Campaign finance on the ballot

Campaign finance on the ballot: This topic refers to ballot measures regarding campaign finance requirements, laws, and policies. Other elections and campaigns-related categories include: suffrage, term limits, and Elections and campaigns

## Ballot measures lists[edit]

# By state[edit]

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

## Alaska

1. Alaska Ballot Measure 2, Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting and Campaign Finance Laws Initiative (2020)

## Arizona

1. Arizona Proposition 211, Campaign Finance Sources Disclosure Initiative (2022)

## California

1. California Proposition 34, State Elective Office Campaign Contribution Limits Measure (2000)
2. California Proposition 25, Campaign Contribution Limits Initiative (March 2000)
3. California Proposition 212, Campaign Spending and Contribution Limits Initiative (1996)
4. California Proposition 105, Disclosure Requirements to Consumers, Voters, and Investors Initiative (1988)
5. California Proposition 59, Overturn of Citizens United Act Advisory Question (2016)

## Florida

1. Florida Amendment 1, Repeal of Public Financing for Statewide Campaigns Amendment (2010)

## Maine

1. Maine Question 2, Prohibit Foreign Spending in Elections Initiative (2023)
2. Maine Limit Contributions to Super PACs Initiative (2024)
3. Maine "Clean Elections" Initiative, Question 1 (2015)

## Massachusetts

1. Massachusetts Question 2, Advisory Commission for Amendments to the U.S. Constitution Regarding Corporate Personhood and Political Spending Initiative (2018)

## Missouri

1. Missouri State and Judicial Campaign Contribution Limits, Constitutional Amendment 2 (2016)

## Montana

1. Montana Corporate Contributions Initiative, I-166 (2012)

## Ohio

1. Ohio Issue 3, Campaign Finance Initiative (2005)

## Oregon

1. Oregon Campaign Finance Regulations Initiative (2024)
2. Oregon Campaign Finance Limits Amendment (2024)
3. Oregon Changes to Campaign Finance Regulation Initiative (2024)
4. Oregon Measure 47, Campaign Finance Limits and Disclosure Initiative (2006)

## Washington

1. Washington State-Provided Campaign Financing Funded by a Non-Resident Sales Tax, Initiative 1464 (2016)
2. Washington Initiative 134, Campaign Contribution Limit Measure (1992)

# By year[edit]

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

## 2024

1. Oregon Campaign Finance Regulations Initiative (2024)
2. Oregon Campaign Finance Limits Amendment (2024)
3. Oregon Changes to Campaign Finance Regulation Initiative (2024)
4. Maine Limit Contributions to Super PACs Initiative (2024)

## 2023

1. Washington Initiative 134, Campaign Contribution Limit Measure (1992)
2. Maine Question 2, Prohibit Foreign Spending in Elections Initiative (2023)

## 2022

1. Arizona Proposition 211, Campaign Finance Sources Disclosure Initiative (2022)

## 2020

1. Alaska Ballot Measure 2, Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting and Campaign Finance Laws Initiative (2020)

## 2018

1. Massachusetts Question 2, Advisory Commission for Amendments to the U.S. Constitution Regarding Corporate Personhood and Political Spending Initiative (2018)

## 2016

1. Washington State-Provided Campaign Financing Funded by a Non-Resident Sales Tax, Initiative 1464 (2016)
2. Missouri State and Judicial Campaign Contribution Limits, Constitutional Amendment 2 (2016)
3. California Proposition 59, Overturn of Citizens United Act Advisory Question (2016)

## 2015

1. Maine "Clean Elections" Initiative, Question 1 (2015)

## 2012

1. Montana Corporate Contributions Initiative, I-166 (2012)

## 2010

1. Florida Amendment 1, Repeal of Public Financing for Statewide Campaigns Amendment (2010)

## 2006

1. Oregon Measure 47, Campaign Finance Limits and Disclosure Initiative (2006)

## 2005

1. Ohio Issue 3, Campaign Finance Initiative (2005)

## 2000

1. California Proposition 34, State Elective Office Campaign Contribution Limits Measure (2000)
2. California Proposition 25, Campaign Contribution Limits Initiative (March 2000)

## 1996

1. California Proposition 212, Campaign Spending and Contribution Limits Initiative (1996)

## 1988

1. California Proposition 105, Disclosure Requirements to Consumers, Voters, and Investors Initiative (1988)

# Did not make ballot[edit]

## Did not make ballot

1. Massachusetts "Corporations Are Not People" Initiative (2016)
2. Missouri State Legislature Campaign Contribution Limits Amendment (2016)
3. Missouri Public Campaign Finance Initiative (2016)
4. Missouri State and Local Campaign Contribution Amendment (2016)
5. Arkansas Campaign Finance Act (2016)
6. Arkansas Campaign Finance Disclosure Initiative (2016)
7. Hawaii "Money is not Free Speech" Amendment (2016)
8. California Voters' Right to Know Act (2016)
9. Arizona Contribution Disclosure Amendment (2016)
10. Massachusetts Corporations are Not People and Legislative Regulation of Campaign Finance Initiative (2020)
11. Nebraska Campaign Finance Regulations Initiative (2018)
12. Massachusetts Out-of-State Contribution Limits Initiative (2018)
13. Washington Prohibit Use of Public Resources or Paycheck Deductions to Collect Political Contributions Initiative (2018)
14. Massachusetts Disclosure of Foreign Political Expenditures Initiative (2018)
15. Massachusetts Limits on Out-of-State Political Spending Initiative (2020)
16. Massachusetts Corporate Personhood and Legislative Regulation of Campaign Finance Initiative (2022)
17. Washington Prohibit Use of Public Resources or Paycheck Deductions to Collect Political Contributions Initiative (2019)
18. Florida Repeal Public Financing of State Office Campaigns Amendment (2020)
19. Missouri Public Campaign Finance System Funded by Optional Income Tax Allocation Initiative (2020)
20. Oregon Changes to Campaign Finance Laws Initiative (2020)
21. Massachusetts Limit Campaign Contributions to Independent Expenditure Committees Initiative (2024)
22. Arizona Right to Know Source of Campaign Contributions Initiative (2018)
23. Arizona Right to Know Source of Campaign Contributions Initiative (2020)
24. California Campaign Public Funding Ban Repeal (2016)
25. Hawaii Limitations on Independent Expenditures Amendment (2024)
26. Hawaii Exclude Monetary Expenditures to Influence Elections from Freedom of Speech Amendment (2024)
27. Massachusetts Prohibit Foreign Spending in Elections Initiative (2024)
28. Alaska Prohibit Use of Public Funds for Political Party Candidate Selection Initiative (2024)
29. Alaska Campaign Contribution Limits Initiative (2024)
30. California "Corporations Are Not People" Initiative (2012)
31. Wyoming Call for Federal Amendment to Define Political Speech and Regulate Money in Politics Initiative (2020)
32. Massachusetts Definition of a Corporation Amendment (2024)
33. Missouri No Constitutional Rights for Artificial Entities Initiative (2018)
34. California Proposition 49, Amendment to Overturn Citizens United Ruling Question (2014)
35. Washington Rights for Natural Persons and Regulation of Political Financing Measure, Initiative 1329 (2014)
36. Missouri Public Funding for Elections Initiative (2024)

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Measures by topic
Measures by year
Measures by state

## Contents

* 1 Ballot measures lists
* 2 By state
* 2.1 Alaska
* 2.2 Arizona
* 2.3 California
* 2.4 Florida
* 2.5 Maine
* 2.6 Massachusetts
* 2.7 Missouri
* 2.8 Montana
* 2.9 Ohio
* 2.10 Oregon
* 2.11 Washington
* 3 By year
* 3.1 2024
* 3.2 2023
* 3.3 2022
* 3.4 2020
* 3.5 2018
* 3.6 2016
* 3.7 2015
* 3.8 2012
* 3.9 2010
* 3.10 2006
* 3.11 2005
* 3.12 2000
* 3.13 1996
* 3.14 1988
* 4 Did not make ballot
* 4.1 Did not make ballot
* 4.2 See also

## See also

* List of ballot measures by topic

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