List of West Virginia ballot measures

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

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.

2024

See also: West Virginia 2024 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Assisted death policy; Constitutional rights	Prohibit people from participating in "the practice of medically assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of a person"	a	340,403 (50%)	334,521 (50%)

2022

See also: West Virginia 2022 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary; Impeachment rules	States that no state court has authority over impeachment proceedings or judgments	d	196,519 (42%)	269,316 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property; Taxes	Authorizes the Legislature to exempt personal property used for business activity from property taxes	d	170,013 (35%)	309,007 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Religion-related policy	Amend constitution to provide for the incorporation of religious denominations and churches	d	211,147 (45%)	253,379 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public education governance; Administrative powers and rulemaking; State legislative authority	Require the state's board of education to submit proposed rules to the the Legislature to approve, amend, or reject	d	200,791 (42%)	275,683 (58%)

2018

See also: West Virginia 2018 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Abortion policy		a	295,536 (52%)	275,748 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The West Virginia Legislative Authority over Budgeting for State Judiciary Amendment, Amendment 2, is on the ballot in West Virginia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	a	386,272 (72%)	147,594 (28%)

2017

See also: West Virginia 2017 ballot measures

October 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	a	89,186 (73%)	33,233 (27%)

2014

See also: West Virginia 2014 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property; Taxes	a	252,787 (62%)	155,590 (38%)

2012

See also: West Virginia 2012 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	County and municipal governance	d	271,067 (48%)	292,575 (52%)

2005

See also: West Virginia 2005 ballot measures

June 25

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	d	75,065 (46%)	87,883 (54%)

2004

See also: West Virginia 2004 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	a	417,976 (68%)	199,590 (32%)

2002

See also: West Virginia 2002 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes; Administration of government	a	217,589 (57%)	164,621 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes; Administration of government	a	196,928 (52%)	182,656 (48%)

2000

See also: West Virginia 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Family-related policy; State judiciary	a	346,523 (74%)	124,786 (26%)

1998

See also: West Virginia 1998 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues; Taxes	d	117,523 (35%)	222,162 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	d	147,396 (45%)	179,576 (55%)

1996

See also: West Virginia 1996 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bond issues; Transportation	a

1994

See also: West Virginia 1994 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional wording changes	The measure amended "...the State Constitution to repeal and delete the section prohibiting mixed schools, removing language referring to paupers and male voters and reducing the residency requirements for voting to thirty days."	a	213,956 (58%)	153,369 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local official term limits	The measure proposed eliminating "the term limit restriction on the office of sheriff for an unlimited number of years."	d	131,134 (34%)	251,924 (66%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Sewage and stormwater; Bond issues	The measure proposed authorizing "the Legislature to sell up to $300 million in bonds for water and sewer systems and to provide sites for industrial development."	a	191,373 (51%)	186,244 (49%)

1992

See also: West Virginia 1992 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes; Bond issues	d	139,598 (26%)	407,252 (74%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Veterans policy; Bond issues	a	304,137 (55%)	243,954 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes; Property	a	339,433 (63%)	202,434 (37%)

1988

See also: West Virginia 1988 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	d	157,318 (32%)	335,444 (68%)

March 5

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education funding; Taxes	d	100,418 (44%)	127,519 (56%)

1986

See also: West Virginia 1986 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Firearms policy	The state adopted the provision that, "A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and state, and for lawful hunting and recreational use."	a	342,963 (84%)	67,168 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues; Public education funding		d	191,415 (48%)	209,355 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes; Property		a	215,640 (58%)	158,731 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Local official term limits		d	123,966 (31%)	269,622 (69%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Bond issues; Highways and bridges	The measure proposed the "sale of a maximum of $500 million in road bonds, to be funded by the collection of an additional one percent sales tax."	d	155,395 (39%)	244,482 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Public education governance		a	246,120 (64%)	136,927 (36%)

1984

See also: West Virginia 1984 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Gambling policy	This amendment created the West Virginia Lottery.	a	437,357 (67%)	219,453 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues; Veterans policy		a	340,462 (57%)	252,491 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Religion in public schools; Religion-related policy		a	511,057 (78%)	145,835 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Sales taxes; Public education funding	This amendment would have "provided for a statewide excess school levy and would have established a dedicated 1-cent sales tax for school construction and repair."	d	285,771 (46%)	341,426 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes		a	451,488 (70%)	195,172 (30%)

1982

See also: West Virginia 1982 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education funding; Public education governance		a	248,912 (51%)	240,905 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local official term limits	This amendment would have removed all term limits for Sheriff's.	d	178,713 (36%)	320,308 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes; Property	This amendment exempted from ad valorem property taxation the first $20,000 of assessed value.	a	410,619 (80%)	102,146 (20%)

1981

See also: West Virginia 1981 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues; Highways and bridges	The amendment proposed issuing a $750 million highway construction bond.	d	125,582 (38%)	201,327 (62%)

1980

See also: West Virginia 1980 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Gambling policy	a	380,790 (64%)	216,659 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property; Taxes	a	498,466 (85%)	88,346 (15%)

1978

See also: West Virginia 1978 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	d	90,173 (23%)	297,266 (77%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public education funding; Bond issues	d	180,222 (44%)	229,103 (56%)

1974

See also: West Virginia 1974 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary	The amendment established a "unified court system, uniting all state courts except municipal courts into a single system to be supervised and administered by the supreme court of appeals."	a	217,732 (63%)	127,393 (37%)

1973

See also: West Virginia 1973 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	a	199,588 (84%)	36,929 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues; Highways and bridges	a	172,187 (74%)	61,308 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	a	202,407 (86%)	31,665 (14%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Constitutional wording changes	a	123,003 (53%)	107,427 (47%)

1972

See also: West Virginia 1972 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional wording changes	a	391,390 (73%)	145,918 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes	a	500,805 (83%)	100,567 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bond issues; State legislatures measures	a	418,169 (72%)	165,801 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes; State legislatures measures	a	330,829 (62%)	204,492 (38%)

1970

See also: West Virginia 1970 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	a	253,638 (68%)	117,660 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislatures measures	a	208,032 (59%)	141,970 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State executive official measures	a	213,758 (58%)	157,597 (42%)

1968

See also: West Virginia 1968 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a	323,560 (67%)	159,255 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	a	366,958 (70%)	159,971 (30%)

1966

See also: West Virginia 1966 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional wording changes		d	152,489 (39%)	242,822 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State executive official measures	The measure permitted the state governor to serve two consecutive terms.	d	142,265 (35%)	260,352 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judiciary		d	163,121 (42%)	227,127 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislatures measures		d	105,011 (27%)	279,366 (73%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Public education funding; Public education governance		d	206,542 (49%)	212,883 (51%)

1964

See also: West Virginia 1964 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Highways and bridges	The measure provided "$200 million for the building and construction of state roads and highways."	a	455,294 (80%)	116,438 (20%)

1962

See also: West Virginia 1962 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Alcohol laws	The measure would of permitted the Legislature to pass laws that regulated the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors within the State.	d	229,977 (40%)	349,090 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; State executive official measures	The measure would of permitted the governor to serve two successive four-year terms. The governor would of also prepared and submitted an annual budget to the Legislature.	d	144,459 (31%)	325,533 (69%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local official term limits	The measure would of permitted Sheriffs to serve two consecutive four-year terms.	d	128,772 (26%)	362,884 (74%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislatures measures	The measure would of given each county one delegate, with additional delegates given on the basis of the ratio of the population of each county to the total population of the state.	d	176,562 (38%)	287,957 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State legislatures measures; Salaries of government officials	The measure would of made the 30-day, seven-year session of the Legislature only about the annual budget bill, revenue measures and "such business as may be stated by the Legislature on its own motion in a concurrent resolution adopted two-thirds vote of the members elected to each house." The measure could of also provided for payment of expenses to legislators for attendance, but did not raise the legislative salary.	d	146,394 (32%)	313,798 (68%)

1958

See also: West Virginia 1958 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Banking policy; Taxes		a	401,086 (80%)	102,265 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public education governance	The amendment gave the "state board the responsibility for general supervision of free schools, transferring that responsibility from the state superintendent. Also, the state superintendent was changed from an elective position to an appointment by the board, substantially reducing the power and independence of the office."	a	230,879 (53%)	206,201 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public education governance; Public education funding		a	282,423 (63%)	165,741 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Business regulations		a	211,977 (58%)	154,175 (42%)

1956

See also: West Virginia 1956 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary; Sex and gender issues	This amendment made women eligible for jury service.	a	327,113 (62%)	202,002 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Veterans policy	This amendment provided for the issuance and sale of state bonds for a cash bonus to veterans who served in the Korean conflict.	a	476,936 (84%)	88,968 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes		d	232,891 (48%)	249,660 (52%)

1954

See also: West Virginia 1954 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures	a	190,877 (58%)	137,624 (42%)

1950

See also: West Virginia 1950 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials		d	169,647 (42%)	234,938 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues		a	340,054 (69%)	150,251 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Veterans policy	This amendment provided a bonus to veterans that served in either of the World Wars.	a	431,979 (76%)	139,445 (24%)

1916

See also: West Virginia 1916 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	63,540 (28%)	161,607 (72%)

See also

• 2025 ballot measures