2022 Ballot Measures

Overview

For the 2022 midterm General Election, BallotReady’s researchers have uploaded 133 statewide ballot measures and 3,892 local ballot measures to our database.

615 of those local ballot measures are county-wide, 2,598 are municipal, and 679 are school board-specific.

Our researchers topped the charts this year with ballot-measure-gathering records. The previous records were 1475 measures for November 2018 and 1465 for November 2020.

Measures we’ve gathered for this November election season is now 42% of all measures we’ve ever covered.

Our 2022 users and customers have access to more information through BallotReady than ever before.

2022 Ballot Measure Examples

Explore a sampler of ballot measures collected by our researchers. This is not a complete list—but you can access more ballot measures by providing an address at the 2022 Voting Portal.

• California - Proposition 28, Additional Funding for Arts and Music Education in Public Schools

  One of the least contentious measures our researches worked on. No official arguments were filed against it with the Secretary of State’s office. Prominent musicians and actors support the proposition and encourage other California voters to do so.

• Colorado - Proposition 122, Access to Natural Psychedelic Substances

  Would decriminalize the personal use and possession (for adults age 21 and older) of certain hallucinogenic/entheogenic plants and fungi.

• Connecticut - Amendment 1, Early Voting Amendment

  A reminder that not all states have early voting (and/or voting by mail). It’s something that’s easy to take for granted if you’re used to it or have always had it.

• Maryland - Question 1, The Renaming of the Courts of Appeals and Special Appeals Amendment

  The Maryland Court of Appeals would be renamed as the Supreme Court of Maryland, as well as renaming the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to the Appellate Court of Maryland.

  The gendered language would be changed to gender-neutral in the amended articles of the Maryland Constitution.

  In addition, it would also change these names:

  • A Judge of the Court of Appeals to a Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland

  • The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland

• New York - Proposal Number One, a Proposition, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022

  Authorizes the sale of state bonds to fund environmental protection, natural restoration, resiliency, and clean energy projects.

• Most well-funded ballot measures

  • California Proposition 27, Legalize Sports Betting and Revenue for Homelessness Prevention Fund Initiative

  • California Proposition 26, Legalize Sports Betting on American Indian Lands Initiative

  • California Proposition 29, Dialysis Clinic Requirements Initiative

  • California Proposition 30, Tax on Income Above $2 Million for Zero-Emissions Vehicles and Wildfire Prevention Initiative

  • Massachusetts Question 1, Tax on Income Above $1 Million for Education and Transportation Amendment

• Electoral Ballot Measures

  Nevada Question 3, Top-Five Ranked Choice Voting Initiative

  Michigan Proposal 2, Voting Policies in Constitution Initiative

  Connecticut Question 1, Allow for Early Voting Amendment

  Nebraska Initiative 432, Photo Voter Identification Initiative

• Abortion-Related Ballot Measures

  • California Proposition 1, Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment

  • Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 2, No Right to Abortion in Constitution Amendment

  • Michigan Proposal 3, Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative

• States Holding Marijuana Ballot Measures

  • Arkansas

  • Maryland

  • Missouri

  • North Dakota

  • South Dakota

• Curious Ballot Measures

  • Alabama Amendment 8, Public Service Commission to Regulate Private Sewer Systems in Shelby County Amendment

• More Notable Measures

  • Arizona Proposition 209, Healthcare Debt Interest Rate Limit and Debt Collection Exemptions Initiative

  • Colorado Proposition 122, Decriminalization and Regulated Access Program for Certain Psychedelic Plants and Fungi Initiative

  • Illinois Amendment 1, Right to Collective Bargaining Measure

  • Louisiana Amendment 7, Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for a Crime from Constitution Measure

  • Oregon Measure 111, Right to Healthcare Amendment

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