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Laws governing ballot measures in Connecticut
The Connecticut State Legislature may place measures on the ballot as legislatively referred constitutional amendments. Referred amendments require a three-quarters (75%) vote from each chamber during one legislative session or a simple majority vote in each chamber during two successive legislative sessions.
The Connecticut Constitution requires a constitutional convention question to automatically appear on the state's ballot every 20 years.
Below are links to the various types of ballot measure law Ballotpedia tracks:
- Laws governing recall in Connecticut
- Amending the Connecticut Constitution
- Laws governing local ballot measures in Connecticut
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Connecticut
- Campaign finance requirements for Connecticut ballot measures
In Connecticut, the path to getting a statewide ballot measure on the ballot is laid out in Article XII of the Connecticut Constitution.
