Types of ballot measures
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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Aconvention-referred constitutional amendment is aconstitutional amendment that astate constitutional convention proposes and requires voter approval to become part of a state's constitution.

The last time that voters decided on convention-referred constitutional amendments was in1986 in Rhode Island. In 1984, voters approved a constitutional convention question, and the convention referred 14 constitutional amendments to the ballot in 1986.

State constitutional convention questions

See also:State constitutional conventions

In 14 states, a constitutional convention question is anautomatic ballot referral, meaning no legislative vote is required. Rather, the state constitution includes a provision calling for the question at a specific interval. Oklahoma has a requirement; however, state officials have declined to place a question on the ballot since 1970.

Types of ballot measures

Most ballot measures are placed on the ballot throughcitizen initiatives orlegislative 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
• Amending state constitutions
• Constitutional amendment
• State constitutional conventions
• Types of ballot measures
• Types of citizen-initiated ballot measures
• List of ballot measures by state

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