Voting and elections
Voter ID, citizenship checks, ranked-choice voting, open primaries and redistricting are on the ballot in several states in 2026. These measures change the rules for future elections, so their effects outlast any single race.
What's on the ballot
- California Proposition 39: Yes would require voter ID and citizenship verification and change how voter lists are maintained.
- Nevada Question 7: Yes would put a voter ID requirement in the state constitution.
- Alaska Ballot Measure 3: Yes would add to state law that only U.S. citizens may vote.
- Alaska Ballot Measure 2: Yes would repeal Alaska's top-four open primary and ranked-choice general elections; No keeps them.
- Virginia Question 3: Yes would restore voting rights automatically to people with felony convictions once they finish their prison sentence.
- Missouri Proposition A: a referendum on the congressional map the legislature drew in 2025. Yes keeps the new map; No rejects it.
- Maryland Question 3: Yes would say the state constitution sets no criteria for congressional districts, giving lawmakers more freedom to redraw them.
- Colorado Amendment 86: Yes would require a nonpolitical commission and the state supreme court to approve any congressional map redrawn in the middle of the decade.
- North Dakota Constitutional Measure 1 and South Dakota Constitutional Amendment L: Yes would require 60% of the vote, instead of a simple majority, to amend the state constitution.
- Missouri Amendment 6: Yes would protect current petition and qualification rules for citizen initiatives and limit how the legislature can change them.
- Massachusetts Question 3: Yes would replace party primaries for state offices with a single primary open to all candidates, with the top two advancing.
- Montana I-194: Yes would bar corporations and other "artificial persons" from spending on candidates, ballot measures or parties.
Questions and answers
What does a Yes or No vote mean?
A Yes vote approves the change the measure describes; a No vote keeps current law, unless the measure says otherwise (in a referendum on a law already passed, for example, Yes keeps the law and No repeals it).
How many votes does a measure need to pass?
A simple majority in most states. Some require more to change the constitution: Florida needs 60%, and in some states an amendment must pass in two separate elections.
When will results be known?
Measures are counted with the rest of the ballot. Lopsided ones are called on election night; close ones can take days. This page updates on its own as results come in.
Where can I read the exact ballot wording?
In your state's official voter guide. Our how-to-vote page links to every state. How to vote →
Other topics
- Abortion, sex and gender
- Taxes
- Housing and energy
- Rights and discrimination
- Guns, crime and marijuana
- All 2026 ballot measures
Source: Ballotpedia's list of 2026 measures; results from civicAPI.