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For 2024, 159 statewide ballot measures were certified for the ballot in 41 states.

On November 5, voters in 41 states decided on 146 statewide ballot measures. Voters approved 93 and rejected 53.
On December 7, voters in Louisiana approved four constitutional amendments.
Earlier in 2024, voters in five states decided on nine ballot measures. Voters approved five and rejected four of these measures.

See also: 2024 ballot measures

Number of certifications in past years

Total number of ballot measures

The following is a list of the total number of state ballot measures for each even-numbered election year from 2010 through 2022.

2022: 140 measures had been certified for the ballot in 2022.

2020: 129 measures had been certified for the ballot in 2020.

2018: 167 measures had been certified for the ballot in 2018.

2016: 162 measures had been certified for the ballot in 2016.

2014: 158 measures had been certified for the ballot in 2014.

2012: 186 measures had been certified for the ballot in 2012.

2010: 184 measures had been certified for the ballot in 2010.

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	57	30	43	68	76	40	61	50	53
Initiated constitutional amendments^[1]	23	11	15	26	25	8	19	17	17
Initiated state statutes	32	17	25	37	46	27	29	29	30
Veto referendums	2	2	4	5	5	5	13	5	6
Referred ballot measures	102	110	86	99	86	118	125	134	108
Legislative constitutional amendment	73	89	69	66	69	91	98	106	84
Legislative state statute	12	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	13	7	6	14	11	15	14	15	12
Advisory question	3	3	4	2	3	5	2	1	3
Total:	159	140	129	167	162	158	186	184	161

Certifications in 2024 compared to previous years

The graph below shows the number of certifications in each week of 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, and 2022, as well as the average for 2012-2022. The graph also shows 2023 certifications for each week.

List of ballot measure certifications, 2024

Tuesday	Total	Certification(s)	Change from last week
Automatic:
N/A	1	• Rhode Island: Constitutional Convention Question	+1
2022:
July 5	2	• California: Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Institute Initiative	+1
July 12	3	• California: $18 Minimum Wage Initiative	+1
July 26	4	• California: Employee Civil Action Law and PAGA Repeal Initiative	+1
September 6	5	• California: Remove Voter Approval Requirement for Public Low-Rent Housing Projects Amendment	+1
November 8	6	• Nevada: Top-Five Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative	+1
2023:
January 24	8	• California: Fast Food Restaurant Minimum Wage and Labor Regulations Referendum • New York: Equal Protection of Law Amendment	+2
February 7	10	• California: Oil and Gas Well Regulations Referendum • California: Two-Thirds Legislative Vote and Voter Approval for New or Increased Taxes Initiative	+2
February 21	11	• Utah: Elections of County Sheriffs Amendment	+1
February 28	13	• Nevada: Remove Slavery as Punishment for Crime from Constitution Amendment • South Dakota: Gender-Neutral Language for Officeholders Amendment	+2
March 7	17	• Arizona: Financial Benefit Upon Death of a First Responder Measure • Wyoming: Property Tax on Residential Property and Owner-Occupied Primary Residences Amendment • Utah: Increase Annual State School Fund Distributions Amendment • Utah: Income Tax and Intangible Property Tax Uses Amendment	+4
March 21	20	• Indiana: Remove Superintendent of Public Instruction from Gubernatorial Line of Succession Amendment • New Mexico: Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption Amendment • New Mexico: Increase Veteran Property Tax Exemption Amendment	+3
March 28	22	• Arizona: Require Partisan Primary Elections Amendment • North Dakota: Constitutional Language Describing State Institutions Amendment	+2
April 4	25	• Iowa: Require Citizenship to Vote in State Elections and Allow 17-Year-Olds to Vote in Primaries Amendment • Maryland: Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment • New Hampshire: Increase Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment	+3
April 11	27	• Arkansas: Lottery Proceed Funding for Vocational-Technical School Scholarships and Grants Amendment • North Dakota: Single-Subject Requirement for Initiatives and Require Constitutional Initiatives to be Passed Twice Amendment	+2
April 18	28	• Colorado: Property Tax Exemption for Veterans with Individual Unemployability Status Amendment	+1
April 25	31	• Florida: Partisan School Board Elections Amendment • Iowa: Gubernatorial Succession Amendment • North Dakota: Legacy Fund Transfers Amendment	+3
May 2	32	• Florida: Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment	+1
May 9	33	• Colorado: Independent Judicial Discipline Adjudicative Board Amendment	+1
May 16	34	• Missouri: Property Tax Exemption for Childcare Establishments Amendment	+1
May 23	36	• Minnesota: Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Amendment • Nevada: Remove Constitutional Status of Board of Regents Amendment	+2
May 30	38	• Connecticut: No-Excuse Absentee Voting Amendment • Nevada: Revising Language Related to Public Entities for Individuals with Mental Illness, Blindness, or Deafness Amendment	+2
June 13	40	• Arizona: Emergency Declarations Amendment • Arizona: Signature Distribution Requirement for Initiatives Amendment	+2
June 20	41	• Nevada: Sales Tax Exemption for Diapers Measure	+1
June 27	44	• Oregon: Impeachment of Elected State Executives Amendment • Oregon: Independent Public Service Compensation Commission Amendment • Oregon: Ranked-Choice Voting for Federal and State Elections Measure	+3
July 18	45	• California: Right to Marry and Proposition 8 Repeal Amendment	+1
July 25	46	• Alabama: Alabama Local Bills from Budget Isolation Resolution Amendment	+1
August 1	48	• California: Prohibit State Limitations on Local Rent Control Initiative • Maine: State Flag Referendum	+2
September 19	50	• California: Lower Supermajority Requirement to 55% for Local Special Taxes to Fund Housing Amendment • California: Vote Requirements for Initiatives Requiring Supermajority Votes Amendment	+2
October 10	52	• Colorado: Property Tax Revenue Cap Initiative • Nebraska: Education Scholarships Tax Credit Referendum	+2
October 17	53	• California: Proposition 1, Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure	+1
November 14	56	• Wisconsin: Election Officials Amendment • Wisconsin: Prohibition on Non-Governmental Funding of Elections Amendment • Wisconsin: Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment	+3
2024:
January 2	55	• Removed — California: Fast Food Restaurant Minimum Wage and Labor Regulations Referendum	-1
January 9	55	• None	0
January 16	55	• None	0
January 23	55	• None	0
January 30	57	• Florida: Amendment 3, Marijuana Legalization Initiative • Florida: Amendment 4, Right to Abortion Initiative	+2
February 6	57	• None	0
February 13	57	• None	0
February 20	59	• New Mexico: Appellate Judges Nomination Commission Amendment • New Mexico: County Officer Salaries Amendment	+2
February 20	59	• None	0
February 27	63	• South Dakota: Medicaid Work Requirement Amendment • Virginia: Property Tax Exemption for Veterans and Surviving Spouses Amendment • Wisconsin: Require Legislative Approval for State Expenditure of Federal Funds Amendment • Wisconsin: Prohibit Legislature from Delegating Appropriations Power Amendment	+4
March 5	64	• Arizona: Property Tax Refund for Non-Enforcement of Public Nuisance Laws Measure	+1
March 12	76	• Alaska: Minimum Wage Increase and Paid Sick Leave Initiative • Alaska: Repeal Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative • Florida: Annual Inflation Adjustment for Homestead Property Tax Exemption Value Amendment • Florida: Repeal Public Campaign Financing Option Amendment • New Mexico: Public Education Bond Measure • New Mexico: Public Libraries Bond Measure • New Mexico: Senior Citizens Facilities Bond Measure • New Mexico: Safety Radio Communications Systems Bond Measure • Washington: Initiative 2109, Repeal Capital Gains Tax Initiative • Washington: Initiative 2117, Prohibit Carbon Tax Credit Trading and Repeal Carbon Cap-and-Invest Program Measure • Washington: Opt-Out of Long-Term Services Insurance Program Initiative • West Virginia: Prohibit "Medically-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Mercy Killing" Amendment	+12
March 19	80	• Arizona: Life Imprisonment for Sex Trafficking of a Minor Child Measure • Kentucky: Allow State Funding for Non-Public Education Amendment • Kentucky: Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment • North Dakota: Congressional Age Limits Initiative	+4
March 26	83	• Georgia: Personal Property Tax Exemption Increase Measure • Georgia: Tax Court Amendment • Idaho: Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment	+3
April 2	85	• Colorado: Remove Right to Bail in First Degree Murder Cases Amendment • Georgia: Local Option Homestead Property Tax Exemption Amendment	+2
April 9	86	• Hawaii: Remove Legislature Authority to Limit Marriage to Opposite-Sex Couples Amendment	+1
April 16	86	• None	0
April 23	91	• Colorado: Economic Impact Statements Shown with Ballot Question Initiative • Maine: Limit Contributions to Super PACs Initiative • Maine: Science and Technology Research and Commercialization Bond Issue • Maine: Development and Maintenance of Trails Bond Issue • Maine: Historic Community Buildings Bond Issue	+5
April 30	92	• Oklahoma: Public Infrastructure Districts Amendment	+1
May 7	100	• Colorado: Initiative and Referendum Filing and Judicial Retention Filing Deadlines Amendment • Colorado: Remove Constitutional Same-Sex Marriage Ban Amendment • Colorado: Retain Sports Betting Tax Revenue Measure • Hawaii: Judicial Appointments and Confirmations Amendment • Illinois: Assisted Reproductive Healthcare Advisory Question • Illinois: Property Tax Advisory Question • Illinois: Penalties for Violation of Duties of Election Worker Advisory Question • Missouri: Allow Legislature to Require a City to Increase Funding without State Reimbursement for a Police Force Established by State Board Amendment • South Carolina: Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment • Removed — New York: Equal Protection of Law Amendment	+8
May 14	104	• Alabama: Allow Franklin County Board of Education to Sell Land in the County School System Amendment • California: Require Personal Finance Course for High School Graduation Initiative • Colorado: Sales Tax on Firearms Dealers, Manufacturers, and Ammunition Vendors Measure • South Dakota: Prohibit Food and Grocery Taxes Initiative	+4
May 21	108	• California: Require Certain Participants in Medi-Cal Rx Program to Spend 98% of Revenues on Patient Care Initiative • Colorado: Right to Abortion and Health Insurance Coverage Initiative • Missouri: Levying of Fees to Support Salaries of Law Enforcement Personnel Amendment • Missouri: Voting Citizenship Requirement and Prohibiting Ranked Choice Voting Amendment • South Dakota: Right to Abortion Initiative • South Dakota: Top-Two Primaries Initiative • Removed — Colorado: Economic Impact Statements Shown with Ballot Question Initiative • Removed — Nebraska: Education Scholarships Tax Credit Referendum	+4
May 28	110	• Louisiana: Allow Legislature to Extend Regular Sessions to Pass Appropriations Bills Amendment • Louisiana: 48-Hour Waiting Period for Concurrence on Appropriation Bills Amendment	+2
June 4	115	• Louisiana: Outer Continental Shelf Revenues for Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund Amendment • Louisiana: Judiciary Commission Investigation of Sitting Judges Amendment • Louisiana: Property Tax Sales Administration Amendment • Oklahoma: Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment • South Dakota: Marijuana Legalization Initiative	+5
June 11	118	• Arizona: Immigration and Border Law Enforcement Measure • California: Drug and Theft Crime Penalties and Treatment-Mandated Felonies Initiative • California: Managed Care Organization Tax Authorization Initiative	+3
June 18	127	• Arizona: End Term Limits and Retention Elections for Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Judges Amendment • Arizona: Legal Challenges to Constitutionality of Initiatives Amendment • Arizona: Legislative Ratification of Rules that Increase Regulatory Costs Measure • Arizona: Wages for Tipped Workers Amendment • New York: Equal Protection of Law Amendment • Rhode Island: Cultural Arts and Economy Grant Program Bond Measure • Rhode Island: Environmental and Recreational Infrastructure Bond Measure • Rhode Island: Higher Education Facilities Bond Measure • Rhode Island: Housing Acquisition, Development, and Infrastructure Bond Measure	+9
June 25	127	• California: Changes to the State Children's Services Program Initiative • Removed — California: Two-Thirds Legislative Vote and Voter Approval for New or Increased Taxes Initiative	0
July 2	124	• California: Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment • Nevada: Right to Abortion Initiative • North Carolina: Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment • Removed — California: Changes to the State Children's Services Program Initiative • Removed — California: Employee Civil Action Law and PAGA Repeal Initiative • Removed — California: Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Institute Initiative • Removed — California: Remove Voter Approval Requirement for Public Low-Rent Housing Projects Amendment • Removed — California: Require Personal Finance Course for High School Graduation Initiative • Removed — California: Oil and Gas Well Regulations Referendum	-3
July 9	125	• California: Parks, Environment, Energy, and Water Bond Measure • California: Public Education Facilities Bond Measure • Removed — California: Vote Requirements for Initiatives Requiring Supermajority Votes Amendment^[2]	+1
July 16	131	• Idaho: Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative • Massachusetts: Authorization of State Auditor to Audit General Court Initiative • Massachusetts: Regulated Access to Psychedelic Substances Initiative • Massachusetts: Repeal Competency Assessment Requirement for High School Graduation Initiative • Massachusetts: Unionization and Collective Bargaining for Transportation Network Drivers Initiative • South Dakota: Regulation of Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Referendum	+6
July 23	134	• Massachusetts: Minimum Wage for Tipped Employees Initiative • Nevada: Voter Identification Initiative • Ohio: Citizens Redistricting Commission Amendment	+3
July 30	136	• Washington: Natural Gas Access Initiative • Oregon: Corporate Tax Revenue Rebate for Residents Initiative	+2
August 6	140	• Arkansas: Voter Approval for New Casino Licenses and Repeal Casino Licenses in Pope County Initiative • Colorado: Prohibit Hunting of Mountain Lion, Bobcat, and Lynx Initiative • North Dakota: Prohibit Property Taxes Initiative • Oregon: Unionization of Cannabis Workers Initiative	+4
August 13	146	• Arizona: Proposition 139, Right to Abortion Initiative • Missouri: Minimum Wage and Earned Paid Sick Time Initiative • Missouri: Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative • Missouri: Sports Betting Initiative • Nebraska: Paid Sick Leave Initiative • North Dakota: Marijuana Legalization Initiative	+6
August 20	148	• Arizona: Proposition 140, Single Primary for All Candidates and Possible RCV General Election Initiative • Montana: CI-128, Right to Abortion Initiative	+2
August 27	156	• Colorado: Constitutional Right to School Choice Initiative • Colorado: Parole Eligibility Initiative • Colorado: Property Tax Valuation Reduction Initiative • Montana: CI-126, Top-Four Primary Initiative • Montana: CI-127, Majority Vote Required to Win Elections Initiative • Nebraska: Right to Abortion Initiative • Nebraska: Prohibit Abortions After the First Trimester Amendment • Utah: Legislative Alteration of Ballot Initiatives and Foreign Contributions Ban Amendment	+8
September 3	158	• Colorado: Peace Officer Training and Support Fund Initiative • Colorado: Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative • Colorado: Veterinary Professional Associate Initiative • Missouri: Osage River Gambling Boat License Amendment • Removed — Colorado: Property Tax Revenue Cap Initiative • Removed — Colorado: Property Tax Valuation Reduction Initiative	+2
September 10	159	• Nebraska: Private Education Scholarship Program Referendum	+1
September 17	160	• Removed — Utah: Legislative Alteration of Ballot Initiatives and Foreign Contributions Ban Amendment • Nebraska: Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative • Nebraska: Medical Marijuana Regulation Initiative	+1
September 24	160	• None	+0
October 1	160	• None	+0
October 8	160	• None	+0
October 15	159	• Removed — Utah: Amendment A, Constitutional Requirements for Education Funding Amendment	-1
October 22	159	• None	+0
October 29	159	• None	+0
November 5	159	• None	+0

States with certified measures

Footnotes

↑ This includes combined initiated constitutional amendment and state statute measures.
↑ Moved to 2026.

[1] This includes combined initiated constitutional amendment and state statute measures.

[2] Moved to 2026.

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Certifications in 2024 compared to previous years

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