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Death penalty on the ballot: This subtopic of "law enforcement" refers to ballot measures regarding the use of the death penalty.

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Ballot measures lists

By state

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

Alabama

  1. Alabama Amendment 3, Notice to Victim's Family Required for Commutation or Reprieve of Death Sentences Amendment (2022)

Arizona

  1. Arizona Proposition 103, Require Lethal Injection for Death Penalty Amendment (1992)
  2. Arizona Measure Nos. 308-309, Abolition of Death Penalty Initiative (1914)
  3. Arizona Measure Nos. 300-301, Abolition of Death Penalty Initiative (1916)
  4. Arizona Measure Nos. 102-103, Permit Death Penalty by Lethal Gas Amendment (1933)
  5. Arizona Measure Nos. 306-307, Require Life Imprisonment or Death Penalty for First-Degree Murder Convictions Initiative (1918)

California

  1. California Proposition 34, Abolition of the Death Penalty Initiative (2012)
  2. California Proposition 7, Expand Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment for Murders Initiative (1978)
  3. California Proposition 114, Reclassification of Peace Officers Covered by the Death Penalty Measure (June 1990)
  4. California Proposition 196, Death Penalty or Life Imprisonment for Drive-by Shooting Murders Measure (March 1996)
  5. California Proposition 17, Permit Death Penalty Amendment (1972)
  6. California Proposition 62, Abolition of Death Penalty Measure (2016)
  7. California Proposition 66, Death Penalty Procedures Measure (2016)

Florida

  1. Florida Amendment 1, Permit Death Penalty For Capital Crimes Amendment (2002)
  2. Florida Amendment 2, Permit Death Penalty Amendment (1998)

Nebraska

  1. Nebraska Referendum 426, Death Penalty Measure (2016)

Ohio

  1. Ohio Abolition of the Death Penalty Amendment (September 1912)

Oklahoma

  1. Oklahoma State Question 776, Allow State to Impose Death Penalty Amendment (2016)

Oregon

  1. Oregon Measure Nos. 334-335, Abolition of the Death Penalty Initiative (1914)
  2. Oregon Measure Nos. 366-367, Abolition of the Death Penalty Initiative (1912)

Rhode Island

  1. Rhode Island Proposal 3, Require Grand Jury Indictment for Crimes Punishable by Death or Imprisonment for Life Amendment (1973)

Washington

  1. Washington Initiative 316, Require Death Penalty for Aggravated Murder Measure (1975)

By year

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

2022

  1. Alabama Amendment 3, Notice to Victim's Family Required for Commutation or Reprieve of Death Sentences Amendment (2022)

2016

  1. Oklahoma State Question 776, Allow State to Impose Death Penalty Amendment (2016)
  2. California Proposition 62, Abolition of Death Penalty Measure (2016)
  3. California Proposition 66, Death Penalty Procedures Measure (2016)
  4. Nebraska Referendum 426, Death Penalty Measure (2016)

2012

  1. California Proposition 34, Abolition of the Death Penalty Initiative (2012)

2002

  1. Florida Amendment 1, Permit Death Penalty For Capital Crimes Amendment (2002)

1998

  1. Florida Amendment 2, Permit Death Penalty Amendment (1998)

1996

  1. California Proposition 196, Death Penalty or Life Imprisonment for Drive-by Shooting Murders Measure (March 1996)

1992

  1. Arizona Proposition 103, Require Lethal Injection for Death Penalty Amendment (1992)

1990

  1. California Proposition 114, Reclassification of Peace Officers Covered by the Death Penalty Measure (June 1990)

1978

  1. California Proposition 7, Expand Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment for Murders Initiative (1978)

1975

  1. Washington Initiative 316, Require Death Penalty for Aggravated Murder Measure (1975)

1973

  1. Rhode Island Proposal 3, Require Grand Jury Indictment for Crimes Punishable by Death or Imprisonment for Life Amendment (1973)

1972

  1. California Proposition 17, Permit Death Penalty Amendment (1972)

1933

  1. Arizona Measure Nos. 102-103, Permit Death Penalty by Lethal Gas Amendment (1933)

1918

  1. Arizona Measure Nos. 306-307, Require Life Imprisonment or Death Penalty for First-Degree Murder Convictions Initiative (1918)

1916

  1. Arizona Measure Nos. 300-301, Abolition of Death Penalty Initiative (1916)

1914

  1. Arizona Measure Nos. 308-309, Abolition of Death Penalty Initiative (1914)
  2. Oregon Measure Nos. 334-335, Abolition of the Death Penalty Initiative (1914)

1912

  1. Ohio Abolition of the Death Penalty Amendment (September 1912)
  2. Oregon Measure Nos. 366-367, Abolition of the Death Penalty Initiative (1912)

Did not make ballot

Did not make ballot

  1. Maryland Death Penalty Repeal Referendum (2014)
  2. Oregon Death Penalty Repeal Amendment (2014)
  3. California "Death Penalty Reform and Savings" Initiative (2014)
  4. Colorado No Clemency for Death Penalty by Governor Initiative (2014)
  5. Michigan Capital Punishment Amendment (2016)
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