List of Wyoming ballot measures
# List of Wyoming ballot measures

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The U.S. state of Wyoming has had a system of direct voting since 1968, when voters adopted a constitutional amendment allowing measures to be placed on the ballot. Only years when ballot measures were on the general election ballot are listed.

## Background

Wyoming's ballot measure procedure has been described by the Initiative & Referendum Institute as "one of the most onerous" in the nation. In order to place a citizen-initiated initiative on the ballot, measure sponsors must gather signatures equal to 15% of ballots cast in the previous election, along with at least 15% of voters in two-thirds of Wyoming counties. These requirements, coupled with the legislature's ability to remove ballot measures if they adopt a substantially similar law, make placing measures on the ballot exceptionally $difficult.^{:33–34}$ As a result, most measures voted on in the general election are placed on the ballot by the legislature, not the voters.

There are three types of ballot measures in Wyoming:

* Initiated state statues are measures that would create new state law. They are sponsored by voters and placed on the ballot after meeting signature requirements.
* Legislatively-referred constitutional amendments are changes to the Wyoming Constitution and are automatically placed on the ballot after approval by the legislature.
* Veto referenda are measures to repeal state law. They are sponsored by voters and placed on the ballot after meeting signature requirements.

## 1968—1999

### 1968

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Amendment No. 1 | A constitutional amendment to repeal the school poll $tax^{:1–2}$ | Passed | 73,872 (69.47%) | 32,457 (30.53%) |
| Amendment No. 2 | A constitutional amendment to create an initiative & referendum system in Wyoming, provided such measures receive at least 100 signatures in $support^{:1–2}$ | Passed | 72,009 (74.77%) | 24,299 (25.23%) |

### 1970

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment relating to public $funds^{:3–5}$ | Passed | 75,996 (78.63%) | 20,648 (21.37%) |
| Amendment 2 | A constitutional amendment lowering the voting age to $19^{:3–5}$ | Failed | 53,997 (52.72%) | 48,418 (47.28%) |
| Amendment 3 | A constitutional amendment allowing the state to invest education $funds^{:3–5}$ | Passed | 64,970 (62.29%) | 30,170 (31.71%) |
| Amendment 4 | A constitutional amendment relating to the salaries of public $officials^{:3–5}$ | Failed | 56,940 (60.01%) | 37,940 (39.99%) |
| Amendment 5 | A constitutional amendment relating to the investment of county school $funds^{:3–5}$ | Passed | 63,554 (67.52%) | 30,570 (32.48%) |

### 1972

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment providing a form of home rule for cities and $towns^{:6–9}$ | Passed | 97,026 (76.18%) | 30,339 (23.82%) |
| Amendment 3 | A constitutional amendment permitting state legislators to accept appointments to other $offices^{:6–9}$ | Failed | 72,798 (56.71%) | 55,580 (43.29%) |
| Amendment 4 | A constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to increase the number of justices on the Wyoming Supreme $Court^{:6–9}$ | Passed | 86,539 (66.97%) | 42,676 (33.03%) |
| Amendment 5 | A constitutional amendment stating that the legislature should meet for no more than 60 working days per $period^{:6–9}$ | Passed | 76,170 (60.27%) | 50,209 (39.73%) |
| Amendment 6 | A constitutional amendment allowing counties to levy an annual $tax^{:6–9}$ | Failed | 51,895 (40.69%) | 75,630 (59.31%) |
| Amendment 7 | A constitutional amendment allowing counties to create $indebtedness^{:6–9}$ | Failed | 63,239 (49.97%) | 63,315 (50.03%) |

### 1974

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment creating new protections against double $taxation^{:10–11}$ | $Unclear^{:10–11}$ | 77,513 (68.42%) | 35,771 (31.58%) |
| Amendment 2 | A constitutional amendment creating a mineral excise $tax^{:10–11}$ | $Unclear^{:10–11}$ | 78,842 (70.87%) | 32,414 (29.13%) |
| Amendment 3 | A constitutional amendment establishing a statewide school $levy^{:10–11}$ | $Failed^{:10–11}$ | 51,392 (45.06%) | 62,667 (54.94%) |

### 1976

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment relating to judges | Passed | 92,559 (66.48%) | 46,664 (33.52%) |
| Amendment 2 | A constitutional amendment increasing the city, county, and school indebtedness limit | Failed | 43,951 (31.29%) | 96,526 (68.71%) |
| Amendment 3 | A constitutional amendment relating to the Wyoming criminal code | Passed | 106,931 (77.50%) | 31,045 (22.50%) |

### 1978

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment permitting women to work in $mines^{:12–13}$ | Passed | 82,957 (66.11%) | 44,446 (34.89%) |
| Amendment 2 | A constitutional amendment equalizing school funding across all $districts^{:12–13}$ | Passed | 83,552 (66.24%) | 42,586 (33.76%) |
| Amendment 3 | A constitutional amendment permitting the construction of a state prison for men and a state prison for $women^{:12–13}$ | Passed | 82,537 (65.00%) | 44,445 (35.00%) |

### 1980

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment providing for juries of less than twelve members in misdemeanor $trials^{:14}$ | $Failed^{:14}$ | 44,446 (19.71%) | 181,004 (80.29%) |

### 1982

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment permitting the legislature to invest state $funds^{:15–16}$ | Failed | 77,005 (50.81%) | 74,548 (49.19%) |
| Amendment 2 | A constitutional amendment increase state education $taxes^{:15–16}$ | Passed | 100,820 (65.80%) | 52,409 (34.20%) |
| Amendment 3 | A constitutional amendment allowing the state treasurer to seek $re-election^{:15–16}$ | Passed | 126,985 (82.58%) | 26,788 (17.42%) |

### 1984

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to write off uncollected debts in certain $circumstances^{:17–18}$ | Passed | 119,757 (67.98%) | 56,402 (32.02%) |
| Amendment 2 | A constitutional amendment allowing the investment of employee retirement $funds^{:17–18}$ | Passed | 116,791 (66.20%) | 59,637 (33.80%) |
| Amendment 3 | A constitutional amendment clarifying that officials appointed by the governor can be removed by the $governor^{:17–18}$ | Failed | 87,920 (50.31%) | 86,829 (49.69%) |

### 1986

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment modifying the pass requirements for ballot measures in $Wyoming^{:18–21}$ | Passed | 104,759 (72.19%) | 40,357 (27.81%) |
| Amendment 2 | A constitutional amendment allowing the governor to remove state officials appointed by the same $governor^{:18–21}$ | Passed | 128,476 (84.07%) | 24,348 (15.93%) |
| Amendment 3 | A constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to modify the duties of the state board of $equalization^{:18–21}$ | Passed | 107,507 (73.86%) | 38,050 (26.14%) |
| Amendment 4 | A constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to create a state investment fund for economic development $loans^{:18–21}$ | Passed | 111,590 (72.93%) | 41,420 (27.07%) |
| Amendment 5 | A constitutional amendment providing that any increase in judicial salaries apply to all $judges^{:18–21}$ | Failed | 79,557 (52.98%) | 70,602 (47.02%) |
| Amendment 6 | A constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to expand workers $compensation^{:18–21}$ | Passed | 106,591 (71.57%) | 42,339 (28.43%) |

### 1988

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to create three classes of property for the purposes of $taxation^{:22}$ | Passed | 133,677 (77.15%) | 39,597 (22.85%) |

### 1990

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment to prevent sheriffs from keeping fees collected in civil $cases^{:23–24}$ | Passed | 124,789 (81.11%) | 29,054 (18.89%) |
| Amendment 2 | A constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to appoint a state examiner, geologist, and inspector of $mines^{:23–24}$ | Passed | 82,233 (55.73%) | 65,317 (44.27%) |
| Amendment 3 | A constitutional amendment transferring the powers of the Wyoming state board of charities to the $legislature^{:23–24}$ | Passed | 86,195 (59.88%) | 57,763 (40.12%) |
| Amendment 4 | A constitutional amendment restricting the use of public employee retirement funds to purposes directly benefiting public $employees^{:23–24}$ | Passed | 112,213 (75.45%) | 36,511 (24.55%) |

### 1992

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to invest the state permanent fund in equities | Unclear | -- | -- |
| Initiative 1 | An initiative to ban triple trailers in Wyoming | Passed | 165,879 (83.83%) | 31,997 (16.17%) |
| Initiative 2 | An initiative to establish term limits for elected officials in Wyoming | Passed | 150,113 (77.00%) | 44,424 (23.00%) |
| Initiative 3 | An initiative to increase railroad regulation | Passed | 130,646 (71.28%) | 52,835 (28.72%) |

### 1994

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment 1 | A constitutional amendment to create a criminal sentence of life without parole and to limit the governor's parole power | Passed | -- | -- |
| Constitutional Amendment 2 | A constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to invest up to 25% of the state's permanent fund in equities | Failed | -- | -- |
| Initiative 1 | An initiative to prohibit abortions except in cases where pregnancy endangers the mother's life, rape, or incest | Failed | 61,980 (31.09%) | 137,379 (68.91%) |
| Initiative 2 | An initiative to permit some forms of gambling at the county level subject to a vote of the people | Failed | 75,547 (60.20%) | 114,273 (39.80%) |
| Initiative 3 | An initiative to allow the state treasurer to invest up to $500 million in financial institutions | Failed | 78,978 (39.94%) | 118,760 (60.06%) |

### 1996

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment A | A constitutional amendment relating to redistricting | Failed | 91,081 (48.46%) | 96,857 (51.54%) |
| Constitutional Amendment B | A constitutional amendment restoring voting rights to most mentally ill people | Passed | 122,658 (65.46%) | 64,722 (34.54%) |
| Constitutional Amendment C | A constitutional amendment allowing state funds to be invested in corporate stocks if the legislature dictates | Passed | 126,587 (64.81%) | 68,727 (35.19%) |
| Constitutional Amendment D | A constitutional amendment strengthening the Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics | Passed | 177,513 (89.08%) | 21,751 (10.92%) |
| Initiative No. 1 | An initiative requiring candidates for office to indicate whether they support term limits on the ballot | Failed | 105,093 (54.14%) | 89,018 (45.86%) |
| Initiative No. 2 | An initiative to repeal Senate Enrolled Act 4, which extended term limits for legislators | Failed | 104,544 (53.70%) | 90,138 (46.30%) |

### 1998

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment A | A constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to reapportion its membership as soon as census data is available | Passed | 117,638 (74.95%) | 39,321 (25.05%) |
| Constitutional Amendment B | A constitutional amendment modifying the requirements for citizen-initiated measures to be placed on the ballot | Passed | 97,846 (61.76%) | 60,582 (38.24%) |
| Constitutional Amendment C | A constitutional amendment mandating that funds allocated to Wyoming's Workers Compensation Fund only be used for specific purposes | Passed | 143,920 (88.24%) | 19,178 (11.76%) |

## 2000—

### 2000

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment B | A constitutional amendment expanding the eligibility requirements for the Wyoming National Guard | Passed | 125,841 (64.61%) | 68,927 (35.39%) |

### 2002

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment A | A constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to convene special legislative sessions if a majority of members agree | Passed | 112,438 (66.29%) | 57,187 (33.71%) |
| Constitutional Amendment B | A constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to handle disputes relating to presidential electors | Passed | 110,906 (65.78%) | 57,708 (34.22%) |
| Constitutional Amendment C | A constitutional amendment limiting the governor's line-item veto authority only to general appropriations bills | Failed | 73,240 (44.22%) | 92,396 (55.78%) |
| Constitutional Amendment D | A constitutional amendment requiring constitutional amendments be submitted to the voters before being approved by the Governor | Failed | 87,786 (52.74%) | 78,679 (47.26%) |

### 2004

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment A | A constitutional amendment to allow school districts to bring in more revenue yearly | Failed | 122,038 (55.78%) | 96,762 (44.22%) |
| Constitutional Amendment B | A constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to authorize local governments to access expanded funding sources provided they receive vocal approval | Passed | 148,808 (66.16%) | 76,115 (33.84%) |
| Constitutional Amendment C | A constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to create laws requiring dispute resolution before medical malpractice lawsuits | Passed | 124,178 (52.99%) | 110,169 (47.01%) |
| Constitutional Amendment D | A constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to create laws limiting damages in medical malpractice lawsuits | Failed | 115,981 (49.65%) | 117,602 (50.35%) |

### 2006

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment A | A constitutional amendment clarifying that all money in the Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund are permanent funds of the state | Passed | 130,735 (74.05%) | 45,817 (25.95%) |
| Constitutional Amendment B | A constitutional amendment allowing a greater amount of money to be distributed throughout the state for the purpose of funding school districts | Passed | 107,481 (58.15%) | 77,338 (41.85%) |
| Constitutional Amendment C | A constitutional amendment creating a permanent fund for higher education scholarships and quality improvements | Passed | 139,396 (75.05%) | 46,342 (24.95%) |

### 2008

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment A | A constitutional amendment rewriting the oath of office required for public officials to take office | Passed | 191,787 (81.75%) | 42,821 (18.25%) |
| Constitutional Amendment B | A constitutional amendment modifying the requirements for citizen-led initiatives to be placed on the ballot | Failed | 120,333 (54.21%) | 101,655 (45.79%) |

### 2012

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment A | A constitutional amendment forbidding a mandatory health care system in Wyoming and allowing citizens to pay any health care provider for services | Passed | 181,984 (72.59%) | 54,405 (21.70%) |
| Constitutional Amendment B | A constitutional amendment establishing a citizen's right to hunt and fish | Passed | 212,561 (84.79%) | 25,564 (10.21%) |
| Constitutional Amendment C | A constitutional amendment expanding the authority of district court commissioners | Failed | 88,562 | 122,824 |

### 2014

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment A | A constitutional amendment allowing the Governor of Wyoming to appoint non-Wyoming citizens to the University of Wyoming board of trustees | Failed | 47,979 (29.51%) | 114,597 (70.49%) |

### 2016

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment A | A constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to authorize the investment of public money in equities | Passed | 132,739 (51.3%) | 103,071 (39.8%) |

### 2020

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment A | A constitutional amendment to allow municipalities to take on additional debt for sewer projects | Failed | 126,589 (51.17%) | 120,808 (43.38%) |

### 2022

| Measure Name | Description | Status | Yes Votes | No Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Constitutional Amendment A | A constitutional amendment to allow local governments such as counties and cities to invest public funds in equities | -- | -- | -- |
| Constitutional Amendment B | A constitutional amendment to increase the retirement age for judges from 70 to 75 | -- | -- | -- |
