The ballot language for the 41 statewide ballot measures on the ballot in eight states in 2023 is written at an average reading level of 19 (third-year graduate school reading level), which is up from 18 years in 2021.
Ballotpedia identified five measures with a ballot summary, which is longer than the ballot title or ballot question. The average grade level for ballot summaries was 22 years of education. This is the first year since Ballotpedia started tracking ballot measure readability scores in 2017 when the average ballot summary grade exceeded the average ballot title or question grade.
