Ballot question campaigns looking to remove the MCAS as a high school graduation requirement, grant an elected official the power to audit the Legislature, and give rideshare drivers the ability to unionize all cleared a key signature gathering deadline Tuesday.

Campaigns were required to gather an additional 12,400-plus signatures and file them with local election officials in order to continue their march toward the November ballot after state legislators took a pass on acting on the proposals.

Advocates next face a July 3 deadline to file the signatures with the state officials to make it onto the November ballot.

Supporters pushing questions that would provide the minimum wage to tipped workers and clarify the employment classification of rideshare drivers also reported turning in enough signatures, according to spokespeople for the respective efforts.

The Massachusetts Teachers Association said it collected more than 32,500 signatures from voters across the state to advance the question of removing the MCAS as a graduation requirement from high school.

“The MCAS exams will remain in place as a diagnostic tool. But after the ballot question passes, we will replace the punitive graduation requirement with a renewed focus on our best-in-the-nation state standards and academic frameworks, which guide educators and schools,” MTA President Max Page and Vice President Deb McCarthy said in a statement.

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Opponents of the move have argued the test is a reliable indicator of a student’s college and career readiness and eliminating it would do away with a statewide standard for graduation.

A spokesperson for a question backed by State Auditor Diana DiZoglio that would grant her office the express authority to crack open the books of the House and Senate said the campaign behind the proposal surpassed Tuesday’s signature hurdle by a “wide margin.”

“This latest milestone is yet another example of Massachusetts voters demanding accountability from their elected representatives and a desire to make their voices heard in November,” the campaign said in a statement.

DiZoglio has argued legislative audits are necessary to shine more light on the historically opaque Legislature. House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka have said the policy oversteps the separation of powers outlined in the state constitution.

A spokesperson for a campaign seeking to decriminalize psychedelics for mental health treatments in Massachusetts did not respond to a Herald inquiry as to whether supporters managed to gather enough signatures to advance.