Initiated constitutional amendment

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An initiated constitutional amendment is an amendment to a state's constitution that comes about through the initiative process.

Of the twenty-four American states that have some degree of direct democracy, eighteen (18) of them have a provision for initiated constitutional amendments. In several of these states, the requirements for placing a proposed amendment before the people through an initiative process are so prohibitively difficult that the process has rarely if ever been used (Illinois, Mississippi).

States allowing initiated amendments

Arizona Arkansas California Colorado

Florida Illinois Massachusetts Michigan

Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska

Nevada North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma

Oregon South Dakota

Procedures by state

Types of ballot measures

Automatic ballot referral Bond issue Commission-referred constitutional amendment Constitutional convention

Initiated state statute Indirect initiated state statute Initiated constitutional amendment Indirect initiative amendment

Legislative referral Legislatively-referred state statute Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment Veto referendum

See also

• Forms of direct democracy in the American states
• States with initiative or referendum
• State constitution

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