If you live in NYC there are three important measures on the back of your ballot involving how we fund community projects. You can read more about them here.
If you live in Massachusetts, human rights protections for trans people are on your ballot, so please remember to vote yes on three.
A “yes” on Florida’s Amendment 4 will restore voting rights for people who have been incarcerated. In a country of mass incarceration where black men are five times more likely to be incarcerated than white men due to discriminatory policing and racial profiling, this vote will restore voting rights to a highly disenfranchised population.
Washington State has a ballot measure that would make it easier to prosecute killer cops (Initiative 940).
Ohio has criminal justice reform on their ballot – one of your ballot measures will:
make it a misdemeanor instead of a felony to use or possess illegal drugs such as fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine or LSD. And it would prohibit jail time as a sentence until an individual’s third offense within 24 months. For “noncriminal” probation violations, it calls for “a graduated series of responses, such as community service, drug treatment, or jail time.”
Several states have redistricting on their ballots. If you live in Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, and Utah you get to vote on gerrymandering.
Nine states have ballot questions about voting rights and access.
Maryland and Michigan voters will decide whether to allow voter registration on election day.
Michigan and Nevada will also decide whether to allow automatic voter registration when interacting with certain government agencies.
Voters in Arkansas and North Carolina will choose whether to require voters to present a photo ID to vote in person.
North Dakota’s Measure 2 would amend the state constitution to say that “only a citizen” of the United States can vote, instead of what it currently says: “every citizen.“
Montana’s Ballot Collection Measure would ban people from collecting the election ballots of other people, with exceptions for certain individuals.
A “yes” vote for Louisiana Amendment 1 prevents formerly incarcerated folks from seeking office or holding a public office until five years after the completion of their sentences.
Measures related to campaign finance, political spending and ethics are on the ballots in Colorado, Massachusetts, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Again, Florida’s Amendment 4 if passed will restore voting rights to disenfranchised people who have been racially targeted.
Three measures in three states concern abortion access and funding.
In Alabama and West Virginia, voters will choose whether to amend their state constitutions to say that they do not protect the right to an abortion or require funding of abortions.
A "yes” vote for Alabama’s Amendment 2 would also change the state constitution to say that it supports the rights of unborn children, giving them constitutional protections.
Oregon’s Measure 106 would prohibit publicly-funded health care programs from covering abortion. Like West Virginia’s Amendment 1, the Oregon measure would prevent state taxpayer money from being used to pay for abortions for those on Medicaid.
Oregon’s measure provides exceptions for when the mother suffers from a physical disorder, injury or illness that could endanger her life unless an abortion is performed, and for ectopic pregnancies.
Please, if you live in those states and care about reproductive justice, do not forget to flip your ballot and vote.
Minimum wage increases are on the ballot in Arkansas, and Missouri.
The ACA is on the ballot in Idaho, Utah and Nebraska Montana.
Idaho, Utah and Nebraska will choose whether to require their state governments to accept the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. In Montana, voters will have the opportunity to force the state to continue accepting the expansion.
Speaking of healthcare and voting,
In Nevada, Question 2 would amend the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955 to remove taxes on feminine hygiene products, also known as the pink tax.
Even separation of Church and State is on the ballot.
A “yes” vote for Alabama’s Amendment 1 would add language to the state constitution authorizing the display of the Ten Commandments on state and public property, including schools, and prohibit spending public funds to defend the constitutionality of the amendment.
There are important ballot measures all across the country, this is just a drop in the bucket of all the things you will find on the back of your ballot.
Please go to https://ballotpedia.org/ to read up on all of your local ballot measures so you can make an informed vote.
Remember: when you are voting today, do not forget to flip you ballot!
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