Idaho · November 3, 2026 general election
Statewide ballot measures: what your vote means
For each measure: the official ballot title, what a YES vote and a NO vote would do, and what would change, in plain language from official sources. SaveYourState does not take positions on ballot measures.
3 statewide measures are on the ballot. 2 have a “Heads up” note because a YES vote repeals, undoes, or removes something. Official sources checked October 22, 2026.
House Joint Resolution 4 · Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Who may legalize marijuana, narcotics, and other psychoactive substances
Heads up: voting YES on this measure removes voters’ ability to legalize marijuana, narcotics, or other psychoactive substances through a ballot initiative.
A YES vote means:
Only the Idaho Legislature could legalize marijuana, narcotics, or other psychoactive substances.
A NO vote means:
The constitution would not change, and Idaho’s controlled substances laws could still be changed through the citizen initiative process.
House Joint Resolution 6 · Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
English as the official state language
A YES vote means:
English would become Idaho’s official language in the constitution, and state and local proceedings, documents, and public school instruction would be in English except where federal law requires otherwise.
A NO vote means:
The constitution would not change; it currently does not designate an official state language.
Proposition One · Citizen initiative (statute)
Reproductive Freedom & Privacy Act
Heads up: voting YES on this measure would prevent the state from enforcing certain existing Idaho abortion laws.
A YES vote means:
State law would create a right to abortion before fetal viability and afterward in medical emergencies, a right to privacy in reproductive decisions, and protections from penalties for patients and health care providers.
A NO vote means:
Idaho’s current abortion law stays in place, which prohibits abortion except to prevent the death of the pregnant woman and, in the first trimester, in cases of rape or incest reported to law enforcement.
Two constitutional amendments and one initiative are explained here. The ballot also has a non-binding advisory question (House Bill 932) asking voters to choose one of six firearms as the state gun: the Winchester Model 1894, the Winchester Model 1873, the 1873 Colt Single Action Army Revolver, the M1 Garand rifle, the Colt M1911 pistol, or the Remington Model 700 rifle. According to the voter pamphlet, the result is not binding, and the Legislature would have to act in a future session to designate a state gun. It is a choose-one question, not a yes/no measure, so it is not shown in this format.