Combined initiated constitutional amendment and state statute
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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A combined initiated constitutional amendment and state statute is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends both a state's constitution and state statute. There are at least two (2) states that allow citizens to initiate combined amendments and statutes.
The two states that provide for combined initiated constitutional amendments and state statutes are:
Combined initiated constitutional amendments and state statutes on the ballot
See also: 2023 ballot measures and 2024 ballot measures
The following is a list of combined initiated constitutional amendments and state statutes certified for the current year and next year:
There are no combined initiated constitutional amendments and state statutes certified for the current or next year's ballot.
States that provide for combined initiated constitutional amendments and state statutes
List of states
The following table provides a list of what states provide for combined initiated constitutional amendments and state statutes, as well as information on signature requirements.
States that provide for combined initiated constitutional amendments and state statutes | ||||
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State | Year adopted | Constitutional provision | Signature number requirement | |
California | 1911 | Article II, Section 8 of California Constitution | 8% of votes cast for governor in the last general election | |
Colorado | 1910 | Article V, Section 1 of Colorado Constitution | 5% of votes cast for secretary of state in the last general election |
Types of citizen-initiated measures in each state
- See also: States with initiative or referendum
There are 26 states that provide citizens with the power of initiative, referendum, or both. The following table shows the type of citizen-initiated ballot measures in each of those states. The table also provides the signature requirements for each type of measure for the 2025-2026 election cycle.
States that provide for types of citizen-initiated measures and current signature requirements | |||||||
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State | Constitutional | Signatures | Statute | Signatures | Referendum | Signatures | |
Alaska | No | N/A | Yes | 34,098 | Yes | 34,098 | |
Arizona | Yes | 383,923 | Yes | 255,949 | Yes | 127,975 | |
Arkansas | Yes | 90,704 | Yes | 72,563 | Yes | 54,422 | |
California | Yes | 874,641 | Yes | 546,651 | Yes | 546,651 | |
Colorado | Yes | 124,238 | Yes | 124,238 | Yes | 124,238 | |
Florida | Yes | 871,500 | No | N/A | No | N/A | |
Idaho | No | N/A | Yes | 70,725 | Yes | 70,725 | |
Illinois | Yes | 328,371 | No | N/A | No | N/A | |
Maine | No | N/A | Yes | 67,682 | Yes | 67,682 | |
Maryland | No | N/A | No | N/A | Yes | 60,157 | |
Massachusetts | Yes | 74,490 | Yes | 74,490 | Yes | 37,245[1] | |
Michigan | Yes | 446,198 | Yes | 356,958 | Yes | 223,099 | |
Mississippi[2] | Yes | 106,190 | No | N/A | No | N/A | |
Missouri | Yes | 185,152[3] | Yes | 115,720[3] | Yes | 115,720[3] | |
Montana | Yes | 60,240 | Yes | 30,120 | Yes | 30,120 | |
Nebraska | Yes | 126,838 | Yes | 88,787 | Yes | 63,419[4] | |
New Mexico | No | N/A | No | N/A | Yes | 92,829[5] | |
Nevada | Yes | 102,362 | Yes | 135,561 | Yes | 102,362 | |
North Dakota | Yes | 31,164 | Yes | 15,582 | Yes | 15,582 | |
Ohio | Yes | 413,487 | Yes | 248,092[6] | Yes | 248,093 | |
Oklahoma | Yes | 172,993 | Yes | 92,263 | Yes | 57,664 | |
Oregon | Yes | 156,231 | Yes | 117,173 | Yes | 78,115 | |
South Dakota | Yes | 35,017 | Yes | 17,508 | Yes | 17,508 | |
Utah | No | N/A | Yes | 140,748 | Yes | 140,748 | |
Washington | No | N/A | Yes | 308,911 | Yes | 154,456 | |
Wyoming | No | N/A | Yes | 40,669 | Yes | 40,669 |
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:
See also
- Forms of direct democracy in the American states
- States with initiative or referendum
- Types of ballot measures
- Types of citizen-initiated ballot measures
Footnotes
- ↑ This was the number of signatures required to put a targeted law before voters. To suspend the enactment of the targeted law until the election, the requirement was 49,660 valid signatures.
- ↑ On May 14, 2021, the Mississippi Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision stating that it is impossible for any petition to meet the state's distribution requirement and has been impossible since congressional reapportionment in 2001. The six justices wrote, "... Whether with intent, by oversight, or for some other reason, the drafters of [the constitutional signature distribution requirement] wrote a ballot initiative process that cannot work in a world where Mississippi has fewer than five representatives in Congress. To work in today’s reality, it will need amending—something that lies beyond the power of the Supreme Court."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 This is the minimum required if signatures are collected in the congressional districts with the lowest numbers of votes cast in 2020. The signature requirement varies based on what districts are targeted for signature collection.
- ↑ To suspend the enactment of the targeted law until the election, the requirement is 126,838 valid signatures.
- ↑ This is the number of signatures required to put a targeted law before voters. To suspend the enactment of the targeted law until the election, the requirement is 232,072 valid signatures.
- ↑ This is the requirement for two rounds of signatures to get an initiated statute on the ballot; half the number of signatures—124,046—is required to place the initiative before the legislature.
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