Sex and gender issues ballot measures

Voters have decided on sex and gender issues ballot measures across the U.S. As a state ballot measure topic, sex and gender issues include measures related to legal definitions, rights, and protections based on a person’s sex or gender. The topic is grouped within the social issue policy area.

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Upcoming ballot measures

See also: 2026 ballot measures and 2027 ballot measures

The following is a list of state ballot measures related to this topic that are certified or potential for this year and future elections:

2026

1. Arizona Require Schools Grant Access to Athletic Private Spaces Based on Sex Measure (2026) - Potential
2. Colorado Prohibit Surgeries to Alter Biological Sex Characteristics of Minors Measure (2026) - Potential
3. Colorado Require Separate Teams Based on Biological Sex or Co-Ed Teams for School Sports Measure (2026) - Potential
4. Maine Birth Certificate Sex Requirement for Public School Sports Initiative (2026) - Potential
5. Missouri Amendment 3, Prohibit Abortion and Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Amendment (2026) - On the ballot
6. Ohio Equality of Rights Under the Law Amendment (2026) - Potential
7. Vermont Equal Protection of Law Amendment (2026) - Potential
8. Virginia Remove Constitutional Same-Sex Marriage Ban Amendment (2026) - On the ballot
9. Washington Limit Participation in Female Sports to Students Verified as Biologically Female Initiative (2026) - Potential

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2026

1. Arizona Require Schools Grant Access to Athletic Private Spaces Based on Sex Measure (2026) - Potential
2. Colorado Prohibit Surgeries to Alter Biological Sex Characteristics of Minors Measure (2026) - Potential
3. Colorado Require Separate Teams Based on Biological Sex or Co-Ed Teams for School Sports Measure (2026) - Potential
4. Maine Birth Certificate Sex Requirement for Public School Sports Initiative (2026) - Potential
5. Missouri Amendment 3, Prohibit Abortion and Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Amendment (2026) - On the ballot
6. Ohio Equality of Rights Under the Law Amendment (2026) - Potential
7. Vermont Equal Protection of Law Amendment (2026) - Potential
8. Virginia Remove Constitutional Same-Sex Marriage Ban Amendment (2026) - On the ballot
9. Washington Limit Participation in Female Sports to Students Verified as Biologically Female Initiative (2026) - Potential

2024

1. New York Proposal 1, Equal Protection of Law Amendment (2024)

2022

1. Nevada Question 1, Equality of Rights Amendment (2022)

2014

1. Illinois Right to Vote Amendment (2014)
2. Oregon Measure 89, Equal Rights for Women Amendment (2014)

2006

1. North Dakota State Militia, Constitutional Measure 1 (2006)

1998

1. Florida Amendment 9, Revision to Declaration of Rights Amendment (1998)
2. Iowa Amendment 1, Equal Rights for Men and Women Measure (1998)
3. Utah Proposition 2, Repeal of Constitutional Provision on Married Women's Property Rights Amendment (1998)

1994

1. Oregon Measure 7, Equal Protection of Law Initiative (1994)

1992

1. Iowa Amendment 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Gender Measure (1992)

1988

1. Arizona Proposition 103, Eligibility for State Office Amendment (1988)

1986

1. Vermont Proposal 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1986)

1984

1. Maine Question 6, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1984)

1980

1. Iowa Amendment 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Gender Measure (1980)
2. Utah Proposition 3, Permit Women to Work in Mines and Allow Creation of Work Release Programs for Inmates Amendment (1980)

1978

1. Florida Amendment 2, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1978)
2. Hawaii Discrimination and Hawaiian Studies, Amendment 20 (1978)
3. Nevada Question 1, Eligibility for Public Office Amendment (1978)
4. Nevada Question 5, Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment Advisory Question (1978)
5. Wyoming Restriction on Women Working in Mines, Amendment 1 (1978)

1977

1. Washington Referendum 40, Establishment of State Women's Commission Measure (1977)

1976

1. Colorado Amendment 6, Removal of the Gender Equality Provisions Initiative (1976)
2. Massachusetts Question 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex, Race, or Creed Amendment (1976)
3. Oklahoma State Question 517, Repeal Women's Right to Vote in School District Elections Amendment (1976)
4. South Dakota Amendment B, Revise Bill of Rights Measure (1976)

1975

1. New Jersey Public Question 2, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1975)
2. New York Amendment 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1975)

1974

1. California Proposition 7, Revisions to State Constitution’s Declaration of Rights Amendment (1974)
2. Connecticut Question 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1974)
3. New Hampshire Question 2, Equal Rights Regardless of Race, Sex, or Creed Amendment (1974)

1973

1. Wisconsin Question 2, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (April 1973)

1972

1. Alaska Ballot Measure 2, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (August 1972)
2. Colorado Amendment 3, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1972)
3. Hawaii Amendment 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1972)
4. Louisiana Women Jurors Amendment (1972)
5. Maryland Question 3, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1972)
6. New Mexico Constitutional Amendment 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1972)
7. Texas Proposition 7, Equal Rights Regardless of Race, Sex, or Creed Amendment (1972)
8. Washington HJR 61, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1972)

1971

1. Pennsylvania Question 2, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (May 1971)

1970

1. Virginia Question 1, Constitutional Revision Amendment (1970)

1964

1. New Mexico Proposed Amendment, Absentee Voting, Removal of Voting Restrictions for Women and Indians (1964)

1958

1. New Hampshire Remove Provision Disqualifying Women From Voting for State Offices, Question 1 (1958)

1956

1. West Virginia Jury Service for Women Amendment, Amendment 1 (1956)

1954

1. Texas Proposition 6, Women Jurors Amendment (1954)

1953

1. Ohio Women's Eligibility for Office Provision Removal Amendment (1953)

1948

1. Massachusetts Question 4, Allow Physicians to Provide Contraceptives to Married Women for Health Reasons Initiative (1948)

1944

1. Colorado Amendment 1, Allow Women to Serve on Juries Amendment (1944)

1942

1. Massachusetts Question 1, Contraception Ban Exemptions Initiative (1942)
2. Vermont Jury Service for Women Act (1942)

1936

1. California Proposition 21, Institutions for Women with Felony Convictions Amendment (1936)
2. Colorado Women on Juries, Measure 7 (1936)

1935

1. Oklahoma State Question 211, Women Eligibility for Office Amendment (September 1935)

1934

1. Wisconsin Question 1, Women's Suffrage Amendment (1934)

1924

1. Massachusetts Question 1, Removal of Word 'Male' from Voter Qualifications Amendment (1924)
2. Massachusetts Question 2, Allow Women to Hold Public Office Amendment (1924)
3. Vermont Suffrage for Women Amendment (1924)

1923

1. Maine 48-Hour Work Week for Women and Minors Initiative (October 1923)

1922

1. Maryland Equal Legal Rights for Women, Amendment 5 (1922)
2. Missouri Amendment 2, Remove Gendered Language from Suffrage Provision Measure (1922)

1921

1. Missouri Amendment 1, Women Qualified to Hold Office Measure (August 1921)
2. New Hampshire Right to Vote Amendment (1921)
3. Oregon Measure Nos. 308-309, Female Jurors Measure (June 1921)

1920

1. Arkansas Amendment 8, Women's Suffrage Measure (1920)
2. Maine Women's Suffrage for Presidential Elections Referendum (September 1920)
3. Mississippi Women's Suffrage Amendment (1920)
4. Nebraska Amendment 18, Women's Suffrage Measure (September 1920)
5. Nebraska Amendment 37, Employment of Women and Children Amendment (September 1920)
6. North Dakota Elective Franchise Referendum (1920)

1919

1. Texas Proposition 2, Women's Suffrage Amendment (May 1919)

1918

1. Louisiana Women's Suffrage Amendment (1918)
2. Massachusetts Question 10, Women Allowed to Serve as Notaries Public Amendment (1918)
3. Michigan Women's Suffrage Amendment (1918)
4. Oklahoma State Question 97, Women's Suffrage Amendment (1918)
5. South Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1918)

1917

1. Maine Question 1 Women's Suffrage Amendment (September 1917)
2. New York Amendment 1, Women's Suffrage Measure (1917)
3. Ohio Women's Suffrage in Presidential Elections Referendum (1917)

1916

1. Iowa Amendment 1, Women's Suffrage Measure (June 1916)
2. Maine Question 1, Employment of Women and Minors Referendum (September 1916)
3. South Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1916)
4. West Virginia Women's Suffrage Amendment (1916)

1915

1. Massachusetts Women's Suffrage Amendment (October 1915)
2. New Jersey Women's Suffrage Amendment (October 1915)
3. New York Amendment 1, Women's Suffrage Amendment (1915)
4. Pennsylvania Women's Suffrage Amendment (1915)

1914

1. Colorado Codification of Laws Related to Women and Children, Measure 5 (1914)
2. Colorado Three-Fourths Jury Verdict and Women Jurors, Measure 3 (1914)
3. Missouri Amendment 13, Women's Suffrage Initiative (1914)
4. Montana Amendment 1, Women's Suffrage Measure (1914)
5. Nebraska Amendment 4, Women's Suffrage Initiative (1914)
6. Nevada Women's Suffrage Amendment (1914)
7. North Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1914)
8. Ohio Women's Suffrage Amendment (1914)
9. Oregon Measure Nos. 322-323, Eight-Hour Workday and Room Ventilation for Female Workers Initiative (1914)
10. South Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1914)

1913

1. Massachusetts Allow Women to Serve as Notary Publics Amendment (1913)
2. Michigan Women's Suffrage Amendment (April 1913)
3. Ohio Eligibility of Women for Appointment to Commissions Amendment (1913)

1912

1. Arizona Measure Nos. 300-301, Women's Suffrage and Right to Hold Office Amendment (1912)
2. Colorado Measure 3, Eight Hour Workday for Women Initiative (1912)
3. Kansas Women's Suffrage Amendment (1912)
4. Michigan Women's Suffrage Amendment (1912)
5. Nevada State Question 5, Female Eligibility for Education and Notary Offices (1912)
6. Ohio Holding of Office by Women Amendment (September 1912)
7. Ohio Women's Suffrage Amendment (September 1912)
8. Oregon Measure 1, Women's Suffrage Amendment (1912)
9. Wisconsin Question 4, Women's Suffrage Measure (1912)

1911

1. California Proposition 4, Women's Suffrage Amendment (October 1911)

1910

1. Oklahoma State Question 8, Women's Suffrage Amendment (1910)
2. Oregon Measure 1, Suffrage for Women Taxpayers (1910)
3. South Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1910)
4. Washington Women's Suffrage Amendment (1910)

1908

1. Oregon Measure 9, Women's Suffrage Amendment (June 1908)

1906

1. Oregon Measure Nos. 302-303, Women's Suffrage Amendment (June 1906)

1903

1. New Hampshire Question 7, Women's Suffrage Amendment (March 1903)

1900

1. Oregon Measure Nos. 162-163, Women's Suffrage Amendment (June 1900)

1898

1. Minnesota Amendment 1, Women's Suffrage for School and Library Boards Amendment (1898)
2. South Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1898)
3. Washington Women's Suffrage Amendment (1898)

1897

1. New Jersey Women's Suffrage for School Elections Amendment (September 1897)

1896

1. California Amendment 6, Women's Suffrage Amendment (1896)
2. California Women's Suffrage, Amendment 6 (1896)
3. Idaho Women's Suffrage Amendment (1896)

1895

1. Massachusetts Women's Suffrage for Local Elections Advisory Question (1895)

1894

1. Kansas Women's Suffrage Amendment (1894)
2. South Dakota Women's Suffrage in School Affairs Amendment (1894)

1893

1. Colorado Women's Suffrage Amendment (1893)

1890

1. South Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1890)

1889

1. Nevada State Question 19, Dueling Disqualification and Women's Eligibility for School Offices Amendment (February 1889)
2. Washington Women's Suffrage Amendment (October 1889)

1887

1. Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Amendment (April 1887)

1886

1. Wisconsin Question 1, Women's Suffrage in School Matters Measure (1886)

1884

1. Oregon Women's Suffrage Amendment (June 1884)

1882

1. Nebraska Amendment 1, Women's Suffrage Measure (1882)

1877

1. Colorado Women's Suffrage Amendment (October 1877)
2. Minnesota Amendment 4, Women's Suffrage for Local Option Elections Measure (1877)

1875

1. Minnesota Amendment 2, Women's Suffrage in School Affairs Measure (1875)

1874

1. Michigan Women's Suffrage and Ability to Hold Office Amendment (1874)

1871

1. Nebraska Women's Suffrage Amendment (September 1871)

1867

1. Kansas Women's Suffrage Amendment (1867)

Alaska

1. Alaska Ballot Measure 2, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (August 1972)

Arizona

1. Arizona Measure Nos. 300-301, Women's Suffrage and Right to Hold Office Amendment (1912)
2. Arizona Proposition 103, Eligibility for State Office Amendment (1988)
3. Arizona Require Schools Grant Access to Athletic Private Spaces Based on Sex Measure (2026) - Potential

Arkansas

1. Arkansas Amendment 8, Women's Suffrage Measure (1920)

California

1. California Amendment 6, Women's Suffrage Amendment (1896)
2. California Proposition 21, Institutions for Women with Felony Convictions Amendment (1936)
3. California Proposition 4, Women's Suffrage Amendment (October 1911)
4. California Proposition 7, Revisions to State Constitution’s Declaration of Rights Amendment (1974)
5. California Women's Suffrage, Amendment 6 (1896)

Colorado

1. Colorado Amendment 1, Allow Women to Serve on Juries Amendment (1944)
2. Colorado Amendment 3, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1972)
3. Colorado Amendment 6, Removal of the Gender Equality Provisions Initiative (1976)
4. Colorado Codification of Laws Related to Women and Children, Measure 5 (1914)
5. Colorado Measure 3, Eight Hour Workday for Women Initiative (1912)
6. Colorado Prohibit Surgeries to Alter Biological Sex Characteristics of Minors Measure (2026) - Potential
7. Colorado Require Separate Teams Based on Biological Sex or Co-Ed Teams for School Sports Measure (2026) - Potential
8. Colorado Three-Fourths Jury Verdict and Women Jurors, Measure 3 (1914)
9. Colorado Women's Suffrage Amendment (1893)
10. Colorado Women's Suffrage Amendment (October 1877)
11. Colorado Women on Juries, Measure 7 (1936)

Connecticut

1. Connecticut Question 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1974)

Florida

1. Florida Amendment 2, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1978)
2. Florida Amendment 9, Revision to Declaration of Rights Amendment (1998)

Hawaii

1. Hawaii Amendment 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1972)
2. Hawaii Discrimination and Hawaiian Studies, Amendment 20 (1978)

Idaho

1. Idaho Women's Suffrage Amendment (1896)

Illinois

1. Illinois Right to Vote Amendment (2014)

Iowa

1. Iowa Amendment 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Gender Measure (1980)
2. Iowa Amendment 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Gender Measure (1992)
3. Iowa Amendment 1, Equal Rights for Men and Women Measure (1998)
4. Iowa Amendment 1, Women's Suffrage Measure (June 1916)

Kansas

1. Kansas Women's Suffrage Amendment (1867)
2. Kansas Women's Suffrage Amendment (1894)
3. Kansas Women's Suffrage Amendment (1912)

Louisiana

1. Louisiana Women's Suffrage Amendment (1918)
2. Louisiana Women Jurors Amendment (1972)

Maine

1. Maine 48-Hour Work Week for Women and Minors Initiative (October 1923)
2. Maine Birth Certificate Sex Requirement for Public School Sports Initiative (2026) - Potential
3. Maine Question 1, Employment of Women and Minors Referendum (September 1916)
4. Maine Question 1 Women's Suffrage Amendment (September 1917)
5. Maine Question 6, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1984)
6. Maine Women's Suffrage for Presidential Elections Referendum (September 1920)

Maryland

1. Maryland Equal Legal Rights for Women, Amendment 5 (1922)
2. Maryland Question 3, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1972)

Massachusetts

1. Massachusetts Allow Women to Serve as Notary Publics Amendment (1913)
2. Massachusetts Question 1, Contraception Ban Exemptions Initiative (1942)
3. Massachusetts Question 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex, Race, or Creed Amendment (1976)
4. Massachusetts Question 1, Removal of Word 'Male' from Voter Qualifications Amendment (1924)
5. Massachusetts Question 10, Women Allowed to Serve as Notaries Public Amendment (1918)
6. Massachusetts Question 2, Allow Women to Hold Public Office Amendment (1924)
7. Massachusetts Question 4, Allow Physicians to Provide Contraceptives to Married Women for Health Reasons Initiative (1948)
8. Massachusetts Women's Suffrage Amendment (October 1915)
9. Massachusetts Women's Suffrage for Local Elections Advisory Question (1895)

Michigan

1. Michigan Women's Suffrage Amendment (1912)
2. Michigan Women's Suffrage Amendment (1918)
3. Michigan Women's Suffrage Amendment (April 1913)
4. Michigan Women's Suffrage and Ability to Hold Office Amendment (1874)

Minnesota

1. Minnesota Amendment 1, Women's Suffrage for School and Library Boards Amendment (1898)
2. Minnesota Amendment 2, Women's Suffrage in School Affairs Measure (1875)
3. Minnesota Amendment 4, Women's Suffrage for Local Option Elections Measure (1877)

Mississippi

1. Mississippi Women's Suffrage Amendment (1920)

Missouri

1. Missouri Amendment 1, Women Qualified to Hold Office Measure (August 1921)
2. Missouri Amendment 13, Women's Suffrage Initiative (1914)
3. Missouri Amendment 2, Remove Gendered Language from Suffrage Provision Measure (1922)
4. Missouri Amendment 3, Prohibit Abortion and Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Amendment (2026) - On the ballot

Montana

1. Montana Amendment 1, Women's Suffrage Measure (1914)

Nebraska

1. Nebraska Amendment 1, Women's Suffrage Measure (1882)
2. Nebraska Amendment 18, Women's Suffrage Measure (September 1920)
3. Nebraska Amendment 37, Employment of Women and Children Amendment (September 1920)
4. Nebraska Amendment 4, Women's Suffrage Initiative (1914)
5. Nebraska Women's Suffrage Amendment (September 1871)

Nevada

1. Nevada Question 1, Eligibility for Public Office Amendment (1978)
2. Nevada Question 1, Equality of Rights Amendment (2022)
3. Nevada Question 5, Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment Advisory Question (1978)
4. Nevada State Question 19, Dueling Disqualification and Women's Eligibility for School Offices Amendment (February 1889)
5. Nevada State Question 5, Female Eligibility for Education and Notary Offices (1912)
6. Nevada Women's Suffrage Amendment (1914)

New Hampshire

1. New Hampshire Question 2, Equal Rights Regardless of Race, Sex, or Creed Amendment (1974)
2. New Hampshire Question 7, Women's Suffrage Amendment (March 1903)
3. New Hampshire Remove Provision Disqualifying Women From Voting for State Offices, Question 1 (1958)
4. New Hampshire Right to Vote Amendment (1921)

New Jersey

1. New Jersey Public Question 2, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1975)
2. New Jersey Women's Suffrage Amendment (October 1915)
3. New Jersey Women's Suffrage for School Elections Amendment (September 1897)

New Mexico

1. New Mexico Constitutional Amendment 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1972)
2. New Mexico Proposed Amendment, Absentee Voting, Removal of Voting Restrictions for Women and Indians (1964)

New York

1. New York Amendment 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1975)
2. New York Amendment 1, Women's Suffrage Amendment (1915)
3. New York Amendment 1, Women's Suffrage Measure (1917)
4. New York Proposal 1, Equal Protection of Law Amendment (2024)

North Dakota

1. North Dakota Elective Franchise Referendum (1920)
2. North Dakota State Militia, Constitutional Measure 1 (2006)
3. North Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1914)

Ohio

1. Ohio Eligibility of Women for Appointment to Commissions Amendment (1913)
2. Ohio Equality of Rights Under the Law Amendment (2026) - Potential
3. Ohio Holding of Office by Women Amendment (September 1912)
4. Ohio Women's Eligibility for Office Provision Removal Amendment (1953)
5. Ohio Women's Suffrage Amendment (1914)
6. Ohio Women's Suffrage Amendment (September 1912)
7. Ohio Women's Suffrage in Presidential Elections Referendum (1917)

Oklahoma

1. Oklahoma State Question 211, Women Eligibility for Office Amendment (September 1935)
2. Oklahoma State Question 517, Repeal Women's Right to Vote in School District Elections Amendment (1976)
3. Oklahoma State Question 8, Women's Suffrage Amendment (1910)
4. Oklahoma State Question 97, Women's Suffrage Amendment (1918)

Oregon

1. Oregon Measure 1, Suffrage for Women Taxpayers (1910)
2. Oregon Measure 1, Women's Suffrage Amendment (1912)
3. Oregon Measure 7, Equal Protection of Law Initiative (1994)
4. Oregon Measure 89, Equal Rights for Women Amendment (2014)
5. Oregon Measure 9, Women's Suffrage Amendment (June 1908)
6. Oregon Measure Nos. 162-163, Women's Suffrage Amendment (June 1900)
7. Oregon Measure Nos. 302-303, Women's Suffrage Amendment (June 1906)
8. Oregon Measure Nos. 308-309, Female Jurors Measure (June 1921)
9. Oregon Measure Nos. 322-323, Eight-Hour Workday and Room Ventilation for Female Workers Initiative (1914)
10. Oregon Women's Suffrage Amendment (June 1884)

Pennsylvania

1. Pennsylvania Question 2, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (May 1971)
2. Pennsylvania Women's Suffrage Amendment (1915)

Rhode Island

1. Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Amendment (April 1887)

South Dakota

1. South Dakota Amendment B, Revise Bill of Rights Measure (1976)
2. South Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1890)
3. South Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1898)
4. South Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1910)
5. South Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1914)
6. South Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1916)
7. South Dakota Women's Suffrage Amendment (1918)
8. South Dakota Women's Suffrage in School Affairs Amendment (1894)

Texas

1. Texas Proposition 2, Women's Suffrage Amendment (May 1919)
2. Texas Proposition 6, Women Jurors Amendment (1954)
3. Texas Proposition 7, Equal Rights Regardless of Race, Sex, or Creed Amendment (1972)

Utah

1. Utah Proposition 2, Repeal of Constitutional Provision on Married Women's Property Rights Amendment (1998)
2. Utah Proposition 3, Permit Women to Work in Mines and Allow Creation of Work Release Programs for Inmates Amendment (1980)

Vermont

1. Vermont Equal Protection of Law Amendment (2026) - Potential
2. Vermont Jury Service for Women Act (1942)
3. Vermont Proposal 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1986)
4. Vermont Suffrage for Women Amendment (1924)

Virginia

1. Virginia Question 1, Constitutional Revision Amendment (1970)
2. Virginia Remove Constitutional Same-Sex Marriage Ban Amendment (2026) - On the ballot

Washington

1. Washington HJR 61, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1972)
2. Washington Limit Participation in Female Sports to Students Verified as Biologically Female Initiative (2026) - Potential
3. Washington Referendum 40, Establishment of State Women's Commission Measure (1977)
4. Washington Women's Suffrage Amendment (1898)
5. Washington Women's Suffrage Amendment (1910)
6. Washington Women's Suffrage Amendment (October 1889)

West Virginia

1. West Virginia Jury Service for Women Amendment, Amendment 1 (1956)
2. West Virginia Women's Suffrage Amendment (1916)

Wisconsin

1. Wisconsin Question 1, Women's Suffrage Amendment (1934)
2. Wisconsin Question 1, Women's Suffrage in School Matters Measure (1886)
3. Wisconsin Question 2, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (April 1973)
4. Wisconsin Question 4, Women's Suffrage Measure (1912)

Wyoming

1. Wyoming Restriction on Women Working in Mines, Amendment 1 (1978)

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