Ballot measure petition deadlines and requirements, 2009

2009 U.S. state ballot measures
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Overview
2009 ballot measures
Scorecard
Tuesday Count
Initiatives filed

State	Signature filing deadline	Signatures for amendment	Signatures for statute
Maine	January 22	NA	55,087
Ohio	July 3	402,275	120,683
Washington	July 3	NA	241,153

Key terms

• Ballot measure
• Ballot initiative
• Combined initiated amendment and statute
• Indirect initiated constitutional amendment
• Indirect initiated state statute
• Initiated constitutional amendment
• Initiated state statute
• Veto referendum
• Valid signature
• Initiative petition circulation periods

• States with initiative or referendum
• States that allow initiated constitutional amendments
• States with referendum only
• States with initiated statutes only
• States without initiative or referendum
• List of ballot measures by state
• Amending state constitutions
• Laws governing ballot measures

See also

• Initiative frequency of constitutional amendments related to time for signature collection