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A total of 124 ballot measures were placed on statewide ballots in 2020 across the United States: Three were balloted on March 3, one each in Alabama, California and Maine. One was balloted in Wisconsin on April 7. One measure was balloted in Oklahoma on June 30. Two measures were balloted in Maine on July 14.
Measures on the ballot. As of April 2020, four measures (19-06, 19–10, 19–11, and 19-14) had achieved the required number of initial signatures and were pending in the Massachusetts General Court. The measures could be passed by the legislature before May 5, 2020, or if that failed to happen, petitioners were required collect an additional ...
A 1990 ballot measure instituting term limits for many elected officials helped galvanize a nationwide movement for term limits, and in 2000 Amendment 20 legalized the medical use of marijuana. That measure was followed by full legalization in 2012 with Amendment 64, and the legalization of psilocybin mushrooms in 2022 with Proposition 122.
Elections in Colorado. Colorado Proposition 114 (also the Reintroduction and Management of Gray Wolves Proposition, and formerly Initiative #107) was a ballot measure that was approved in Colorado in the November 2020 elections. It was a proposal to reintroduce the gray wolf back into the state.
There are three types of ballot measures: initiatives, referendums, and referrals. Initiatives and referendums may be placed on the ballot if their supporters gather enough signatures from Oregon voters; the number of signatures is a percentage based on the number of voters casting ballots in the most recent election for the Governor of Oregon.
The Massachusetts Right to Repair Initiative (2020), also known as Question 1, appeared on the Massachusetts 2020 general election ballot as an initiated state statute. It was approved by voters and the measure will update the state's right to repair laws to include electronic vehicle data. A similar Right to repair initiative (also named ...
In November 2020, voters in the U.S. state of Oregon passed Ballot Measure 110, [ 2] " [reclassifying] possession/penalties for specified drugs". [ 3] It reclassifies possession of drugs including heroin, methamphetamine, PCP, LSD and oxycodone as a Class E civil violation. [ 4] The Drug Policy Alliance non-profit organization was behind the ...
Alaska Measure 2 was a ballot initiative approved by voters in Alaska as part of the 2020 United States elections. The proposal switched Alaska's primary system to a non-partisan blanket primary. The top four candidates progress to the general election, which is conducted with ranked-choice voting. Voting for U.S. president will continue to ...