BALLOT INITIATIVES

Population: 264,000 

City Type: Home Rule 

County: Lubbock  

Initiative Status: The Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance was on the May 1st, 2021 ballot for the voters of Lubbock, Texas to decide. The ordinance was passed in a landslide election with 62% voting in favor of the ordinance and 38% voting against the ordinance. The ordinance went into effect on June 1st, 2021. 

Population: 101,612 

City Type: Home Rule 

County: Tom Green  

Initiative Status: The Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance was on the November 8th, 2022 ballot for the voters of San Angelo, Texas to decide. The ordinance was passed with 56% voting in favor of the ordinance and 44% voting against the ordinance. 

Population: 124,407 

City Type: Home Rule 

County: Taylor / Jones   

Initiative Status: The Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance was on the November 8th, 2022 ballot for the voters of Abilene, Texas to decide. The ordinance was passed with 53% voting in favor of the ordinance and 47% voting against the ordinance. 

Population: 6,730 

City Type: Home Rule 

County: Smith  

Initiative Status: Once the citizens of Lindale collected the required number of signatures for the citizen initiative, the Lindale City Council voted to go ahead and pass the ordinance outlawing abortion.  

Population: 22,343 

City Type: Home Rule 

County: Hale  

Initiative Status: The Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance was on the November 8th, 2022 ballot for the voters of Plainview, Texas to decide. The ordinance was passed with 69% voting in favor of the ordinance and 31% voting against the ordinance.   

Population: 13,121

City Type: Home Rule 

County: Henderson

 
Initiative Status: The Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance was on the November 8th, 2022 ballot for the voters of Athens, Texas to decide. The ordinance was passed with 58% voting in favor of the ordinance and 42% voting against the ordinance. 

 Population: 597

City Type: Village 

County: Custer

 
Initiative Status: The Sanctuary for the Unborn Ordinance was on the November 8th, 2022 ballot for the voters of Arnold, Nebraska to decide. The ordinance was passed with 60% voting in favor of the ordinance and 40% voting against the ordinance. 

Population: 665

City Type: Village 

County:  Lincoln

Initiative Status: The Sanctuary for the Unborn Ordinance was on the November 8th, 2022 ballot for the voters of Hershey, Nebraska to decide. The ordinance was passed with 56% voting in favor of the ordinance and 44% voting against the ordinance. 

Population: 939

City Type: Second Class City

County: Frontier

 
Initiative Status: The Sanctuary for the Unborn Ordinance was on the November 8th, 2022 ballot for the voters of Curtis, Nebraska to decide. The ordinance was passed with 29% voting in favor of the ordinance and 71% voting against the ordinance. 

Population: 30,923

City Type: First Class City

County: Buffalo

 
Initiative Status: The Citizen Initiative Petition process as outlined in the Nebraska Revised Statutes has begun and signatures are currently being collected in Kearney, Nebraska.

Population: 60,527

City Type: First Class City

County: Sarpy

 
Initiative Status: The Citizen Initiative Petition process as outlined in the Nebraska Revised Statutes has begun and signatures are currently being collected in Bellevue, Nebraska.

Population: 312

City Type: Village 

County:  Lincoln

 
Initiative Status: The Citizen Initiative Petition process as outlined in the Nebraska Revised Statutes was begun, signatures were collected, and signatures were turned into the municipality.

Population:  305

City Type: Village

County: Logan

 
Initiative Status: Once the citizens of Stapleton collected the required number of signatures for the citizen initiative, the Stapleton Village Board voted to go ahead and pass the ordinance outlawing abortion.

Population: 3,574

City Type: Second Class City

County: Dawson

 
Initiative Status: The Citizen Initiative Petition process as outlined in the Nebraska Revised Statutes has begun and signatures are currently being collected in Gothenburg, Nebraska.

Population: 1,286

City Type: Village

County: Lincoln

 
Initiative Status: The Citizen Initiative Petition process as outlined in the Nebraska Revised Statutes was begun, signatures were collected, and signatures were turned into the municipality.

Population: 32

City Type: Village 

County:  Frontier

 
Initiative Status: The Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance will be on the May 2023 Ballot for the voters of Moorefield, Nebraska to decide.

Population: 428

City Type: Village 

County:  Lincoln

 
Initiative Status: The Sanctuary for the Unborn Ordinance was on the November 8th, 2022 ballot for the voters of Brady, Nebraska to decide. The ordinance was passed with 57% voting in favor of the ordinance and 43% voting against the ordinance. 

Population: 3,977

City Type: Second Class City 

County:  Dawson

 
Initiative Status: The Citizen Initiative Petition process as outlined in the Nebraska Revised Statutes was begun, signatures were collected, and signatures were turned into the municipality.

Population: 366

City Type: Village 

County:  Lincoln

 
Initiative Status: The Sanctuary for the Unborn Ordinance was on the November 8th, 2022 ballot for the voters of Wallace, Nebraska to decide. The ordinance was passed with 64% voting in favor of the ordinance and 36% voting against the ordinance. 

Population: 523

City Type: Village 

County:  Keith

 
Initiative Status: After a resident of the Village of Paxton collected unofficial signatures expressing interest in the community, the Village Board decided to voluntarily place the Paxton Ordinance on the November 8th, 2022 ballot for the voters of Paxton, Nebraska to decide. The ordinance was passed with 52% voting in favor of the ordinance and 48% voting against the ordinance.