The following is a list of ballot measures, whether initiated by legislators or citizens, which were certified to appear on various states' ballots during the 2024 United States elections. The page includes those that did not make on the ballot but notes that status.
Elections that have been certified or unanimously projected will be shown here.
| State | Origin | Status | Measure | Description (Result of a "yes" vote) | Date | % req. | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Legislature | Failed | Amendment 1 | Exempts local laws or local constitutional amendments from the budget isolation resolution process. | Mar 5 | >50% | 341,515 48.69% | 359,850 51.31% |
| California | Legislature | Approved | Proposition 1 | Reforms the Mental Health Services Act and issues $6.38 billion in bonds for homeless individuals and veterans. | Mar 5 | >50% | 3,636,678 50.18% | 3,610,436 49.82% |
| Wisconsin | Legislature | Approved | Question 1 | Prohibits governments in the state from applying or accepting non-governmental funds or equipment for election administration. | Apr 2 | >50% | 638,555 54.43% | 534,612 45.57% |
| Legislature | Approved | Question 2 | Mandates that only election officials may administer elections. | Apr 2 | >50% | 685,806 58.63% | 483,900 41.37% | |
| North Dakota | Citizens | Approved | Initiated Measure 1 | Creates an age limit of 81 for congressional officeholders. | Jun 11 | >50% | 68,468 60.84% | 44,076 39.16% |
| Missouri | Legislature | Failed | Amendment 1 | Exempts childcare facilities from property taxes. | Aug 6 | >50% | 491,161 45.28% | 593,465 54.72% |
| Legislature | Approved | Amendment 4 | Allows the legislature to increase minimum funding for a police force established by a state board of police commissioners. [1] | Aug 6 | >50% | 549,919 51.13% | 525,657 48.87% | |
| Wisconsin | Legislature | Failed | Question 1 | Prohibits the legislature from delegating its power to appropriate money. [2] | Aug 13 | >50% | 521,538 42.55% | 704,260 57.45% |
| Legislature | Failed | Question 2 | Requires legislative approval before the governor can expend federal money appropriated to the state. [3] | Aug 13 | >50% | 521,639 42.47% | 706,637 57.53% | |
| Alabama | Legislature | Approved | Amendment 1 | Transfers control of land to the Franklin County Board of Education. | Nov 5 | >50% | 1,159,794 74.37% | 399,640 25.63% |
| Alaska | Citizens | Approved | Measure 1 | Increases the minimum wage to $15/hr (currently $11.73/hr) by July 2027; provides 40–56 hours of paid sick leave a year depending on employer size; protects employees from being required to attend meetings on political and religious matters. | Nov 5 | >50% | 183,744 57.98% | 133,162 42.02% |
| Citizens | Failed | Measure 2 | Repeal Alaska's electoral system of ranked-choice (instant-runoff) voting and nonpartisan blanket primaries and return the state to partisan primaries and plurality voting | Nov 5 | >50% | 160,124 49.89% | 160,861 50.11% | |
| Arizona | Legislative | Failed | Proposition 133 | Require partisan primary elections for partisan offices and prohibit primary elections where all candidates, regardless of political party affiliation, run in the same primary election, such as top-two, top-four, and top-five primaries [4] | Nov 5 | >50% | 1,286,640 42.18% | 1,763,711 57.82% |
| Citizens | Approved [5] | Proposition 139 | Enshrines abortion until fetal viability or to protect health of the mother [6] | Nov 5 | >50% | 2,000,287 61.61% | 1,246,202 38.39% | |
| Citizens | Failed | Proposition 140 | Require primaries in which candidates, regardless of partisan affiliation, appear on a single ballot and a certain number advance to the general election, and require general election candidates to receive a majority of votes [7] | Nov 5 | >50% | 1,284,176 41.32% | 1,823,445 58.68% | |
| California | Legislature | Approved | Proposition 3 | Repeal Proposition 8 and the states Constitutional Amendment against same-sex marriage by declaring that a "right to marry is a fundamental right" in the California Constitution. [8] | Nov 5 | >50% | 9,477,435 62.62% | 5,658,187 37.38% |
| Legislature | Failed | Proposition 6 | Eliminate the Constitutional provision permitting the use of involuntary servitude against incarcerated individuals. [9] | Nov 5 | >50% | 6,895,604 46.66% | 7,882,137 53.34% | |
| Colorado | Citizens | Approved [10] | Amendment 79 | Enshrines abortion in the Colorado Constitution and allows the use of public funds for abortion healthcare [11] | Nov 5 | 55% | 1,921,593 61.97% | 1,179,261 38.03% |
| Legislature | Failed | Amendment 80 | Defines School Choice and enshrines in the State's Constitution that "each K-12 child has the right to school choice;", that “all children have the right to equal opportunity to access a quality education,” and that “parents have the right to direct the education of their children. [12] | Nov 5 | 55% | 1,507,236 49.32% | 1,548,679 50.68% | |
| Citizens | Approved | Amendment J | Repeal Amendment 43 and the state's Constitutional Amendment against same-sex marriage. [13] | Nov 5 | 55% | 1,982,200 64.33% | 1,099,288 35.37% | |
| Citizens | Failed | Proposition 131 | Establish top-four primaries and ranked-choice voting for federal and state offices in Colorado [14] | Nov 5 | >50% | 1,385,060 46.47% | 1,595,256 53.53% | |
| District of Columbia | Citizens | Approved | Initiative 83 | Allows independent voters to participate in partisan primaries and implements ranked-choice voting. [15] | Nov 5 | >50% | 212,332 72.89% | 78,961 27.11% |
| Florida | Citizens | Failed | Amendment 3 | Legalize marijuana for adults 21 years old and older and allow for individuals to possess up to three ounces of marijuana [16] | Nov 5 | 60% | 5,950,589 55.90% | 4,693,524 44.10% |
| Citizens | Failed | Amendment 4 | Enshrines abortion until fetal viability or to protect health of the mother [17] | Nov 5 | 60% | 6,070,758 57.17% | 4,548,379 42.83% | |
| Hawaii | Legislature | Approved | Amendment 1 | Repeal Amendment 2 and the Legislature's ability reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples. [18] | Nov 5 | >50% | 268,038 55.94% | 211,142 44.06% |
| Idaho | Legislature | Passed | Citizenship Requirement for Voting | Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote. [19] | Nov 5 | >50% | 572,865 64.93% | 309,456 35.07% |
| Citizens | Failed | Proposition 1 | Implements a top-four nonpartisan blanket primary; with ranked-choice voting for the general election for state, county, and federal offices. [20] | 269,959 30.38% | 618,751 69.62% | |||
| Iowa | Legislature | Approved [21] | Amendment 1 | Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote, and would allow some 17-year-olds to vote in primaries, provided they turn 18 by the next general election. [22] | Nov 5 | >50% | 1,150,332 77.13% | 341,034 22.87% |
| Kentucky | Legislature | Passed | Amendment 1 | Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote. [23] | Nov 5 | >50% | 1,208,898 62.43% | 727,515 37.57% |
| Legislature | Failed | Amendment 2 | Enable the General Assembly to provide state funding to students outside of public schools. [24] | Nov 5 | >50% | 706,942 35.24% | 1,298,967 64.76% | |
| Maryland | Legislature | Approved [25] | Question 1 | Enshrines abortion in the Maryland Constitution [26] | Nov 5 | >50% | 2,199,319 76.06% | 692,219 23.94% |
| Massachusetts | Legislature | Failed | Question 4 | Allow persons 21 years of age or older to grow, possess, and use natural psychedelic substances, as well as establish a commission to regulate the licensing of psychedelic substances and services. [27] | Nov 5 | >50% | 1,444,812 43.16% | 1,902,207 56.84% |
| Missouri | Citizens | Approved | Amendment 3 | Enshrines abortion until fetal viability [28] | Nov 5 | >50% | 1,538,659 51.60% | 1,443,022 48.40% |
| Legislature | On ballot | Amendment 7 | Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote, and ban ranked-choice voting in the state. [29] | >50% | 1,966,852 68.44% | 906,851 31.56% | ||
| Montana | Citizens | Failed | CI-126 | Establish top-four primaries for federal and state offices in Montana [30] | Nov 5 | >50% | 287,837 48.91% | 300,664 51.09% |
| Citizens | Failed | CI-127 | Require an electoral system in which candidates for certain offices must win a majority of the vote, rather than a plurality, to win the election [31] | Nov 5 | >50% | 228,908 29.62% | 348,805 60.38% | |
| Citizens | Approved | CI-128 | Enshrines abortion until fetal viability or to protect health of the mother [32] | Nov 5 | >50% | 345,070 57.76% | 252,300 42.24% | |
| Nebraska | Citizens | Approved | Initiative 434 | Prohibits abortion after the first trimester [33] | Nov 5 | >50% [a] | 509,288 54.94% | 417,624 45.06% |
| Citizens | Approved | Initiative 437 | Establish the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission to regulate the state's medical marijuana program. [34] | Nov 5 | >50% | 637,126 71.05% | 259,643 32.71% | |
| Citizens | Approved | Initiative 438 | Legalize the medical use of marijuana in the state [35] | Nov 5 | >50% | 600,481 67.29% | 291,867 28.95% | |
| Citizens | Failed | Initiative 439 | Enshrines abortion until fetal viability [36] | Nov 5 | >50% [a] | 455,184 49.01% | 473,652 50.99% | |
| Nevada | Citizens | Approved [37] | Question 6 | Enshrines abortion until fetal viability or to protect health of the mother [38] | Nov 5 | >50% | 905,170 64.36% | 501,232 35.64% |
| Citizens | Failed | Question 3 | Establish top-five primaries and ranked-choice voting for federal and state offices in Nevada [39] | Nov 5 | >50% | 664,011 47.04% | 747,719 52.96% | |
| Citizens | Approved | Question 4 | Remove Language in the Nevada State Constitution permitting the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as criminal punishments [40] | Nov 5 | >50% | 835,627 60.60% | 543,236 39.40% | |
| North Carolina | Legislature | Approved | Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment | Prohibit the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote [41] | Nov 5 | >50% | 4,184,680 77.59% | 1,208,865 22.41% |
| North Dakota | Citizens | Failed | Measure 5 | Legalize recreational marijuana, allowing individuals to possess up to 1 oz of marijuana, 4g of concentrate, 300mg of edibles; and allowing for individuals to grow three plants with a limit of six plants per household. [42] | Nov 5 | >50% | 172,174 47.47% | 190,548 52.53% |
| New York | Legislature | Approved | Proposal 1 | Prohibit a person's rights from being denied based on the person's reproductive choices, among others [43] | Nov 5 | >50% | 4,757,097 56.99% | 2,857,663 34.23% |
| Oklahoma | Legislature | Failed [44] | Question 833 | Allows municipalities to create infrastructure districts with the ability to issue bonds | Nov 5 | >50% | 559,982 38.89% | 898,526 61.61% |
| Legislature | Approved [44] | Question 834 | Prohibits the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote | Nov 5 | >50% | 1,207,520 80.73% | 288,267 19.27% | |
| Oregon | Legislative | Failed | Measure 117 | Establish ranked-choice voting for federal and state offices in Oregon [45] | Nov 5 | >50% | 893,668 42.30% | 1,219,013 57.70% |
| South Carolina | Legislature | Approved [46] | Amendment 1 | Prohibits the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote | Nov 5 | >50% | 1,982,956 85.94% | 324,432 14.06% |
| South Dakota | Legislature | Failed | Amendment E | Amend the text of the South Dakota Constitution to change male pronouns to gender-neutral terms or titles [47] | Nov 5 | >50% | 180,365 42.62% | 242,866 57.38% |
| Citizens | Failed | Amendment G | Enshrines abortion during the first trimester, with limits on regulation during the second trimester [48] | Nov 5 | >50% | 176,809 41.41% | 250,136 58.59% | |
| Citizens | Failed | Amendment H | Establish top-two primaries for federal, state, and certain local offices in South Dakota [49] | Nov 5 | >50% | 141,570 34.39% | 270,048 65.51% | |
| Citizens | Failed | Measure 29 | Legalize the recreational use, possession, and distribution of marijuana. [50] | Nov 5 | >50% | 189,916 44.46% | 237,228 55.54% | |
| Wisconsin | Legislature | Approved | Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment | Prohibit the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote [51] | Nov 5 | >50% | 2,272,446 70.51% | 950,445 29.49% |
| Wyoming | Legislature | Approved [52] | Amendment A | Separates residential property into its own class for purposes of property tax assessment | Nov 5 | >50% [b] | 146,336 53.97% | 100,392 37.03% |
Included in this section is any ballot measure that has either been certified for the ballot or has passed at least one house in the legislature.
As of September 11, 2024, 10 states have certified a referendum on abortion for the 2024 United States elections. This is the most for a single election cycle on record. [53]
| State | Current policy [54] | Origin | Status | Measure | Description (Result of a "yes" vote) | Date | % req. | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 15th week | Citizens | Approved [5] | Proposition 139 | Enshrines abortion until fetal viability or to protect health of the mother [55] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Colorado | Any stage | Citizens | Approved [10] | Amendment 79 | Enshrines abortion in the Colorado Constitution and allows the use of public funds for abortion healthcare [56] | Nov 5 | 55% | TBD |
| Florida | 6th week | Citizens | On ballot | Amendment 4 | Enshrines abortion until fetal viability or to protect health of the mother [57] | Nov 5 | 60% | TBD |
| Hawaii | Fetal viability | Legislature | Died in legislature | Right to Abortion | Enshrines abortion and the right to use contraceptives [58] | — | >50% [c] | N/A |
| Iowa | 6th week | Legislature | Died in legislature | No State Constitutional Right to Abortion | Prohibits abortion [59] | — | >50% | N/A |
| Maine | Fetal viability | Legislature | Died in legislature | Right to Personal Reproductive Autonomy | Enshrines abortion [60] | — | >50% | N/A |
| Maryland | Fetal viability | Legislature | Approved [25] | Question 1 | Enshrines abortion in the Maryland Constitution [61] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Minnesota | All stages | Legislature | Died in legislature | Equal Under the Law | Enshrines abortion [62] | — | >50% [d] | N/A |
| Missouri | Banned | Citizens | On ballot | Amendment 3 | Enshrines abortion until fetal viability [63] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Montana | Fetal viability | Citizens | On ballot | CI-128 | Enshrines abortion until fetal viability or to protect health of the mother [64] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Nebraska | 12th week | Citizens | On ballot | Initiative 434 | Prohibits abortion after the first trimester [65] | Nov 5 | >50% [e] | TBD |
| Citizens | On ballot | Initiative 439 | Enshrines abortion until fetal viability [66] | TBD | ||||
| Nevada | 24th week | Citizens | Approved, [37] must pass again in 2026 to be added. | Question 6 | Enshrines abortion until fetal viability or to protect health of the mother [67] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| New York | 24th week and fetal viability | Legislature | On ballot | Proposal 1 | Prohibit a person's rights from being denied based on the person's reproductive choices, among others [68] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Pennsylvania | 24th week | Legislature | Not re-approved | No State Constitutional Right to Abortion | Amends the Pennsylvania Constitution to state that no abortion-related rights are given by the document [69] | — | >50% | N/A |
| South Dakota | Banned | Citizens | On ballot | Amendment G | Enshrines abortion during the first trimester, with limits on regulation during the second trimester [70] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Wisconsin | 22nd week | Legislature | Died in legislature | 14-Week Abortion Ban | Prohibits abortion after the 14th week [71] | — | >50% | N/A |
| State | Origin | Status | Measure | Description (Result of a "yes" vote) | Date | % req. | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Citizens | On ballot | Ballot Measure 2 | Repeals the state's top-four primaries and ranked-choice elections. [72] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Arizona | Legislature | Failed [73] | Proposition 133 | Prohibits nonpartisan blanket primaries. [74] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Citizens | Failed [73] | Proposition 140 | Requires ranked-choice voting to be used in general elections, and creates nonpartisan blanket primaries. [75] | TBD | |||
| Colorado | Citizens | Failed [10] | Proposition 131 | Implements a top-four nonpartisan blanket primary; with ranked-choice voting for the general election for state and federal offices. [76] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| District of Columbia | Citizens | On ballot | Initiative 83 | Allows independent voters to participate in partisan primaries and implements ranked-choice voting. [77] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Idaho | Legislature | On ballot | Citizenship Requirement for Voting | Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote. [78] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Citizens | Failed | Proposition 1 | Implements a top-four nonpartisan blanket primary; with ranked-choice voting for the general election for state, county, and federal offices. [79] | TBD | |||
| Kentucky | Legislature | On ballot | Amendment 1 | Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote. [80] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Missouri | Legislature | On ballot | Amendment 7 | Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote, and ban ranked-choice voting in the state. [81] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Montana | Citizens | On ballot | CI-126 | Implements top-four primaries for state and federal offices. [82] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Citizens | On ballot | CI-127 | Requires the state to adopt an election system where the winner must receive a majority of the vote. [83] | TBD | |||
| Nevada | Citizens | Failed [37] | Question 3 | Implements a top-five nonpartisan blanket primary; with ranked-choice voting for the general election for state and federal offices. [84] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| North Carolina | Legislature | Approved [85] | Citizenship Requirement for Voting | Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote. [86] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Oklahoma | Legislature | Approved [87] | Citizenship Requirement for Voting | Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote. [88] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Oregon | Legislature | Failed | Measure 117 | Implements ranked-choice voting for primary and general elections for statewide executive and federal offices. [89] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| South Carolina | Legislature | Approved [90] | Citizenship Requirement for Voting | Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote. [91] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| South Dakota | Citizens | Failed [92] | Amendment H | Implements top-two primaries for state, county, and federal offices. [93] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Wisconsin | Legislature | Approved [94] | Citizenship Voting Requirement | Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote. [95] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| State | Origin | Status | Measure | Description (Result of a "yes" vote) | Date | % req. | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | Citizens | On ballot, votes will not be counted [96] | Issue 3 | Adds a new subsection to the state constitution that would prohibit legislators from changing or repealing constitutional amendments without approval from voters unless the amendment expressly allows them to do so. This measure also expands the current medical marijuana program to allow physicians to recommend marijuana to patients for any debillitating medical condition and allows the growing of up to 14 plants for patients at least 21 years of age. | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Florida | Citizens | Failed [97] | Amendment 3 | Legalizes possession of up to 3 ounces of marijuana for adults aged 21 and over, allows Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers, and other state licensed entities, to acquire, process and distribute cannabis products. | Nov 5 | >60% | TBD |
| Nebraska | Citizens | Approved despite legal challenges [98] | Initiative 437 | Legalizes the use of up to five ounces of marijuana for medical use by qualified patients. | Nov 5 | >60% | TBD |
| North Dakota | Legislature | Failed [99] | Constitutional Measure 5 | Legalizes production, processing, and sale of marijuana for recreational use for adults 21 and older. | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| South Dakota | Citizens | Failed [100] | Initiated Measure 29 | Legalizes the possession of, distribution and recreational usage of marijuana for adults 21 or older. [101] | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| State | Origin | Status | Measure | Description (Result of a "yes" vote) | Date | % req. | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | Legislature | Approved [73] | Proposition 313 | Requires life imprisonment for people convicted of child sex trafficking. | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Legislature | Approved [73] | Proposition 314 | Makes it a state crime for noncitizens to unlawfully enter the state and allows police to arrest them for doing so; allows state judges to order deportations; requires the immigration status of individuals to be determined before enrollment in a financial aid or public welfare program; makes it a class 6 felony to submit false documents to employers to evade detection of employment eligibility, or to apply for public benefits; and makes it a class 2 felony if a person knowingly sells fentanyl and results in a death of another person. | Nov 5 | TBD | ||
| California | Citizens | On ballot | Proposition 36 | Classifies certain drug offenses as felonies; increases penalties for certain drug crimes; increases sentences for theft depending on property value. | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Colorado | Legislature | Approved [10] | Amendment I | Removes right to bail for first-degree murder when proof is evident. | Nov 5 | 55% | TBD |
| Citizens | Approved [10] | Proposition 128 | Requires offenders convicted of certain violent crimes to serve at least 85% of their sentence before being eligible for parole; requires offenders with two prior violent crime convictions to serve their full sentence before beginning parole. | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD | |
| Citizens | Approved [10] | Proposition 130 | Provides $350 million in additional funding to law enforcement to help recruit, train, and retain police officers; provides additional benefits to families of officers killed in the line of duty. [102] | Nov 5 | TBD | ||
| State | Origin | Status | Measure | Description (Result of a "yes" vote) | Date | % req. | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Citizens | On ballot | Ballot Measure 1 | Increases the minimum wage to $15/hr (currently $11.73/hr) by July 2027; provides 40–56 hours of paid sick leave a year depending on employer size; protects employees from being required to attend meetings on political and religious matters. | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Arizona | Legislature | Failed [73] | Proposition 138 | Permits employers to pay tipped employees up to 25% less than the minimum wage (currently $14.35/hr), but only if the employee received the minimum wage plus $2 for every hour worked. | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| California | Citizens | On ballot | Proposition 32 | Increases the minimum wage to $18/hr (currently $16/hr) by 2026, subject to annual increase based on inflation. | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Massachusetts | Citizens | On ballot | Question 5 | Increases the minimum wage for tipped employees (currently $6.75/hr) to the state minimum wage of $15/hr by 2029 while continuing to permit tipping. | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Missouri | Citizens | On ballot | Proposition A | Increases the minimum wage to $15/hr (currently $12.30/hr) by 2026; requires 1 hour of paid sick leave per 30 hours worked. | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Nebraska | Citizens | On ballot | Initiative 436 | Requires between five and seven days of paid sick leave for employees depending on the size of the business. | Nov 5 | >50% [f] | TBD |
| State | Origin | Status | Measure | Description (Result of a "yes" vote) | Date | % req. | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | Legislature | On ballot | Proposition 3 | Repeals 2008's Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriage in the state. | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Colorado | Legislature | Approved [10] | Amendment J | Repeals 2006's Amendment 43, which outlawed same-sex marriage in the state. | Nov 5 | >50% | TBD |
| Hawaii | Legislature | On ballot | 2802 HD1 | Repeals the state legislature's authority to restrict same-sex marriage. | Nov 5 | >50% [g] | TBD |
NOTE: proposed amendments, whether initiated by the legislature or by citizen petition, must receive 60% in favor in order to pass.
As of September 2024, six ballot measures have been certified to appear on the 2024 general election ballot:
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The 2024 Nevada state elections took place on November 5, 2024. On that date, the State of Nevada held elections for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Nevada Assembly, and various others. In addition, 10 of the 21 seats in the Nevada Senate were up for election, and several measures were on the ballot.
As 2023 coincides neither with the calendar for regular federal elections nor with most elections for state offices, most 2023 ballot measures either coincided with municipal or judicial elections or were held on separate dates as the sole questions on the ballot. With 47 ballot measures sent to the statewide ballot in multiple states, 2023 had the highest number of statewide ballot measures approved for the ballot in an odd-year election since 2007, when 45 measures were certified for statewide ballots. Ballot measures were also held at the local and tribal level.
Nebraska Initiative 434, officially titled "Nebraska Protect Women & Children Initiative" or "Prohibit Abortions After the First Trimester Amendment", and listed on the ballot as Initiative Measure 434, was a proposed constitutional amendment that appeared on the November 5, 2024 ballot in Nebraska. It amends the Nebraska Constitution to ban elective abortions in the second and third trimester, though it allows more restrictive laws such as the 12-week ban passed by the Legislature in 2023, which like the constitutional amendment includes exceptions for rape, incest and medical emergencies. Initiative 434 and Initiative 439 were mutually exclusive; only the one with more votes in favor would become law in the event both amendments passed.