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{{help}}For general background on '''''Ballotpedia category tags''''', see '''[[Help:Using Categories on Ballotpedia]].'''

The Ballotpedia article [[List of ballot measures by topic]] describes the different topic or subject areas into which most American ballot measures can be categorized.  For each of those topics, Ballotpedia has a corresponding article that lists the ballot initiatives that fall under that topic description.  For an example, see [[marijuana initiatives]].  

Categories and lists are two different ways of doing the same thing.  The objective is to make it easy for your reader to find other, similar, content.  Lists and category tags also enable the reader to gain a broader picture of the scope of ballot initiative topics.

Most ballot initiatives fall into more than one topic category. For example:

*[[Arizona Taxation of Decriminalized Marijuana (2008)]] falls under both "marijuana" and "sin tax".  
*[[Support Legal Arizona Workers Initiative (2008)]] falls under "immigration", "business regulation" and "administration of government". 

==Topic categories==

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|<nowiki>[[Category:Abortion]]</nowiki> || [[Abortion-related ballot measures]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Administration of government]]</nowiki> || [[Administration of government ballot initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Affirmative action]]</nowiki>|| [[Affirmative action initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Alcohol]]</nowiki>|| [[Alcohol ballot measures]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Animal rights]]</nowiki>|| [[Animal rights initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Assisted suicide]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot initiatives about assisted suicide]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Bond issues]]</nowiki>|| [[Bond issue]]s
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Business]]</nowiki>|| [[Business regulation initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Campaign finance]]</nowiki>|| [[Campaign finance initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Civil rights]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot initiatives about civil rights]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Crime]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot initiatives targeting crime]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Domestic partnerships]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot measures about domestic partnerships]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Divorce and custody]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot initiatives about divorce and custody]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Education]]</nowiki>|| [[Education initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Elections and campaigns]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot measures about elections and campaigns]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Eminent domain]]</nowiki>|| [[Eminent domain initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Environment]]</nowiki>|| [[Environment initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Firearms]]</nowiki>|| [[Firearm initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Gambling]]</nowiki>|| [[Gambling initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Government accountability]]</nowiki>|| [[Government accountability initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Health care]]</nowiki>|| [[Health care initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Housing]]</nowiki>|| [[Housing initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Hunting]]</nowiki>|| [[Hunting initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Immigation]]</nowiki>|| [[Immigration reform initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Initiative rights]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot measures about the initiative process]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Judicial reform]]</nowiki>|| [[Judicial reform ballot measures]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Labor and unions]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot initiatives about labor and unions]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Land and natural resources]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot measures about land and natural resources]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Marijuana]]</nowiki>|| [[Marijuana initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Marriage]]</nowiki>|| [[Marriage-related ballot measures and initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Minimum wage]]</nowiki>|| [[Minimum wage initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Paycheck protection]]</nowiki>|| [[Paycheck protection ballot measures]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Property rights]]</nowiki>|| [[Property rights initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Property tax]]</nowiki>|| [[Property tax reduction initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:School choice]]</nowiki>|| [[School choice ballot measures]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Sin tax]]</nowiki>|| [[Sin tax ballot measures]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Smoking ban]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot measures about smoking bans]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Spending caps]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot initiatives to cap spending]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:State budgets]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot measures governing state budgets]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:State legislature]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot measures about state legislatures]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Stem cells]]</nowiki>|| [[Stem cell initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Tax increase]]</nowiki>|| [[Tax increase ballot measures]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Tax limitation]]</nowiki>|| [[Tax limitation initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Tobacco tax]]</nowiki>|| [[Taxing tobacco]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Taxpayer-funded lobbying]]</nowiki>|| [[Taxpayer-funded lobbying ballot initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Term limits]]</nowiki>|| [[List of term limits ballot measures]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Tort reform]]</nowiki>|| [[Tort reform initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Transportation]]</nowiki>|| [[Transportation initiatives]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:Women's suffrage]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot initiatives about suffrage]]
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|<nowiki>[[Category:War and peace]]</nowiki>|| [[Ballot initiatives about war and peace]]
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