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Ballotpedia's Tuesday Count for 2019
A total of 36 statewide ballot measures were certified for 2019 ballots in eight states: Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington.
This page was updated weekly throughout 2019 with the final count of statewide measures certified for 2019 ballots for the week. The last measures to be certified for 2019 ballots were 12 Washington advisory votes on tax increases, for which ballot language was released September 20, 2019.
The graph below shows the number of certifications in each week of 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017, as well as the average for each week. The graph also shows 2019 certifications and was updated each week until ballots are finalized for all states, and the last measure was certified for the ballot. See the chart in the following section for a full list and timeline of certifications.
Number of certifications in past years
- 2017: By the third Tuesday in August, 27 measures had been certified for the 2017 ballot. No more measures were added to the ballot.
- The 27 measures of 2017 set a seven-decade record for the lowest number of statewide measures certified for an odd-numbered year ballot.
- 2015: By the second Tuesday in August, 28 measures had been certified for the 2015 ballot.
- No more measures were added to the ballot above the 28 certified by the second Tuesday in August.
- 2013: By the second Tuesday in September, 31 measures had been certified for the 2013 ballot.
- No more measures were added to the ballot above the 31 certified by the second Tuesday in September.
- 2011: By the first Tuesday in September, 34 measures had been certified for the 2011 ballot.
- No more measures were added to the ballot above the 34 certified by the first Tuesday in September.
The 2019 Tuesday Count chart of certifications
The chart below shows on a week-by-week basis in 2019 the number of ballot measures that become certified for the 2019 ballot, including several measures that were certified for the 2019 ballot in 2018.[1]
- Certified means that the relevant state election authority legally determined that the ballot measure has qualified to be on a statewide ballot.
- Ballot measures listed in the third column of the chart were certified in the week leading up to that Tuesday's count.
One of the reasons that Ballotpedia staffers create this week-by-week certification chart each year (starting in 2010) is to enable a rough estimate as the year progresses about how many measures will ultimately be on the ballot. That's because there is a rough correlation between how many measures have been certified by, say, June 15 and how many ultimately qualify for the ballot.
Methodological notes:
- At times, court decisions remove from the ballot a once-certified measure. If and when that happens, the change in certification status is documented in the chart.
- Some automatic ballot referrals, including constitutional convention ballot questions in some states, are mandated in a state's constitution to appear on the ballot at pre-set intervals (such as 10, 16, or 20 years). We define those as "pre-certified."
| Tuesday | Total measures certified | Added/subtracted this week | Net change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018: | |||
| November 6 | 1 | +1 | |
| 2019: | |||
| January 1 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| January 8 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| January 15 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| January 22 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| January 29 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| February 5 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| February 12 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| February 19 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| February 26 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| March 5 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| March 12 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| March 19 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| March 26 | 1 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| April 2 | 2 | +1 | |
| April 9 | 2 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| April 16 | 2 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| April 23 | 3 | +1 | |
| April 30 | 6 | +3 | |
| May 7 | 6 |
|
+0 |
| May 14 | 7 | +1 | |
| May 21 | 12 | +5 | |
| May 28 | 15 | +3 | |
| June 4 | 18 | +3 | |
| June 11 | 19 | +1 | |
| June 18 | 20 | +1 | |
| June 25 | 22 | +2 | |
| July 2 | 22 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| July 9 | 22 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| July 16 | 22 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| July 23 | 22 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| July 30 | 22 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| August 6 | 22 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| August 13 | 23 | +1 | |
| August 20 | 23 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| August 27 | 23 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| September 3 | 24 | +1 | |
| September 10 | 24 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| September 17 | 24 |
No certifications or removals |
+0 |
| September 24 | 36 |
|
+12 |
Footnotes
- ↑ If it was discovered in, for example, June that the chart had been missing a measure all year that was legally certified before January 1, the chart was retroactively updated in each cell to reflect that reality.
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