Voters in GOP-controlled states are passing progressive policies at the ballot—only to watch Republican legislators repeal them. Will it change how voters choose candidates?
From abortion rights to minimum wage hikes to legal marijuana, voters’ support for ballot issues didn’t correlate with their support for candidates.
Alaska has voted Republican in every presidential election but one since it became a state. But now voters are about to pass one of the most progressive and pro-worker ballot measures in the country.
Massachusetts will vote on Question 5 to eliminate a subminimum wage for tipped workers. This brief describes the workers who will be directly affected by eliminating the subminimum wage & considers impact on job quality, employment, costs & prices.
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Ballot initiatives offer a tool “to not only block authoritarian rule and ideology, but to build a world where all of us thrive and live with dignity — the world we deserve.”
A Florida Supreme Court decision is expected to trigger a six-week ban passed by the Republican-led state legislature. But an effort is now underway to enshrine the right to abortion in Florida's constitution up to the point of fetal viability.
Post-midterms turning points as culture clashes get physical
A review of key ballot measures from the 2022 midterm elections
Millions of people voted in elections that will shape U.S. sexual and reproductive health and rights policy in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s devastating decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate the constitutional right to abortion.
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