Tag: ballot
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Voters will decide on nearly 150 ballot measures next week. Here are the ones to watch.
Voters across the country are set to decide on nearly 150 ballot measures next week that will shape the future of a wide variety of policy issues in their states. Constitutional amendments related to abortion rights have drawn the most national attention in an election year that has otherwise been dominated by the presidential race.…
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Ballot drop boxes set on fire in Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash.
Ballot drop boxes in Portland, Oregon, and neighboring Vancouver, Washingon, were set on fire early Monday morning, police said, just over a week out from Election Day. Local officials said three ballots were damaged in Portland while potentially “hundreds” were affected in Vancouver. The Portland Police Bureau said an “incendiary device” was placed inside of…
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Young voters reflect on three election cycles with Trump on the ballot
Avery Dalal has never seen a presidential ballot without Donald Trump’s name on it. For the third time, the 26-year-old from Texas is preparing to cast his vote against the former president. He did so for the first time in 2016, and he said the tone of national politics has only gotten more chaotic since.…
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Citizens-only ballot measures make newly naturalized Americans voting for the first time feel on edge
After recently becoming U.S. citizens and registering to vote, Roselia Navarro of Wisconsin and Halley Ji-Zhang of North Carolina will be voting for the first time this November. They will share other similarities: Each will be voting in a battleground state. They will also each come across state ballot measures seeking to reiterate that only…
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Organizers get same-sex marriage on the ballot in California, Colorado and Hawaii for 2024 election
Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, doing away with a half-century of precedent, activists worried that other high court decisions could be in jeopardy are taking their concerns to the polls. California, Colorado and Hawaii will soon allow their residents to vote on ballot measures that would remove language from their…
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Ron DeSantis, using the levers of state government, ramps up efforts to defeat Florida abortion-rights ballot measure
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and allies in his administration have undertaken a robust effort to build opposition to an amendment on the November ballot that would enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution and undo a pinnacle piece of legislation he signed into law. In recent weeks, one state agency launched a website attacking the…
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Abortion rights ballot measures are popular, but that hasn’t fully translated into Democratic support
LAS VEGAS — Shannon Bilbray Axelrod, a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly, stood at the head of a conference table Wednesday night, thanking volunteers for their hard work. But the volunteers weren’t there to boost her campaign for Clark County commissioner. They were urging voters to support “Question 6,” a measure farther down the…
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How a N.Y. ballot measure became a battleground in the culture wars
One measure on the ballot in New York state this November means two very different things to its supporters and its opponents. The measure, Proposition 1, seeks to expand the state’s Equal Rights Amendment by adding “sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy” as protected classes. The…
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Arizona abortion-rights advocates pour $15 million into ballot measure ad blitz
A coalition of reproductive rights organizations is unleashing a $15 million advertising campaign backing abortion rights as Arizona faces a key ballot measure on the issue this fall. The state constitutional amendment put forward by Arizona for Abortion Access, known as Proposition 139, would create a “fundamental right” to receive abortion care up until fetal…
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There are no gun-related ballot measures initiated by voters in 2024
No ballot will have a gun-related initiative led by voters this fall. While seven states had tried to get 11 citizen-led firearm referendums on the ballot this year, all of them failed, according to Victoria Rose, who tracks the measures for the elections database Ballotpedia. Seven of the proposals supported expanding gun rights, including one…