SELECTED STATE BALLOT MEASURES OVERVIEW AND RESULTS
Initiatives, referenda, amendments, and propositions are on the ballot throughout 2026 in multiple states.
This page will be updated throughout the year.
| State | Date | Issue(s) | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 5/19/2026 | Criminal Justice | This amendment would add discharging a firearm in an occupied dwelling or other occupied space and any solicitation, attempt, or conspiracy to commit murder to the list of crimes for which a judge may deny bail. | |
| Alabama | 5/19/2026 | Government Operations | This amendment would prohibit any reduction in a district attorney's compensation during their term in office. | |
| Alaska | 11/3/2026 | Elections | This measure would establish new campaign contribution limits for campaigns for state and local office. | |
| Alaska | 11/3/2026 | Elections | This measure would repeal the top-four ranked-choice voting (RCV) system that was adopted in 2020. | |
| Arizona | 11/3/2026 | Criminal Justice | This measure would declare drug cartels to be terrorist organizations. | |
| Arizona | 11/3/2026 | Taxation | This measure would prohibit local government from imposing or increasing a tax on the sale of food items without voter approval and cap the tax rate at 2%. | |
| Arizona | 11/3/2026 | Taxation | This amendment would prohibit the state and local governments from imposing taxes or fees based on vehicle miles traveled and from enacting rules to monitor or limit vehicle miles traveled without the person’s consent. | |
| Arkansas | 11/3/2026 | Economic Development | This amendment would allow the legislature to create programs, including Economic Development Districts, and make loans and grants of public money to develop the state economy. | |
| Arkansas | 11/3/2026 | Elections | This amendment would provide that only U.S. citizens may vote in state or local elections. | |
| Arkansas | 11/3/2026 | Infrastructure | This measure would authorize the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission to issue up to $500 million in general obligation bonds to fund water-related infrastructure projects including water treatment and transportation, waste disposal, pollution abatement, drainage, irrigation, flood control, and wetlands and aquatic resources infrastructure. | |
| Arkansas | 11/3/2026 | Firearms | This amendment would provide that the right to keep and bear arms is "a natural, fundamental, and individual right that shall not be infringed." | |
| California | 11/3/2026 | Elections | This measure would allow the state and local governments to create programs that provide candidates with public funds under spending limits and eligibility rules. | |
| California | 11/3/2026 | Government Procedure | This amendment would eliminate the successor election when a state officer is recalled, thereby leaving the office vacant until it is filled according to state law. | |
| California | 11/3/2026 | Government Procedure | This amendment would require initiatives that change vote thresholds to supermajority votes to pass by the same vote requirement as is being proposed. | |
| Colorado | 11/3/2026 | Immigration | This amendment would require law enforcement to notify the U.S. Department of Homeland Security when a person is charged with a crime of violence or has a prior felony conviction and the person’s immigration status cannot be determined. | |
| Colorado | 11/3/2026 | Criminal Justice | This measure would increase penalties for fentanyl-related felonies, require treatment for certain drug offenses, and limit sentencing exceptions in fentanyl-related crimes that cause another person’s death. | |
| Florida | 11/3/2026 | State Budget | This amendment would increase the amount of funds that may be retained in the budget stabilization fund from 10% to 25% of net general revenue among other changes. | |
| Florida | 11/3/2026 | Agriculture; Taxation | This amendment would exempt agricultural-related tangible personal property, such as farm equipment or tools, from property taxes. | |
| Georgia | 11/3/2026 | Agriculture; Taxation | This amendment would increase the maximum acreage of agricultural and timber property that can be classified as bona fide conservation use property, which is taxed at 40% of the land's value, from 2,000 acres to 4,000 acres. | |
| Hawaii | 11/3/2026 | Government Procedure | This amendment would increase the timeframe for the Senate to consider and act on appointments of judges and justices from 30 days to 60 days for appointments made between April 1 and December 31 when the senate is not in regular session or is soon to adjourn the regular session | |
| Idaho | 11/3/2026 | Controlled Substances | This amendment would provide that only the state legislature has the authority to legalize marijuana, narcotics, or other psychoactive substances. | |
| Idaho | 11/3/2026 | Language | This amendment would add constitutional language designating English as the official language of Idaho. | |
| Indiana | 11/3/2026 | Criminal Justice | This amendment would provide for the denial of bail when the accused is found to pose a substantial risk to another person. | |
| Indiana | 11/3/2026 | Judiciary | This amendment would require city and town court judges to reside in either the county where the court is located or the bordering county closest to the court. | |
| Kansas | 8/4/2026 | Elections | Election of Supreme Court Judges Amendment | This amendment gives the voters the right to elect the justices of the Kansas Supreme Court. A vote for this proposition would give Kansas citizens the right to electKansas Supreme Court justices as provided by law. Justices will hold office for terms of six years. The Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission, whose membership consists of a majority of lawyers, would be abolished. |
| Kansas | 11/3/2026 | Elections | Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment | This measure would amend Section 1 of Article 5 of the Kansas Constitution to clarify that no person shall be deemed a qualified elector unless such person is a citizen of the United States, has attained the age of 18, and, unless a residency exception applies to such person, resides in the voting area in which such person seeks to vote. |
| Maryland | 11/3/2026 | Government Procedure | Commission on Judicial Disabilities Vacancies Amendment | This measure allow the chair of the Commission on Judicial Disabilities to appoint a former member to temporarily fill a certain vacancy on the Commission; and allowing the Governor, on certain request of the chair, to appoint a temporary substitute member or extend the term of an existing member of the Commission. |
| Massachusetts | 11/3/2026 | Firearms | Firearm Referendum Amendment | This measure would enact several changes to the state's firearm regulations. |
| Michigan | 11/3/2026 | Government Operations | Constitutional Convention Question | This measure asks if Michigan should hold a constitutional convention. According to Article XII Section 3 of the Michigan Consitutuion, At the general election to be held in the year 1978, and in each 16th year thereafter and at such times as may be provided by law, the question of a general revision of the constitution shall be submitted to the electors of the state. |
| Nebraska | 11/3/2026 | Term Limits | Change State Legislative Term Limits from Two to Three Consecutive Terms Amendment | This measure changes the term limit for state legislators from two four-year consecutive terms to three four-year terms. |
| Nevada | 11/3/2026 | Reproductive Healthcare | Reproductive Freedom Amendment | This measure provides a constitutional right to an abortion, providing for the state to regulate abortion after fetal viability, except in cases where it is medically necessary to "protect the life or health of the pregnancy patient." This is an initiated constitutional amendment and requires approval in two even-numbered years. It was approved in 2024 and a second vote will be held in November 2026. |
| Nevada | 11/3/2026 | Elections | Require Voter Identification Initiative | This measure would require each voter in Nevada shall present photo identification to verifytheir identity when voting in person at a polling place during early voting or on election day beforebeing provided a ballot. This is an initiated constitutional amendment and requires approval in two even-numbered years. It was approved in 2024 and a second vote will be held in November 2026. |
| New Mexico | 11/3/2026 | Government Procedure | This measure makes changes to the Board of Regents by establishing nominating committees to provide lists of nominees to the Governor for the appointment of nonstudent members to the Board, providing that student members of the Board be appointed from a list provided by an elected student governing body of the institution, and prohibiting all members of the Board, except for a student member, from changing their political party registration in the twelve months preceding appointment. | |
| New Mexico | 11/3/2026 | Governor Procedure | This measure removes the governor's pocket veto, requring that the Governor provide a veto message on all bills vetoed in whole or in part and that all bills passed by the legislature and not acted on by the Governor will become law. | |
| New Mexico | 11/3/2026 | Government Operations | This measure establishes a legislative compensation that is equal to the media household income. | |
| New Mexico | 11/3/2026 | Bonds | This measure authorizes up to $230 million in general obligation bonds for capital improvements and acquisitions at institutions of higher education, special schools and tribalschools statewide. | |
| New Mexico | 11/3/2026 | Bonds | This measure authorizes up to $20 million in general obligation bonds for or library acquisitions at public libraries, public school libraries, academic libraries and tribal libraries statewide | |
| New Mexico | 11/3/2026 | Bonds | This measure authorizes $30 million in general obligation bonds for senior citizen facility improvement,construction and equipment acquisition projects to the aging and long-term services department | |
| New Mexico | 11/3/2026 | Elections | This measure removes the current requirement that school elections be separate from partisan elections. | |
| North Dakota | 11/3/2026 | Term Limits | Constitutional Measure 1 | This measure provides an individual may not serve more than four complete terms in the legislative assembly. The measure also repeals the provision prohibiting the legislative assembly from proposing constitutional amendments relating to term limits. |
| North Dakota | 11/3/2026 | Government Procedure; Elections | Constitutional Measure 2 | This measure would increase the threshold for approving a constitutional amendment from a simple majority to 60%. |
| Oklahoma | 6/16/2026 | Minimum Wage | State Question 832 | This measure would increase the state minimum wage to $12 per hour in 2027, $13.50 in 2028, and $15 in 2029. Beginning in 2030, the wage would be adjusted based on changes to inflation. |
| South Dakota | 11/3/2026 | Medicaid | Constitutional Amendment I | This measure would condition Medicaid expansion on federal funding remaining at least 90%. |
| South Dakota | 11/3/2026 | Elections | Constitutional Amendment J | This measure would clarify that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote. |
| South Dakota | 11/3/2026 | Unclaimed Property | Constitutional Amendment K | This measure would establish the trust for unclaimed property fund. |
| South Dakota | 11/3/2026 | Government Procedure; Elections | Constitutional Amendment L | This measure would require that a constitutional amendment receive an affirmative vote of 60% before the measure is enacted. |
| Tennessee | 11/3/2026 | Criminal Justice | Senate Joint Resolution 9 | This measure would amend the list of crime victims' rights in the constitution. |
| Tennessee | 11/3/2026 | Criminal Justice | Senate Joint Resolution 15 | This measure would remove the right to bail for specified criminal offenses. |
| Tennessee | 11/3/2026 | Taxation | Senate Joint Resolution 1 | This measure would prohibit the state from enacting taxes on property. |
| Utah | 11/3/2026 | Elections; Taxation | Utah 60% Vote Requirement for Ballot Initiatives to Increase or Expand Taxes Amendment | This measure would require a supermajority requirement of 60% by voters for citizen-initiated ballot measures that create new taxes, increase existing tax rates, or for a property tax. |
| Utah | 11/3/2026 | Elections | Utah Publication Requirements for Constitutional Amendments Measure | This measure would require that constitutional amendments appearing on the ballot must be published for a period of 60 days. |
| Vermont | 11/3/2026 | Labor | Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment | This measure would amend the Constitution of the State of Vermont to provide that the citizens of the state have a right to collectively bargain. |
| Virginia | 4/21/2026 | Redistricting | Use of Legislative Congressional Redistricting Map Amendment | This measure would allow the state legislature to conduct congressional redistricting between 2025 and 2030. |
| Virginia | 11/3/2026 | Same Sex Marriage | Remove Constitutional Same-Sex Marriage Ban Amendment | This measure would prohibit the state from denying a marriage license to two adult persons based on sex, gender, or race. |
| Virginia | 11/3/2026 | Reproductive Healthcare | Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment | This measure would add a section to the state constitution that establishes a right to reproductive freedom. |
| Virginia | 11/3/2026 | Elections; Criminal Justice | Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Upon Release Amendment | This measure would amend the constitution to provide that persons convicted of felonies have their right to vote restored following release from incarceration. |
| Wisconsin | 11/3/2026 | Discrimination | Prohibit Government Discrimination or Preferential Treatment Amendment | This measure would prohibit any governmental entity from discriminating or granting preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, public education, public contracting, or public administration. |
| Wisconsin | 11/3/2026 | Government Procedure | Wisconsin Prohibit Government Closure of Places of Worship During Emergencies Amendment | This measure would prohibit the state from ordering the closure of, or forbidding gatherings in, places of worship in response to a state of emergency, including a public health emergency. |
| Wyoming | 11/3/2026 | Taxation | People's Initiative to Limit Property Tax in Wyoming through a Homeowner's Property Exemption | This measure would create a homeowner's property tax exemption that exempts 50% of a primary residence's assessed value from property taxation. |