Here Are Some of This Year's Major State Ballot Measures

Over the last month we’ve broken down dozens of the most significant ballot measures that Americans will vote on this Election Day. Here’s a list of all the ballot measures we’ve summarized:

Alabama

Amendment 1: Allowing the display of the Ten Commandments on public land.

Amendment 2: Declaring that the state’s policy is to support the “right to life” for unborn children.

Arizona

Proposition 126: Prohibiting new or increased taxes on personal services by state & local government.

Proposition 127: Increasing the state’s renewable energy mandate to 50% of electricity generation in 2030.

Arkansas

Issue 2: Requiring voters to provide valid photo ID to cast non-provisional ballots or vote absentee.

Issue 5: Raising the minimum wage to $11 in 2021.

California

Proposition 6: Repealing the gas and diesel tax increases enacted in 2017 and requiring voter approval for future gas tax hikes.

Proposition 7: Establishing permanent, year-round daylight saving time (DST).

Proposition 12: Establishing minimum requirements for confining animals and banning the sale of meat and eggs from improperly confined animals.

Colorado

Amendment 73: Adopting a progressive income tax system.

Amendment Y: Establishing an independent redistricting commission.

Florida

Amendment 5: Requiring a two-thirds, supermajority vote of the legislature to raise taxes.

Amendment 6: Providing crime victims with constitutional rights, raising the judicial retirement age, and prohibiting state courts from deferring to administrative agencies’ statutory interpretations.

Amendment 9: Prohibiting offshore drilling for oil or natural gas, and banning vaping in offices.

Georgia

Amendment 4: Providing crime victims with constitutional rights.

Hawaii

Constitutional Convention Question: Asking voters whether a convention to explore possible constitutional changes should be held.

Idaho

Proposition 2: Expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).

Indiana

Public Question 1: Adopting a balanced budget amendment to the constitution.

Kentucky

Marsy’s Law Crime Victims RIghts Amendment: Providing crime victims with constitutional rights.

Louisiana

Amendment 1: Prohibiting convicted felons (unless pardoned) from running for or holding public office until five years after the completion of their sentence.

Amendment 2: Requiring unanimous jury verdicts for felony trials.

Maryland

Question 2: Allowing for same-day voter registration.

Massachusetts

Question 2: Establishing a citizens’ commission to call for the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision to be reversed.

Question 3: Upholding the state law prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity.

Michigan

Proposal 1: Legalizing the recreational use and possession of marijuana for adults over 21.

Proposal 2: Establishing an independent redistricting commission.

Proposal 3: Adding eight voting policies to the state constitution.

Missouri

Amendment 2: Legalizing medical marijuana and taxing it 4% to fund veterans services.

Amendment 3: Legalizing medical marijuana and taxing it 15% to fund medical research.

Proposition B: Raising the minimum wage to $12 in 2023.

Proposition C: Legalizing medical marijuana and taxing it 2%.

Montana

I-185: Extending the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) and raising tobacco taxes to help fund it.

LR-129: Banning ballot harvesting.

Nebraska

Initiative 427: Requiring the state to develop a Medicaid expansion plan under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).

Nevada

Question 1: Providing crime victims with constitutional rights.

Question 2: Exempting feminine hygiene products from sales taxes.

Question 3: Requiring the elimination of monopolies in the energy market.

Question 4: Exempting medical equipment from sales taxes.

Question 5: Providing for automatic voter registration at the DMV.

Question 6: Increasing the state renewable energy mandate to 50% of electricity generation by 2030.

New Hampshire

Question 1: Giving taxpayers the constitutional right to sue state & local government for improper use of public funds.

Question 2: Adding a constitutional “right to live free” from government privacy intrusions.

North Carolina

Voter ID Amendment: Requiring voters to present a photo ID to vote in person.

Income Tax Cap Amendment: Lowering the state’s maximum income tax.

Marsy’s Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment: Providing crime victims with constitutional rights.

North Dakota

Measure 2: Amending the state constitution to clarify that only U.S. citizens can vote.

Measure 3: Legalizing recreational marijuana for people 21 years of age or older.

Oklahoma

State Question 794: Providing crime victims with constitutional rights.

Oregon

Measure 103: Banning grocery taxes under the state constitution.

Measure 104: Requiring a legislative supermajority to modify tax exemptions, credits, and deductions in ways that increase tax revenue.

Measure 105: Repealing the sanctuary state law.

Measure 106: Restricting taxpayer funding for abortion.

Utah

Proposition 2: Legalizing medical marijuana.

Proposition 3: Expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) and raising sales taxes.

Proposition 4: Establishing an independent redistricting commission.

Washington

Initiative 940: Reducing the burden of proof for prosecuting police in use of force cases.

Initiative 1631: Enacting a carbon tax.

Initiative 1634: Prohibiting local taxes on groceries.

Initiative 1639: Raising the age to buy ‘assault rifles’ to 21 and requiring a 10 day wait period.

West Virginia

Amendment 1: Clarifying that nothing in the state constitution protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion.

Did we miss a particular ballot measure, or not summarize any of your state’s ballot measures? Head on over to your state’s page in our voter center for more information!

— Eric Revell

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