Ballot initiatives filed for the 2022 ballot
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This is aresearch page for collecting information to track the number ofinitiatives filed in each of thestates with an initiative or referendum. This page is updated on the first business day of each month of 2022 through August and lists the number of proposed initiatives as of the first day of the month.
This pagedoes count:
- Ballot initiatives andveto measures that have been filed for the2022 election cycle.
- Initiatives that were withdrawn or abandoned after they were filed.
- Initiatives that failed to qualify for the ballot because theymissed a petition drive deadline.
- Initiatives that were filed in states with a rolling petition deadline that might still qualify for the 2022 ballot.[1]
- Multiple versions of what appears to be basically the same initiative.[2]
- Initiatives that have already qualified for a 2022 ballot.
This pagedoes not count:
- Ballot initiatives andveto measures that have been filed for the2023 election cycle.
- Ballot measures proposed by astate legislature.[3]
- Initiatives that groups have said they are going to file but have not actually filed.
Filed 2022 initiatives by state
States with 2022 initiatives or referendums filed for circulation and the number of measures filed so far are below. The chart shows the number of initiatives that were filed as of the first of each month.Topics range from marijuana legalization, minimum wage, healthcare, suffrage, taxes, education, election and campaign finance rules, and redistricting. Click on the links below to see what initiatives were filed in your state.
Context from previous years
| Initiative filings in even-numbered years | ||
| Year | # filed | # certified |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 881 | 28 |
| 2018 | 947 | 68 |
| 2016 | 1,069 | 76 |
| 2014 | 616 | 40 |
| 2012 | 566 | 63 |
| 2010 | 606 | 50 |
| Data for average even-year initiative success rates (2010-2018) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State | Av. filed | Av. certified | Av. success rate |
| Alabama | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Alaska | 5.20 | 2.00 | 38.46% |
| Arizona | 27.40 | 1.60 | 5.84% |
| Arkansas | 7.40 | 1.60 | 21.62% |
| California | 95.00 | 10.20 | 10.74% |
| Colorado | 102.80 | 5.00 | 4.86% |
| Connecticut | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Delaware | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Florida | 29.20 | 1.80 | 6.16% |
| Georgia | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Hawaii | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Idaho | 7.80 | 1.00 | 12.82% |
| Illinois | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| Indiana | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Iowa | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Kansas | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Kentucky | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Louisiana | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Maine | 6.20 | 2.20 | 35.48% |
| Maryland | 0.80 | 0.60 | 75.00% |
| Massachusetts | 31.80 | 3.40 | 10.69% |
| Michigan | 11.20 | 2.20 | 19.64% |
| Minnesota | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Mississippi | 8.60 | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| Missouri | 184.50 | 3.20 | 1.73% |
| Montana | 18.80 | 2.20 | 11.70% |
| Nebraska | 6.60 | 0.60 | 9.09% |
| Nevada | 9.40 | 1.80 | 19.15% |
| New Hampshire | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| New Jersey | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| New Mexico | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0% |
| New York | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| North Carolina | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| North Dakota | 7.60 | 3.80 | 50.00% |
| Ohio | 21.80 | 0.40 | 1.83% |
| Oklahoma | 6.80 | 1.20 | 17.65% |
| Oregon | 63.00 | 5.60 | 8.89% |
| Pennsylvania | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Rhode Island | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| South Carolina | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| South Dakota | 8.40 | 3.80 | 45.24% |
| Tennessee | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Texas | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Utah | 2.60 | 0.60 | 23.08% |
| Vermont | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Virginia | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Washington | 128.60 | 4.60 | 3.58% |
| West Virginia | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Wisconsin | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| Wyoming | 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| Average total | 756.20 | 59.40 | 7.86% |
See also
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2025 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2017 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2021 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2019 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2023 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2015 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2013 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2026 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2024 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2014 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2020 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2016 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2011 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2010 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2018 ballot
- Ballot initiatives filed for the 2012 ballot
Footnotes
- ↑This is true even if sponsors missed their 2022 deadline, as long as they did have a chance of qualifying for the 2022 ballot.
- ↑As evidenced by the fact that the multiple versions were filed by the same sponsor or group of sponsors and include very similar but not entirely identical language.
- ↑See2022 ballot measures andPotential 2022 ballot measures for information about legislative referrals that have qualified or might qualify for the 2022 ballot.
- ↑This counts ballot initiatives filed with the title board, not those filed with the legislative council staff
- ↑This does not count measures that submitted a draft for legislative research council comments but did not submit a final version for approval by the Secretary of State
- ↑This counts all ITLs and ITPs filed for the 2022 ballot including duplicate filings.
