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As of March 15, 2025, six statewide ballot measures were certified for the ballot in three states in 2025.

From 2011 to 2023, the average number of statewide ballot measures in an odd-numbered year was between 33 and 34.

Timeline

See also: Ballotpedia's Tuesday Count for 2025

The timeline below provides updates on state ballot measure elections, certifications, and signature submission deadlines for 2025.

• January 23, 2025

  The signature deadline for indirect initiated state statutes in Maine was January 23. Signatures were filed for two ballot initiatives: Require Voter Photo Identification Initiative and Firearm Extreme Risk Protection Orders Initiative. Both were certified to the Maine State Legislature.

• January 14, 2025

  The Wisconsin State Legislature referred a constitutional amendment to the ballot for April 1, 2025. The ballot measure would amend the Wisconsin Constitution to require valid photo identification to vote. In the Senate and Assembly, Republicans voted for the amendment, and Democrats voted against the amendment.

• December 18, 2024

  The Ohio State Legislature referred a constitutional amendment to the ballot for May 6, 2025. The ballot measure would authorize $2.5 billion in general obligation bonds for public infrastructure improvement projects.

• November 22, 2024

  The Louisiana State Legislature referred four constitutional amendments—Amendment 1, Amendment 2, Amendment 3, and Amendment 4—to the ballot for March 29, 2025.

Trends in 2025

Types of ballot measures

From 2011 to 2023, an average of 33 statewide ballot measures — 5 initiated measures and 28 referred measures — appeared on ballots in odd-numbered years. An initiated measure is a proposed law that people collect signatures for to put on the ballot. A referred measure is a proposed law that a legislature or commission, or constitutional provision in the case of automatic referrals, puts on the ballot for voters to decide.

Type	2025	2023	2021	2019	2017	2015	2013	2011	Average (2011-2023)
Initiated ballot measures	0	7	4	2	4	5	3	12	5
Initiated constitutional amendments	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	4	1
Initiated state statutes	0	6	3	1	3	4	2	6	4
Veto referendums	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Referred ballot measures	6	34	35	34	23	23	28	22	28
Legislative constitutional amendment	6	31	23	19	16	16	17	21	20
Legislative state statute	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	1
Commission-referred measure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Automatically referred measure	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bond issues	0	0	8	1	3	2	5	0	3
Advisory question	0	1	3	12	3	4	5	0	4
Total:	6	41	39	36	27	28	31	34	33

The following chart illustrates the numbers of initiated measures and referred measures for each odd-numbered year from 2001 to 2023. The year with the most initiated measures, at 19, was 2005. The year with the most referred measures, at 59, was 2003.