Ballot measures
Every statewide ballot measure this site tracks, with a plain-language summary, the official fiscal note, what supporters and opponents say, and the sources behind each entry.
All measures
66 measures shown.
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On the ballot
Proposition 141 would amend the Arizona Constitution to bar state and local governments from taxing or charging a fee based on the number of miles a vehicle travels, and from limiting or…
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Proposition 142 would amend the Arizona Constitution to expand the state's existing 2010 ban on race- or ethnicity-based preferential treatment in public employment, education, and…
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Did not qualify
Proposition 143 would have amended the Arizona Constitution to bar school districts and their employees from using public money, resources, or work time to support labor-organization…
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Proposition 144 would amend the Arizona Constitution to declare that only citizens may register and vote in Arizona elections, and that election results are decided solely by eligible…
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Did not qualify
Proposition 145 would have amended the Arizona Constitution to bar the state from confiscating Empowerment Scholarship Account funds belonging to the children of military families, and…
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Did not qualify
Proposition 212, known to its campaign as the Protect Education Act, would have added an income cap of $150,000 for eligibility in Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account program…
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Proposition 316 would bar a city, town, or other local tax jurisdiction from imposing or raising a sales tax on groceries above 2% of the base price without voter approval. A jurisdiction…
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Proposition 317 would enact a state statute declaring drug cartels — defined as any association of persons whose members engage in human trafficking, drug trafficking for profit, or an act…
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Proposition 318 would enact a state statute requiring schools and athletic associations to restrict access to restrooms, locker rooms, showers, and similar private spaces according to the…
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Proposition 319 would enact a state statute barring an Arizona city, town, or state agency from beginning a new photo-radar or red-light camera enforcement program unless it has a signed…
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Proposition 320 would enact a state statute requiring school districts with at least 7,500 students, and every district in a county with at least 500,000 residents — currently Maricopa…
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Proposition 1 would let the state borrow $11.25 billion through general obligation bonds and spend it on housing affordability programs. The Attorney General's summary allocates $5.1…
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Proposition 2 would change the constitutional rules for California's Budget Stabilization Account, the reserve voters created in 2014. It would double the cap on that reserve from 10…
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Proposition 3 would make permanent the higher personal income tax rates on high earners that voters approved as Proposition 30 in 2012 and extended through Proposition 55 in 2016. Those…
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Proposition 37 would authorize up to $25 billion in bonds to fund fixed-rate mortgages covering as much as 17 percent of the purchase price of a "qualified new home" — newly built housing…
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Proposition 38 would authorize $8.4 billion in state general obligation bonds for research in immunology and immunotherapy — treatments that use the body's immune system to fight disease —…
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Proposition 39 would write voter identification requirements into the California Constitution. Voting by mail would require the voter to designate a government-issued identification number…
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Proposition 4 would repeal the Political Reform Act's ban on using public money for political candidates' campaigns. State and local governments could then set up public campaign financing…
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Proposition 40 would impose a one-time state tax of up to 5 percent on the covered assets of taxpayers holding more than $1 billion. Covered assets would include businesses, securities…
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Proposition 41 would bar any new state tax whose revenues are excluded from the state appropriations limit voters approved in 1979. For statewide special taxes — taxes dedicated to a…
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Proposition 42 would prohibit new state taxes on the ownership of personal property, including business interests, intellectual property, and financial assets such as the holdings in…
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Proposition 43 would raise the share of votes needed to approve local special taxes that voters themselves place on the ballot by signature gathering, from a simple majority to two-thirds…
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Proposition 44 would require nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Centers — community clinics serving medically underserved areas — to spend at least 90 percent of their revenue on "program…
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Proposition 45 would amend the California Environmental Quality Act to speed environmental review for named categories of projects, including most housing, transportation, water, health…
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Proposition 5 would remove the replacement question from recall elections for state officers. Voters currently answer two questions at once: whether to remove the officer, and who should…
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This initiated statute would change Colorado law on human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude. It would raise the offense from a class 2 felony to a class 1 felony, which carries…
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This initiated statute would require every K-12 and collegiate athletic team or sport sponsored by a school, higher education institution, or athletic association in Colorado to be…
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This initiated statute would bar any health-care professional or other person in Colorado from knowingly performing, prescribing, administering, or providing surgery to a person under 18…
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This initiated constitutional amendment would require the state and local governments to spend transportation-related revenue only on road transportation, beginning January 1, 2027. Covered…
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This initiated constitutional amendment would create a right in the Colorado Constitution for consumers to purchase natural gas for cooking or heating in homes or businesses, and for…
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This initiated statute would raise criminal penalties in Colorado for fentanyl, carfentanil, and benzimidazole opiates. Distributing, manufacturing, dispensing, or selling these synthetic…
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This initiated constitutional amendment would require Colorado peace officers, correctional officers, and district attorney offices to notify the U.S. Department of Homeland Security within…
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Proposition NN was referred to voters by the Legislature in Senate Bill 26-135. It would let the state keep and spend revenue above the limit set by the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, in an…
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Amendment 1 would change the constitutional rules for Florida's budget stabilization fund, the reserve the state draws on for emergencies and revenue shortfalls. It would raise the fund's…
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Amendment 2 would exempt certain farm equipment and other tangible personal property from local property taxes. The exemption would apply to property that is habitually located or typically…
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Amendment 3 would raise Florida's homestead exemption for all property taxes other than school district levies to the first $150,000 of assessed value in 2027 and the first $250,000 in…
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Did not qualify
This initiative would have lowered the Massachusetts personal income tax rate in stages, from 5 percent to 4.67 percent for tax year 2027, 4.33 percent for 2028, and 4 percent for 2029 and…
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Did not qualify
This initiative would have written into state law the limits on stipends Massachusetts legislators receive on top of their base salary, which is about $82,000. The Senate president and…
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On the ballot
Question 1 would apply the Massachusetts public records law to records held by the state Legislature and the governor's office, which are exempt from that law today. Papers, correspondence…
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Question 2 would add employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the state agency that employs Massachusetts public defenders, to the list of public employees allowed to bargain…
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Question 3 would end party primaries for state and county offices in Massachusetts and replace them with a single primary in which every candidate appears on one ballot regardless of party…
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Question 4 would let eligible Massachusetts residents register to vote and cast a ballot on Election Day at their polling place. A person would show proof of residency, such as a driver’s…
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Question 5 would change how Massachusetts calculates the annual cap on state tax collections set by Chapter 62F, the 1986 voter-approved law that requires collections above the cap to be…
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Question 6 would create a Nature for All Fund in the state treasury for natural resource conservation, administered by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs with a…
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Question 7 would require Massachusetts cities and towns to allow single-family homes on residentially zoned lots of at least 5,000 square feet that have at least 50 feet of frontage on a…
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Question 8 would repeal the Massachusetts laws that license and tax recreational marijuana sales, ending the regulated adult-use market, the state marijuana tax and the local option tax…
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Question 9 is a veto referendum on Chapter 135 of the Acts of 2024, An Act Modernizing Firearm Laws, which the Legislature passed and Governor Maura Healey signed in July 2024. A yes vote…
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Did not qualify
This initiative would have capped annual rent increases for residential units across Massachusetts at the change in the Consumer Price Index or 5 percent, whichever was lower, using the…
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Did not qualify
This proposed constitutional amendment would have required new voters to prove U.S. citizenship when registering, and required existing voters to prove citizenship if the state could not…
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On the ballot
Article XII of the Michigan Constitution automatically puts this question on the ballot every 16 years, regardless of whether any lawmaker or campaign asks for it. It asks voters whether to…
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This initiated statute would bar regulated electric and gas utilities, government contractors receiving more than $250,000 a year from the state, and people or organizations with…
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Withdrawn
This proposed constitutional amendment would have required ranked-choice voting in most Michigan congressional, state, and local elections, letting voters rank candidates in order of…
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Withdrawn
This proposed constitutional amendment, campaigned as "Invest in MI Kids," would have added a surtax of up to 5 percent on annual taxable income above $1 million for joint filers or…
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Did not qualify
This proposed constitutional amendment would have changed the Nevada Constitution's unfunded-mandate provision, which a 2022 Nevada Supreme Court ruling reads as requiring sponsors of any…
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Did not qualify
This proposed constitutional amendment would have established a right for Nevadans with life-altering diseases or conditions to access experimental treatments reviewed by an independent…
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Withdrawn
This proposed constitutional amendment would have moved responsibility for drawing Nevada's legislative and congressional districts from the Legislature to a seven-member independent…
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Did not qualify
This proposed constitutional amendment would have added to Nevada's Voters' Bill of Rights a right for every registered voter to take part in any publicly funded election, regardless of…
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Did not qualify
This proposed constitutional amendment would have required publicly funded athletic programs in Nevada to designate every sport as male, female, or coeducational based on the sex recorded…
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On the ballot
Question 6 would add a right to abortion to the Nevada Constitution, protecting the procedure until fetal viability — generally estimated at about 24 weeks — and after viability when a…
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Question 7 would write a voter identification requirement into the Nevada Constitution. Voters in person would show a government-issued photo ID — such as a driver's license, passport…
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Did not qualify
This proposed constitutional amendment would have added a right to equal treatment in all aspects of representative government regardless of party affiliation, explicitly naming…
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Did not qualify
Assembly Joint Resolution 5 would have asked Nevada voters to remove the state constitutional ban on a lottery, which has been in place since statehood. A constitutional amendment proposed…
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Withdrawn
This initiated statute would have exempted public school teachers from Nevada's prohibition on strikes by government employees. The Clark County Education Association filed the petition and…
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Initiative IL26-638 would require Washington school districts and organizations that oversee interscholastic sports to bar students they define as biologically male from competing in…
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Initiative 645 would repeal Washington's new 9.9 percent tax on individual income above $1,000,000 a year before it takes effect on January 1, 2028, and would prohibit the state and any…
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Initiative IL26-001 would re-enact the original 2024 parental-rights initiative, Initiative 2081, undoing changes the Legislature made to it in 2025 through House Bill 1296. It would…
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