Yellow Jacket Initiative
Ballot questions

What's on your ballot, in plain terms

Ballot questions change the law directly, and the wording on the ballot is only a summary. This section helps any voter in the country get from the summary to what a Yes or a No actually does. Nothing here tells you how to vote.

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Paste the wording from your ballot and get it in plain language, with what a Yes and a No would do.

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How to read any ballot question

Bonds, amendments, referendums, and the double negatives that trip people up.

All 50 states + D.C.

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Official links to see every question on your own ballot, local ones included.

146 statewide measures

Every statewide question

Each one linked to the official text from the state.

Full explainers

Maryland and Virginia

Checked against the legal text: Maryland's three statewide questions and Virginia's Question 3.

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Decipher a ballot question

Paste a question from your ballot and get its wording in plain language: what kind of question it is, what a Yes and a No would do, and what the legal terms mean. It does not tell you how to vote.

This is an automated reading of the words you paste, by an AI model. No person reviews the answers, and it can be wrong. It knows only what is in the text you paste: not what the law says today, not the cost, not the full measure. Always check the official text, linked for every state below. Questions are kept (never with your name or contact details) so we can write full, checked explainers for the ones people ask most. Limited to 1,000 questions a day; it reopens at midnight Eastern.

Full explainers

Written from the official legal text and independently checked before publishing. None of them tells you how to vote.

Find your sample ballot

Every link goes to an official government election office. Most states show your exact ballot when you look up your registration; some send you to your county or city election office.

StateOfficial links
AlabamaSample ballot · Official guide
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AlaskaSample ballot · Official guide
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ArizonaSample ballot · Official guide
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ArkansasSample ballot · Official guide
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CaliforniaSample ballot · Official guide
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ColoradoSample ballot · Official guide
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ConnecticutSample ballot
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DelawareSample ballot
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District of ColumbiaSample ballot · Official guide
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FloridaSample ballot · Official guide
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GeorgiaSample ballot · Official guide
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HawaiiSample ballot · Official guide
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IdahoSample ballot · Official guide
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IllinoisSample ballot
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IndianaSample ballot
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IowaSample ballot
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KansasSample ballot · Official guide
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KentuckySample ballot
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LouisianaSample ballot · Official guide
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MaineSample ballot
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MarylandSample ballot · Official guide
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MassachusettsSample ballot · Official guide
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MichiganSample ballot · Official guide
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MinnesotaSample ballot · Official guide
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MississippiSample ballot
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MissouriSample ballot · Official guide
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MontanaSample ballot · Official guide
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NebraskaSample ballot · Official guide
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NevadaSample ballot · Official guide
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New HampshireSample ballot · Official guide
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New JerseySample ballot
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New MexicoSample ballot · Official guide
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New YorkSample ballot
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North CarolinaSample ballot
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North DakotaSample ballot · Official guide
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OhioSample ballot · Official guide
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OklahomaSample ballot · Official guide
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OregonSample ballot · Official guide
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PennsylvaniaSample ballot
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Rhode IslandSample ballot · Official guide
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South CarolinaSample ballot
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South DakotaSample ballot · Official guide
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TennesseeSample ballot · Official guide
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TexasSample ballot
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UtahSample ballot · Official guide
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VermontSample ballot
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VirginiaSample ballot · Official guide
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WashingtonSample ballot · Official guide
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West VirginiaSample ballot · Official guide
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WisconsinSample ballot · Official guide
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WyomingSample ballot · Official guide
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Statewide measures, November 3, 2026

Titles and types as published by each state, with a link to the official text. These are listings, not explanations. Local measures (county, city, school district) are on your sample ballot.

Alabama · 4 measures

Official text from the state

Alaska · 2 measures

Official text from the state

Arizona · 8 measures

Official text from the state

Arkansas · 4 measures

Official text from the state

California · 14 measures

Official text from the state

Colorado · 14 measures

Official text from the state

Florida · 3 measures

Official text from the state

Georgia · 3 measures

Official text from the state

Hawaii · 2 measures

Official text from the state

Idaho · 4 measures

Official text from the state

Indiana · 2 measures

Official text from the state

Iowa · 1 measure

Official text from the state

Kansas · 1 measure

Official text from the state

Kentucky · 1 measure

Official text from the state

Louisiana · 10 measures

Official text from the state

Maryland · 3 measures

Official text from the state

Massachusetts · 9 measures

Official text from the state

Michigan · 2 measures

Official text from the state

Minnesota · 1 measure

Official text from the state

Missouri · 5 measures

Official text from the state

Montana · 3 measures

Official text from the state

Nebraska · 4 measures

Official text from the state

Nevada · 2 measures

Official text from the state

New Hampshire · 2 measures

Official text from the state

New Mexico · 7 measures

Official text from the state

North Carolina · 3 measures

Official text from the state

North Dakota · 2 measures

Official text from the state

Ohio · 1 measure

Official text from the state

Oklahoma · 2 measures

Official text from the state

Rhode Island · 5 measures

Official text from the state

South Dakota · 4 measures

Official text from the state

Tennessee · 3 measures

Official text from the state

Utah · 2 measures

Official text from the state

Vermont · 2 measures

Official text from the state

Virginia · 3 measures

Official text from the state

Washington · 3 measures

Official text from the state

West Virginia · 1 measure

Official text from the state

Wisconsin · 3 measures

Official text from the state

Wyoming · 1 measure

Official text from the state

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