Types of ballot measures in Kansas

Types of ballot measures
Initiated
• Initiated constitutional amendment
• Initiated state statute
• Veto referendum
Legislative
• Legislative constitutional amendment
• Legislative state statute
• Legislative bond issue
• Advisory question
Other
• Automatic ballot referral
• Commission-referred measure
• Convention-referred amendment
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In Kansas, the state legislature can vote to refer measures to the ballot. Citizens of Kansas do not have the power to initiate statewide ballot measures. This page provides an overview of the different types of ballot measures that can appear on state ballots in Kansas.

The types of state ballot measures in Kansas are:

• Legislatively referred constitutional amendments
• Constitutional convention questions

Citizen-initiated ballot measures

In Kansas, citizens do not have the power to initiate ballot measures at the state level.

Legislative referrals

Legislatively referred constitutional amendments

See also: Legislatively referred constitutional amendment

A two-thirds vote is required during one legislative session for the Kansas State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 27 votes in the Kansas State Senate and 84 votes in the Kansas House of Representatives, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

Constitutional convention questions

See also: Constitutional convention question

A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Kansas State Legislature to place a constitutional convention question on the ballot. A simple majority vote of the electorate on the question is required to hold a convention. Any amendments or revisions that come out of the convention must also be approved by voters.

Other types of ballot measures

Most ballot measures are placed on the ballot through citizen initiatives or legislative processes. Others are placed on the ballot automatically, by a special commission, or by a state constitutional convention. The following is a list of different types of state ballot measures:

Types of state ballot measures

Citizen-initiated ballot measure

• Initiated constitutional amendment

• Direct initiated constitutional amendment

• Indirect initiated constitutional amendment

• Initiated state statute

• Direct initiated state statute

• Indirect initiated state statute

• Combined initiated constitutional amendment and state statute

• Veto referendum

• Statute affirmation (Nevada)

Legislatively referred ballot measure

• Legislatively referred constitutional amendment

• Legislatively referred state statute

• Legislatively referred bond measure

• Advisory question

Other type of state ballot measure

• Automatic ballot referral

• Constitutional convention question

• Commission-referred ballot measure

• Convention-referred constitutional amendment

See also

• List of Kansas ballot measures
• Laws governing ballot measures in Kansas
• Laws governing the initiative process
• States with initiative or referendum
• States without initiative or referendum
• Amending state constitutions