maine and New York. Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Ohio and Utah also show up in odd-numbered years from time to time. Unlike previous years, New York, New Jersey and Utah did not have any measures on the ballot in 2015.

2015 Ballot measure results
as of November 3, 2015
Category:Ballot measure endorsements Approved 20
Circle thumbs down.png Defeated 8

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Certified for ballot

April 7

May 5

October 24

November 3


Signatures filed

If a ballot initiative is listed here, that means the initiative's sponsors have turned in their petition signatures to election authorities, but the initiative has not yet been certified for the ballot.

The time it takes election authorities to scrutinize submitted signatures in order to certify a measure for the ballot varies from state to state, averaging about four to six weeks.

Signatures filed, certification pending

All initiatives were either rejected or placed on the ballot for 2015.

Amendments

Initiated amendments

Referred amendments

Statutes

Initiated statutes

Referred statutes

People's Veto

There were no certified veto referendums certified for the ballot in 2015.

Polls

This page aggregates polls released about potential and certified ballot measures for statewide ballots in 2015. For details about the proposed or certified measure, click on the link in the relevant section.

On the ballot

Michigan

Proposal 1

See also: Michigan Sales Tax Increase for Transportation Amendment (May 2015)
Michigan Proposal 1 (May 2015)
Poll Support OpposeUndecidedMargin of errorSample size
EPIC-MRA
4/25/2015 - 4/28/2015
29.0%61.0%10.0%+/-4.0600
EPIC-MRA
3/28/2015 - 3/30/2015
21.0%69.0%10.0%+/-4.0600
Target-Insyght
2/24/2015 - 2/25/2015
36.0%55.0%9.0%+/-3.64700
Strategic National Consulting
2/23/2015 - 2/24/2015
28.0%61.0%11.0%+/-5.0382
Denno Research
2/02/2015 - 2/05/2015
37.0%37.0%26.0%+/-4.0600
EPIC-MRA
1/24/2015 - 1/27/2015
46.0%41.0%13.0%+/-4.0600
AVERAGES 32.83% 54% 13.17% +/-4.11 580.33
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.


Ohio

Initiated Monopolies Amendment, Issue 2

See also: Ohio Initiated Monopolies Amendment, Issue 2 (2015)
Ohio Issue 2 Poll (Kent State University)
Poll Support UndecidedMargin of errorSample size
Kent State University Poll
54%26%+/-4500
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.


Marijuana Legalization Initiative, Issue 3

See also: Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative (2015)
Ohio Issue 3 Poll (Kent State University)
Poll Support UndecidedMargin of errorSample size
Kent State University Poll
56%10%+/-4.0500
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.


Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative
Poll Support OpposeUndecidedMargin of errorSample size
Quinnipiac University Poll
3/17/2015 - 3/28/2015
53.0%44.0%4.0%+/-3.01,077
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.


Washington

See also: Washington Sales Tax Decrease or Two-Thirds Vote for Tax Increase, Initiative 1366 (2015)
Washington Initiative 1366 Poll (July 2015)
Poll Support OpposeUndecidedSample size
Elway Poll
49%36%15%502
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

News


The list below reveals 2015 news articles related to ballot measures. However, you can read even more headlines here.