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Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is a method of oil and natural gas extraction. Fracking involves injecting fluid into subterranean rock formations at high pressure to produce a fracture network that allows crude oil and natural gas inside dense rocks to be extracted at the surface.

Information on fracking-related ballot measures from 2013 to 2016 can be found below.

Fracking-related ballot measures

2016

See also: Notable 2016 local measures

Local measures

a Butte County Fracking Ban Initiative (November 2016)
City of Columbus Community Bill of Rights Fracking Ban Initiative Charter Amendment (November 2016)
a Monterey County Ban on Fracking and Extreme Oil Extraction Methods Initiative (November 2016)

Statewide measures

Michigan Fracking Ban Initiative (2016)

2015

See also: Notable 2015 local measures

Local measures

Athens County Home Rule Charter, Community Bill of Rights and Fracking Waste Prohibition Initiative (November 2015)
d City of Hermosa Beach E&B Oil Drilling and Production Project, Measure O (March 2015)
d City of La Habra Heights Ban on New Oil & Gas Wells and Fracking Initiative, Measure A (March 2015)
City of Youngstown "Community Bill of Rights" and Fracking Ban Initiative Charter Amendment (November 2015)
Fulton County Home Rule Charter, Community Bill of Rights and Fracking Prohibition Initiative (November 2015)
Medina County Home Rule Charter, Community Bill of Rights and Fracking Prohibition Initiative (November 2015)
Meigs County Home Rule Charter, Community Bill of Rights and Fracking Prohibition Initiative (November 2015)
Portage County Home Rule Charter, Community Bill of Rights and Fracking Waste Prohibition Initiative (November 2015)

2014

See also: Notable 2014 local measures

Local measures

a Denton, Texas (November 2014)
a Athens, Ohio Issue 7 (November 2014)
d Santa Barbara, California Measure P (November 2014)
a San Benito County, California Measure J (November 2014)
a Mendocino County, California Measure S (November 2014)
d Gates Mills, Ohio Issue 51 (November 2014)
d Youngstown, Ohio Issue 4 (November 2014)
d Kent, Ohio Issue 21
City of Niles "Community Bill of Rights" Fracking Ban Initiative (November 2014)
d City of Loveland Two Year Fracking Suspension Initiative, Question 1 (June 2014)
d Youngstown "Community Bill of Rights" Fracking Ban Charter Amendment (May 2014)
d Johnson County Fracking Ban Referendum (March 2014)

Statewide measures

Colorado Fracking Ban Initiative (2014)
Michigan Fracking Ban Initiative (2014)

2013

a Question 300: City of Lafayette "Community Rights Act" Fracking Ban Amendment
a Question 300: Broomfield Five Year Fracking Suspension
a Question 2A: City of Fort Collins Five Year Fracking Suspension
a Question 2H: City of Boulder Five Year Fracking Suspension

See also

• Energy on the ballot
• Environment on the ballot

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