See our home page for upcoming referendums. We also offer Future Referendum Ideas — creative ideas to research and develop.
See Past Referendums for 2022, 2023, and 2024. There were none worth reporting for 2021.
There were no referendums this year on the death penalty nor euthanasia.
Colorado
Proposition 115:
Prohibition on Late-Term Abortions
Result: 59% voted no
Louisiana
Amendment 1:
Louisiana No Right to Abortion in Constitution Amendment
Result: 62% voted yes
California
Proposition 14:
Stem Cell Research Institute Bond Initiative
Result: 51% Voted yes
Missouri
Missouri Medicaid Expansion Initiative
Result: passed with a slim majority
Oklahoma
State Question 802:
Oklahoma Medicaid Expansion Initiative
Result: passed with a slim majority
Florida
Florida Amendment 2:
Fair Wage Amendment
Result: 60% voted yes
Colorado
Proposition 118:
Paid Medical and Family Leave Initiative
Result: 57% voted yes
Three Symbolic Measures
Measures attempting to remove remnants of racism, having symbolic impact rather than current legal impact:
Alabama Amendment 4, removing phrases for school segregation, against interracial marriage, and similar problems from the 1901 state constitution. It passed with over 66% of the vote.
Mississippi Ballot Measure 3 was a new flag design (pictured) to replace the one with the confederate symbol. It passed with over 71% of the vote. 
Rhode Island Question 1, Name Change Amendment, removes “and Providence Plantations” from Rhode Island’s formal name. It passed with almost 53% of the vote.
Nebraska
Amendment 1:
Nebraska Remove Slavery as Punishment for Crime from Constitution Amendment
Result: 68% voted yes
Utah
Amendment C:
Utah Removal of Exception to Slavery Prohibition for Criminals Amendment
Result: over 80% voted yes
War is never directly on the ballot, of course, but there are occasionally issues related to war that could be suitable for our attention.
The New York Times reported that there were actually 6 local elections on Confederate statues in Virginia, and all of them failed to remove the statue. We had only found 2 through web search. Be sure to send us info on local elections that aren’t always well-covered in web sources.
Missouri
Jackson County: Question 2
To remove the statues of Andrew Jackson outside the two county courthouses.
Result: 59% voted no
Virginia
Franklin County and Lunenburg County voted on Confederate statues from in front of their county courthouses.
Franklin County: the no vote for removing it was about 70%.
Lunenburg County: the yes vote for allowing it to remain was about 71%.
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