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Pennsylvania 2022 ballot measures
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Zero statewide ballot measures were certified to appear on the ballot in Pennsylvania on November 8, 2022.
Getting measures on the ballot
Citizens
In Pennsylvania, citizens do not have the power to initiate statewide initiatives or referendums. As of 2022, voters of Pennsylvania had never voted on a ballot measure to authorize a statewide initiative and referendum process.
Legislature
The Pennsylvania State Legislature can refer statewide ballot measures, in the form of constitutional amendments, to the ballot in odd-numbered years and even-numbered years. The Pennsylvania Constitution requires a simple majority vote (50%+1) in each legislative chamber during two successive legislative sessions to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 102 votes in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and 26 votes in the Pennsylvania State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
The state legislature can refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot in just one legislative session with a two-thirds vote of each chamber when a major emergency threatens or is about to threaten the state, according to the Pennsylvania Constitution.
Not on the ballot
| Type | Name | Topic | Description | Status |
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| LRCA | No-Excuse Absentee Voting Amendment | Voting policy | State that no election law can require voters to physically appear at a polling place on election day and remove the list of excuses related to receiving an absentee ballot | 
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| LRCA | Districts for State Supreme, Superior, and Commonwealth Court Elections Amendment | State judiciary | Provide for justices and judges to be elected from representative districts, which the Pennsylvania General Assembly would be responsible for establishing |
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| LRCA | Eliminate Separate Ballot Requirement for Judicial Retention Elections Amendment | Elections and campaigns | Eliminate the requirement that judicial retention elections appear on a separate ballot (or in a separate column on voting machines) from other elections |
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Historical facts
- See also: List of Pennsylvania ballot measures
In Pennsylvania, a total of 69 ballot measures appeared on statewide ballots between 1968 and 2021. Sixty-two ballot measures were approved, and 7 ballot measures were defeated.
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Local ballot measures
- See also: Pennsylvania 2022 local ballot measures
Click here to read more about 2022 local ballot measures in Pennsylvania.
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