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2 weeks ago | 
news.ballotpedia.org | Nicole Fisher
Ohio voters will decide on Issue 2 on May 6, 2025. Issue 2 would authorize the state to issue up to $2.5 billion in bonds over 10 years to help local governments fund infrastructure projects. Issue 2 would authorize the issuance of up to $2.5 billion in general obligation bonds (GO bonds) over a 10-year period, with no more than $250 million issued annually. The funding would help local governments pay for public infrastructure projects.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.ballotpedia.org | Nicole Fisher
Arkansas is the 14th state to pass a law prohibiting foreign spending in ballot measure campaigns and the fifth state to do so in 2025—a record for the most states enacting such laws in a single year. In previous years, no more than one state passed a similar law per year.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.ballotpedia.org | Nicole Fisher
On April 24, 1956, Alaska voters passed Proposition 2, otherwise known as the Tennessee Plan Measure, which led to Alaska’s statehood. The measure was approved with 61% of voters supporting the proposition and 39% of voters rejecting it. The Tennessee Plan refers to the strategy of a territory electing senators and representatives to send to Washington, D.C., to lobby for statehood. This plan was first employed by Tennessee in 1795 to gain membership into the Union.
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4 weeks ago | 
news.ballotpedia.org | Nicole Fisher
Texas voters in largest cities to decide 42 local ballot measures on May 3April 18, 2025 at 1:08 AMBallotpedia is covering 42 ballot measures in nine counties in Texas on May 3. All 42 ballot measures were referred to the ballot by a vote of a local governing board, such as a county board or city council. This is an increase in ballot measures compared to the previous even-year May election in Texas in 2024.
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1 month ago | 
news.ballotpedia.org | Nicole Fisher
With new Utah legislation, a look back at four 1970s ballot measures on water fluoridationMarch 29, 2025 at 8:54 AMUtah is the first state to enact a statewide prohibition on drinking water fluoridation. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed the legislation, House Bill 81 (HB 81), on March 27, 2025. While Utah is the first state to enact a statewide ban, voters in four states—Utah, South Dakota, Oregon, and Washington—considered ballot measures related to water fluoridation during the 1970s.
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2 months ago | 
news.ballotpedia.org | Nicole Fisher
Idaho voters to decide on amendment preempting citizen-initiated marijuana and psychedelics legalization measures in 2026March 14, 2025 at 4:37 PMIdaho voters will decide on a constitutional amendment saying that only the state legislature can legalize or regulate marijuana. This would mean that citizens cannot initiate measures to legalize marijuana in the state. Voters will decide the amendment at the general election on Nov. 3, 2026.
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2 months ago | 
news.ballotpedia.org | Nicole Fisher
South Dakota voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that would establish a 60% supermajority requirement in order for voters to approve new constitutional amendments. This amendment will appear on the ballot on Nov. 3, 2026. When it comes to ballot measures, a supermajority requirement sets a higher approval threshold, requiring more than a simple majority of voters to pass a measure.
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2 months ago | 
news.ballotpedia.org | Nicole Fisher
South Dakota voters to decide amendment establishing trust fund for unclaimed property in 2026March 10, 2025 at 10:51 AMIn 2026, South Dakota voters will decide on a constitutional amendment to establish a trust fund for unclaimed property. On March 5, 2025, the South Dakota House of Representatives voted 69-0 to place Senate Joint Resolution 505 (SJR 505) on the ballot. Previously, the State Senate voted 35-0 to pass the amendment on Feb. 20.
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2 months ago | 
news.ballotpedia.org | Nicole Fisher
Maine voters could decide on establishing extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), a type of firearms regulation, in Nov. 2025March 10, 2025 at 10:55 AMMaine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) announced on March 7, 2025, that the signatures for a to create a process for extreme risk protection orders, a firearm regulation policy, were validated, certifying the initiative to the legislature.
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2 months ago | 
news.ballotpedia.org | Nicole Fisher
In South Dakota, voters will decide on a constitutional amendment to condition state Medicaid expansion on federal funding remaining at or above 90%. Voters will decide on the amendment in the election on Nov. 3, 2026. If federal funding falls below 90%, the constitutional requirement for Medicaid expansion would no longer apply. Voters adopted this constitutional requirement in 2022 with Amendment D, which was approved by 56%-44%.
