Chart of 2012 ballot measure issues

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NOTE: All measures, including legislative referrals and citizen initiatives are listed below. However, some measures may be listed more than once because they fall into more than one category. For a detailed number of measures for the 2012 ballot, please visit the official 2012 ballot measure article.

Issues in 2012 were vast and diverse, with social issues taking over the ballot this year. Marriage, marijuana, health care and other high-profile issues were on center stage, with those measures garnering a significant amount of media coverage.

However, the issue of taxes reigned supreme once more, with 33 measures on the ballot. In 2011, 8 measures dealt with taxes, the most for that year. In 2010, 40 measures dealing with taxes were placed on the ballot, the most for that year as well.

Coming in second was the topic of administration of government at 21, followed by bond issues with 19.

2012 ballot issues

Legend      Highest total measures

Issues	States	# measures per issue
Abortion	Florida, Montana	2
Administration of government	Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, West Virginia	21
Affirmative action	Oklahoma	1
Assisted death	Massachusetts	1
Bond issues	Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island	19
Business regulation	California, Massachusetts	2
Civil rights	Alabama	1
Constitutional conventions	Alaska, New Hampshire, Ohio	3
Constitutional language	Alabama, South Dakota	2
Education	Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Washington	13
Elections and campaigns	Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, South Carolina	7
Eminent domain	Virginia	1
Environment	Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Michigan, Rhode Island	5
Firearms	Louisiana	1
Gambling	Arkansas, Maryland, Oregon, Rhode Island	7
Healthcare	Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Wyoming	8
Housing	New Mexico, Rhode Island	2
Hunting	Idaho, Kentucky, Nebraska, Wyoming	4
Immigration	Maryland, Montana	2
Insurance	California, Washington	3
Judiciary	Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Wyoming	13
Labor and unions	Alabama, California, Michigan, South Dakota	5
Law enforcement		9
Marijuana	Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana, Oregon, Washington	6
Motto and symbols	North Dakota	1
Marriage and family	Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, Washington	5
Natural resources	Alabama	1
Pension	Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey	3
Redistricting	California, Maryland, Ohio	3
Religion	Florida, Missouri, North Dakota	3
State officials salaries	Alabama, Nebraska	2
State budgets	Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, South Dakota, Washington	7
State executives	New Mexico, Oklahoma	2
Taxes	Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington	33
Term limits	California, Nebraska, West Virginia	3
Tobacco	California, Missouri	2
Transportation	Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan	4

See also

• List of ballot measures by topic
• List of ballot measures by year (2010 and 2012)