List of Connecticut ballot measures

This page provides a list of ballot measures that have appeared on the statewide ballot in Connecticut.

List of ballot measures by year

Measures are listed in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent and upcoming elections appearing first. Tables include brief summaries, relevant topics, and the election results for each measure.

2028

See also: Connecticut 2028 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
ACCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	State constitutional conventions	Asks voters whether a constitutional convention shall be held to propose a revision or amendments to the constitution

2024

See also: Connecticut 2024 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	No-Excuse Absentee Voting Amendment	Absentee and mail voting	Authorize the Connecticut State Legislature to pass a law for no-excuse absentee voting	a	843,153 (58%)	610,694 (42%)

2022

See also: Connecticut 2022 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Early voting	Allow the Legislature to provide for early voting	a	687,385 (61%)	448,295 (39%)

2018

See also: Connecticut 2018 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Restricted-use funds; Transportation taxes and fees	Connecticut Amendment 1, the Transportation Revenue Lockbox Amendment, is on the ballot in Connecticut as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	a	1,030,888 (89%)	132,279 (11%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public land policy	Connecticut Amendment 2, the Legislative Requirements to Transfer State Properties Amendment, is on the ballot in Connecticut as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	a	954,467 (85%)	174,348 (15%)

2014

See also: Connecticut 2014 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Absentee and mail voting; Early voting	The Connecticut Early Voting Amendment, Question 1 was on the November 4, 2014 ballot in Connecticut as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated.	d	453,070 (48%)	491,447 (52%)

2008

See also: Connecticut 2008 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
ACCQ	Question 1	State constitutional conventions	Allow the state of Connecticut to hold a Constitutional Convention where the Connecticut Constitution could then be amended or revised	d	579,904 (41%)	847,518 (59%)
LRCA	Question 2	Voting age policy	Allow Connecticut residents to vote in primaries at age 17, as long as they will turn 18 before the general election	a	900,491 (64%)	508,396 (36%)

2000

See also: Connecticut 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Law enforcement officers and departments; Local government organization	Abolish the county sheriff system and consolidate roles under a State Marshal Commission	a	585,155 (66%)	307,275 (34%)

1996

See also: Connecticut 1996 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Crime victims' rights	Grant ten rights to victims of crime	a	656,223 (78%)	179,882 (22%)

1992

See also: Connecticut 1992 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Limit on State Expenditures	Revenue and spending limits	Impose a limit on state expenditures based on the national inflation rate or the growth in person income in the state, whichever is greater	a	829,868 (81%)	195,630 (19%)
LRCA	Question 1	Voter registration	Allow the Connecticut General Assembly to develop laws allowing anyone to register to vote away from their local registrar of voters office	a	708,030 (73%)	260,885 (27%)

1990

See also: Connecticut 1990 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Redistricting policy	Extend the deadlines for legislative redistricting following the decennial census by one month	a	288,609 (54%)	244,964 (46%)

1986

See also: Connecticut 1986 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
ACCQ	Question 1	State constitutional conventions	Allow the state of Connecticut to hold a Constitutional Convention where the Connecticut Constitution could then be amended or revised	d	207,704 (35%)	379,812 (65%)
LRCA	Question 2	Election administration and governance	Eliminate party levers from voting machines	a	302,899 (50%)	297,827 (50%)
LRCA	Question 3	State judicial selection	Create the Judicial Selection Commission, which would provide a list of judicial candidates to the governor for submission to the General Assembly	a	396,555 (67%)	192,180 (33%)

1984

See also: Connecticut 1984 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Constitutional rights	Add physical and mental disabilities to the list of traits under the equal protection clause of the state constitution	a	637,754 (78%)	180,955 (22%)
LRCA	Question 2	State executive powers and duties; State executive branch structure	Establish a procedure for a nine-member council that would determine when a governor is incapable of carrying out the duties of the office to enable the lieutenant-governor to take over	a	713,791 (88%)	95,116 (12%)
LRCA	Question 3	State executive branch structure	Create a Criminal Justice Commission to appoint prosecutors instead of the judicial branch	a	554,953 (73%)	208,631 (27%)

1982

See also: Connecticut 1982 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Jury rules; Criminal trials	Remove the requirement for a grand jury to find probable cause before bringing someone to trial for those arrested for a crime that can result in either life in prison or the death penalty	a	437,231 (74%)	157,080 (26%)
LRCA	Question 2	Administrative powers and rulemaking; State legislative authority	Clarify that the General Assembly can oversee executive departments, and that the authority can be delegated to a committee such as the Legislative Review Committee	a	392,606 (70%)	167,570 (30%)
LRCA	Question 3	Salaries of government officials	Clarify that elected officials cannot increase their pay during their term of office	a	322,557 (57%)	241,597 (43%)
LRCA	Question 4	State judiciary structure	Create a court of appeals below the state's supreme court	a	387,116 (71%)	156,257 (29%)

1980

See also: Connecticut 1980 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Residency voting requirements	Remove the waiting six-month waiting period for new state residents to become eligible voters	a	441,087 (66%)	225,096 (34%)
LRCA	Question 2	Voter registration; Voting age policy	Eliminate the provision in the state constitution to allow a 17-year-old to register to vote four months before turning 18, and instead allow the legislature to establish when young people may register	a	370,326 (53%)	326,503 (47%)
LRCA	Question 3	State executive elections; State legislative elections; Age limits for officials	Lower the minimum age from to hold state elective offices, except for governor and lieutenant governor, from 21 to 18	a	357,845 (53%)	320,945 (47%)
LRCA	Question 4	Redistricting policy	Extend the deadline for reapportionment following the decennial census from May 15 to August 1	a	414,907 (67%)	203,837 (33%)

1976

See also: Connecticut 1976 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Voting age policy; Citizenship voting requirements; Residency voting requirements	Change the qualifications of being an elector to being 18-years-old, a resident of the town in which they vote, and a citizen of the United States	a	545,281 (82%)	119,533 (18%)
LRCA	Question 2	Voting age policy; Voter registration	Allow 17-year-old residents who would turn 18-years-old on or before the general election to register to vote four months prior to the election	a	393,819 (57%)	301,751 (43%)
LRCA	Question 3	State judiciary oversight	Permit the Connecticut Supreme Court to remove or suspend any non-elected judge, except for probate judges, and permit the General Assembly to establish a Judicial Review Council that can censure or suspend any non-elected judge for up to one year	a	527,198 (80%)	133,860 (20%)
LRCA	Question 4	Redistricting policy	Change procedures and deadlines for the decennial census	a	499,448 (79%)	134,245 (21%)

1974

See also: Connecticut 1974 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Constitutional rights; Sex and gender issues	Prohibit the denial of equal protection or discrimination against a person's civil or political rights based on sex	a	460,711 (77%)	135,427 (23%)
LRCA	Question 2	Election administration and governance	Allow amendments that win final approval in the General Assembly during an even-numbered year go on the ballot in the same year in November	a	398,029 (77%)	116,495 (23%)
LRCA	Question 3	Voting rights for persons with criminal convictions	Add the language "the right to be made an elector" to the existing clause stating that the privileges of being an elector are forfeited for people with a felony conviction	a	357,179 (70%)	152,665 (30%)
LRCA	Question 4	State judicial selection	Eliminate the requirement that justices of the peace be elected and allow the General Assembly to decide the future method of selecting them	a	301,707 (56%)	236,692 (44%)

1972

See also: Connecticut 1972 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Criminal trials; Civil trials; Jury rules; State legislative authority	Allow the legislature to set the number of jurors, consisting of no more than 12 and no less than six members, to hear non-capital criminal cases and establishes attorneys' rights to question potential jurors individually	a	381,895 (71%)	156,092 (29%)

1970

See also: Connecticut 1970 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive elections	Make the election of Attorney General a constitutional requirement	a	499,505 (85%)	91,260 (15%)
LRCA	Question 2	Age limits for officials; State legislative elections	Lower the minimum age to hold a state office, except for governor and lieutenant-governor, to 21	a	471,516 (78%)	130,178 (22%)
LRCA	Question 3	Voting age policy	Lower the voting age to 18-years-old	d	307,530 (48%)	336,012 (52%)
LRCA	Question 4	State legislative processes and sessions	Provide for a three-month legislative session on even-numbered years that is limited to handling budgetary matters, revenue and financial matters, and emergency matters	a	455,483 (76%)	140,320 (24%)

1964

See also: Connecticut 1964 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State legislative processes and sessions	Change the amendment process for the General Assembly by moving amendments to the next session if a majority in the House of Representatives votes for it, or if two-thirds of both chambers approve it, then it would be presented to the voters	a	281,383 (75%)	92,832 (25%)
LRCA	Question 2	Residency voting requirements	Change the residence requirements for becoming an elector to six months in the town rather than one year int he state and six months in the town	a	306,451 (82%)	66,416 (18%)
LRCA	Question 3	Absentee and mail voting	Allow voters who cannot go to the polls when Election Day falls on a religious holiday to cast absentee ballots	a	293,244 (77%)	85,582 (23%)

1962

See also: Connecticut 1962 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Absentee and mail voting	Permit voters to cast absentee ballots for constitutional amendments	a	238,632 (87%)	34,823 (13%)
LRCA	Question 2	Voter registration	Allow the General Assembly to determine the method, as prescribed by law, for registering voters	a	216,594 (84%)	42,042 (16%)
LRCA	Question 3	State executive elections	Change election of governor and lieutenant governor candidates of the same party to be elected together instead of separately	a	214,207 (81%)	50,768 (19%)
LRCA	Question 4	Residency voting requirements	Allow Connecticut residents who move from one town to another to be eligible to vote after six months, and let the General Assembly, as prescribed by law, to determine the method for proving those residents were registered as voters in the state and met the residence requirement in the new town	a	217,173 (84%)	41,552 (16%)
LRCA	Question 5	Absentee and mail voting; Military service policy	Include the Armed service to be eligible for mail voting and permit the legislature to extend such privilege to members of the U.S. Merchant Marine, religious and welfare groups serving with the armed forces, U.S. civilian employees overseas, and their spouses and dependents	a	228,260 (86%)	36,331 (14%)

1958

See also: Connecticut 1958 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State legislative elections	Prohibit members of the General Assembly from holding another political or judicial office	a	145,363 (68%)	69,881 (32%)
LRCA	Question 2	State legislative authority; Civil trials	Provide a special commission for handling claims against the state instead of the General Assembly	a	151,114 (75%)	50,305 (25%)
LRCA	Question 3	Salaries of government officials	Allow the General Assembly to set its own salary for its members	a	124,035 (59%)	84,846 (41%)

1948

See also: Connecticut 1948 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Legislature to Prescribe Laws on Voting Rights Forfeiture and Restoration Amendment	State legislative authority; Voting rights for persons with criminal convictions	Allow the General Assembly to decide by law which offenses lead to the loss of voting rights and how those rights may be regained	a	50,385 (72%)	19,823 (28%)
LRCA	Question 1	State judicial selection	Set election date and tenure of office for probate judges	a	59,573 (74%)	20,751 (26%)
LRCA	Question 2	Executive official term limits	Establish an election date for governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary, treasurer, and comptroller, as well as set the duration of each term for these roles to four years	a	52,106 (65%)	27,870 (35%)
LRCA	Question 4	State judicial selection	Allow the General Assembly to set rules, through legislation, for judges of minor courts that are nominated by the governor	a	55,331 (73%)	20,196 (27%)
LRAQ	U.N. as Limited World Federal Government to Prevent War Advisory Question	Military-related advisory questions; Federal government issues	Advise the state's congressional representatives to urge the federal government to call for amendments to the U.N. charter to strengthen "the United Nations into a limited world federal government capable of enacting, interpreting and enforcing laws to prevent war"	a	141,625 (91%)	14,132 (9%)

1946

See also: Connecticut 1946 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Annual Sessions of General Assembly	State legislative processes and sessions	Establish a timeline for General Assembly sessions each year from January to April	d	33,671 (46%)	39,733 (54%)
LRCA	Question 1	State executive elections; State executive branch structure	Establish succession procedures for the governor if the governor-elect cannot occupy the office	a	54,581 (75%)	17,880 (25%)
LRCA	Question 2	Salaries of government officials	Set the salary of members of the General Assembly at $600 per term	a	39,316 (53%)	34,734 (47%)

1934

See also: Connecticut 1934 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Appointment of Judges Amendment	State judicial selection	Create the process for appointing judges of the supreme court of errors, of the superior court and of the courts of common pleas	a	39,560 (77%)	11,526 (23%)
LRCA	Gubernatorial Approval and Veto Process for Legislation Amendment	State executive powers and duties; State legislative processes and sessions	Provide processes for the governor to object to bills passed by both houses of the General Assembly and for the General Assembly to reconsider them	a	43,181 (78%)	12,071 (22%)

1932

See also: Connecticut 1932 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Absentee and mail voting	Permit qualified electors, who are unable to be in the state on election day or are sick, to cast absentee ballots	a	29,842 (76%)	9,407 (24%)
LRCA	Question 2	Voter registration	Grant assistant town clerks the ability to determine the qualifications of electors based on law	a	25,948 (73%)	9,780 (27%)
LRAQ	Question 3	Federal government issues; Alcohol laws	Petition for the repeal of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution	a	292,787 (86%)	47,951 (14%)

1902

See also: Connecticut 1902 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Question 1	State constitution ratification; State judicial selection; Redistricting policy	Propose a new constitution to be adopted	d	10,377 (33%)	21,234 (67%)

1901

See also: Connecticut 1901 ballot measures

October 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCCQ	Question 1	State constitutional conventions	Allow the state of Connecticut to hold a Constitutional Convention the following year where the Connecticut Constitution could then be amended or revised	a	47,317 (64%)	26,745 (36%)

1877

See also: Connecticut 1877 ballot measures

October 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Salaries of government officials; Local government official salaries	Prevent the General Assembly and local governments from providing additional compensation to public officers, employees, and contractors during the tenure of their term or contract	a	23,913 (76%)	7,451 (24%)
LRCA	Question 2	State legislative authority; Local government finance and taxes	Prohibit local municipalities from providing funds to railroad corporations without authorization from the General Assembly	a	26,832 (86%)	4,526 (14%)

1876

See also: Connecticut 1876 ballot measures

October 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Redistricting policy	Attach newly-formed towns with populations to the election districts of larger towns until they reach a population of 2,500 or more residents	a	26,664 (83%)	5,599 (17%)
LRCA	Question 2	Election administration and governance	Move the election of State officials from April to November to match federal elections	a	31,871 (98%)	503 (2%)
LRCA	Question 3	Judicial term limits	Set the duration of a term for judges of the courts of common pleas and district courts to four years, and judges of the city courts and police courts to two years	a	30,486 (94%)	1,898 (6%)
LRCA	Question 4	Judicial term limits	Set term length of probate judges for two years	a	31,509 (97%)	877 (3%)
LRCA	Question 5	Salaries of government officials	Limit the salary of General Assembly members to $300 and $0.25 per mile traveled	a	31,025 (96%)	1,283 (4%)
LRCA	Question 6	Race and suffrage	Remove the word "white" from electoral qualifications listed in the state constitution	a	29,954 (93%)	2,242 (7%)

1875

See also: Connecticut 1875 ballot measures

October 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Election administration and governance; State legislative term limits; Executive official term limits; Congressional term limits	Provide for an annual general election for governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, treasurer, and General Assembly members in November, and set term lengths for each office to two years	a	41,254 (94%)	2,525 (6%)
LRCA	Question 2	Voting rights for persons with criminal convictions	Grant the General Assembly the authority, by a two-thirds vote from both houses, to restore the privileges of an elector to those who lost them due to being convicted of a crime	a	31,619 (74%)	11,363 (26%)

1874

See also: Connecticut 1874 ballot measures

October 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State legislative structure; Redistricting policy	Provide qualifications for receiving two representatives in the state's House of Representatives based on population	a	33,300 (88%)	4,586 (12%)

1873

See also: Connecticut 1873 ballot measures

October 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive powers and duties; State legislative processes and sessions	Hold annual and special sessions of the General Assembly in Hartford, except in emergencies where the governor can convene the Assembly anywhere else in the state	a	36,853 (55%)	30,685 (45%)

1865

See also: Connecticut 1865 ballot measures

October 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Voter registration; Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements; Voting age policy	Provide for specific qualifications to become an elector based on sex, age, residency, and literacy	d	27,217 (45%)	33,489 (55%)

1864

See also: Connecticut 1864 ballot measures

August 15

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Military service policy; Absentee and mail voting	Allow people who were drafted or volunteered in the Civil War to cast absentee ballots throughout the duration of the war	a	24,280 (63%)	14,237 (37%)

1856

See also: Connecticut 1856 ballot measures

October 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State legislative authority; Judicial term limits; State executive powers and duties; Impeachment rules	Establish a term length of eight years for judges of the supreme court of errors and the superior court, as well as a procedure for the governor and the General Assembly to impeach them	a	7,290 (55%)	6,062 (45%)

1855

See also: Connecticut 1855 ballot measures

October 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Voter registration; Literacy, poll tax, and property voting requirements	Require a person to be able to read any article of the state constitution or any section of the statutes of the state before being admitted as an elector	a	17,370 (58%)	12,544 (42%)

1850

See also: Connecticut 1850 ballot measures

October 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State judicial selection	Provide for judges of the probate courts to be elected within their districts in accordance the processes designated by the law at the time	a	11,974 (90%)	1,259 (10%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judicial selection	Provide for justices of the peace to be elected within their districts in a manner as prescribed by law	a	11,872 (91%)	1,205 (9%)

1847

See also: Connecticut 1847 ballot measures

October 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Voting age policy; Voter registration; Residency voting requirements	Provide for specific qualifications to become an elector based on sex, age, and residency	d	5,353 (22%)	19,148 (78%)

1845

See also: Connecticut 1845 ballot measures

October 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Residency voting requirements; Race and suffrage; Voting age policy; Voter registration	Provide for specific qualifications to become an elector based on race, sex, age, and residency	a	12,360 (91%)	1,237 (9%)

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