As the 2024 election season approaches, voters across 41 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico are gearing up to weigh in on a record number of statewide ballot measures. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, a total of 153 measures are slated to appear on the ballots, marking a significant increase from previous election cycles.
The Initiative and Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California notes that the surge in ballot measures is a departure from recent trends. In the 2022 midterms, there were 132 propositions on the ballot, up from 122 in the 2020 general election, which had seen a record low for November in an even-numbered year in the 21st century.
