Ballot measure petition deadlines and requirements, 2008
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| State | Signature filing deadline for November 2008 ballot |
Signatures required for constitutional amendment |
Signatures required for state statute |
Date by which state certifies sufficiency |
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| Alaska | January 15 | Not available in Alaska | 23,831 | - |
| Arizona | July 3[1] | 230,047 | 153,365 | - |
| Arkansas | July 7 | 77,468 | 61,974 | September 15 |
| California | April 21 for November ballot[2] (Deadlines for February and June ballots have passed.) |
694,323 | 433,952 | - |
| Colorado | August 4 (or six months from start of petition drive, whichever is earlier) |
76,047 | 76,047 | - |
| Florida | February 1[3] | 611,009 | Not available in Florida | - |
| Idaho | April 30 | Not available in Idaho | 45,893 | June 30 |
| Maine | January 28[4] | Not available in Maine | 55,087 | - |
| Massachusetts | - | - | - | - |
| Michigan | - | - | - | - |
| Mississippi | Deadline passed | - | - | - |
| Missouri | May 4[5] | - | - | - |
| Montana | June 20[6] | 44,615 | 22,308 | - |
| Nebraska | July 4[7] | Unknowable in advance, but approximately 115,000[8] | - | - |
| Nevada | May 20[9] for constitutional amendments {Deadline for legislative initiatives has passed) |
58,628 | 58,628 | - |
| North Dakota | March 11 for June 10 primary ballot August 5 for November 4 general election[10] |
25,688 | 12,844 | - |
| Ohio | August 4[11] | - | - | - |
| Oklahoma | 60 days before November 4 (or 90 days from commencement of petition drive) |
138,970 | 74,117 | - |
| Oregon | July 3 | - | - | - |
| South Dakota | Deadline for constitutional amendments has passed. April 1 for initiated statutes[12] |
33,551 | 16,776 | - |
| Utah | June 1[13] | Not available in Utah | 91,996 for direct initiative 45,998 for indirect initiative |
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| Washington | July 3[14] | Not available in Washington | - | - |
| Wyoming | February 11[15] | Not available in Wyoming | 29,433 | - |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Arizona 2008 initiatives and referenda
- ↑ Suggested initiative deadlines from the California Secretary of State
- ↑ Florida Adopted Rules
- ↑ Maine: Deadlines for Current Citizen Initiatives
- ↑ Missouri: Make Your Voice Heard (PDF file)
- ↑ Montana Code Annotated 2007
- ↑ Official Election Calendar: State of Nebraska (PDF file)
- ↑ In Nebraska, the number of signatures required to certify an initiative for the ballot is based on the number of registered voters on the state's official list of registered voters as of the deadline for turning in the signatures.
- ↑ State of Nevada Initiative & Referendum Guide (PDF file)
- ↑ North Dakota Ballot Measure Filing Deadlines and Signature Requirements
- ↑ Procedures for an initiated constitutional amendment in Ohio
- ↑ South Dakota voter initiatives
- ↑ Utah information about initiatives (dead link)
- ↑ Washington Elections Calendar for July 2008
- ↑ Wyoming 2008 initiative and referendum information
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