2026 ballot measures
15 consequential state ballot measures, verified against official material and independent reference sources.
Fifteen consequential statewide measures were selected for their effects on election rules, reproductive rights, taxation, housing, redistricting and medical regulation. Each summary links an official guide and Ballotpedia. This is a national watchlist, not a claim that only these measures are on the ballot. BP-MEASURES
No result odds are assigned without sufficiently verified measure-specific polling. Nevada Questions 6 and 7 require a second voter approval in 2026; the 2024 passage did not itself finish the amendment process. NV-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES
| Measure | Topic | Yes means | No means | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK · Ballot Measure 2 | Election system | Repeal the top-four primary and ranked-choice general-election system. | Retain the existing election system. | AK-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| AK · Ballot Measure 3 | Voting eligibility | Add an explicit U.S.-citizen-only voting requirement to state law. | Leave the existing statutory wording unchanged. | AK-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| CA · Proposition 1 | Housing | Authorize housing-affordability bonds. | Reject this proposed bond authorization. | CA-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| CA · Proposition 3 | Taxes and public services | Make the existing higher income-tax rates for high earners permanent. | Allow the existing scheduled expiration to remain. | CA-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| CA · Proposition 39 | Voter identification | Establish the proposed government-issued voter-ID and verification requirements. | Reject the proposed new requirements. | CA-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| CA · Proposition 40 | Wealth taxation | Adopt the proposed one-time tax on covered billionaire wealth. | Reject the proposed tax. | CA-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| MO · Amendment 3 | Abortion and medical regulation | Repeal the 2024 reproductive-rights amendment and adopt the proposed restrictions, exceptions and ban on gender-transition procedures for minors. | Keep the 2024 reproductive-rights provision in place; reject this package of changes. | MO-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| MO · Amendment 6 | Initiatives and referendums | Protect initiative/referendum powers and restrict legislative changes to voter-enacted laws. | Retain the current constitutional framework. | MO-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| NV · Question 6 | Reproductive rights | Give the abortion-rights constitutional amendment its required second voter approval. | Prevent this proposed constitutional amendment from taking effect; existing statutory rights remain a separate matter. | NV-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| NV · Question 7 | Voter identification | Give the voter-identification constitutional amendment its required second voter approval. | Prevent this proposed constitutional amendment from taking effect. | NV-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| ID · Proposition 1 | Reproductive rights | Enact the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act as a statute. | Reject the proposed statute. | ID-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| VA · Question 1 | Reproductive rights | Add constitutional reproductive-freedom protections, with the amendment’s stated third-trimester exceptions. | Leave the current constitutional text unchanged. | VA-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| CO · Amendment 86 | Congressional redistricting | Require the proposed commission and state Supreme Court approvals for the specified congressional remapping. | Reject these proposed approval requirements. | CO-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| CO · Proposition 134 | School athletics | Adopt the proposed sex-based team-classification requirements. | Reject the proposed statutory requirements. | CO-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |
| CO · Proposition 135 | Medical regulation | Adopt the proposed prohibition on specified gender-transition surgeries for minors, subject to stated exceptions. | Reject the proposed prohibition. | CO-MEASURES · BP-MEASURES |