ballot measures

This month is make-or-break for ballot measures

U.S.
Amanda Smith

SACRAMENTO, California — The official deadline to qualify measures for California’s ballot does not arrive until the end of June, but the ...

Missouri and South Dakota Move Toward Abortion Rights Ballot Questions

Politics
Amanda Smith

Two more states with near-total abortion bans are poised to have citizen-sponsored measures on the ballot this year that would allow voters ...

Why Yes-or-No Questions on Abortion Rights Could Be a Key to 2024

Politics
Amanda Smith

As Democrats confront a presidential race against a resurgent and resilient Donald Trump as well as a brutally challenging Senate map, they ...

What to expect in Wisconsin’s presidential primaries and ballot questions

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will compete Tuesday in the Wisconsin presidential primaries, a contest that’s ...

Wisconsin voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections

Politics
Amanda Smith

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters are set to decide next month whether to make it unconstitutional to accept private grant money ...

Voters in California city back rightward turn of city council

Politics
Amanda Smith

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Voters in California’s Huntington Beach have approved two conservative ballot measures including one allowing the city to ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is backing abortion rights ballot measures across nation, but little on the horizon in Illinois

Politics
Amanda Smith

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expending political and financial capital around the country — from Ohio to Nevada — on ballot measures ...

Fundraising off to slow start in fight over Missouri abortion amendment

Politics
Amanda Smith

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — What’s expected to be an expensive and bitter fight over multiple Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures so far has ...

DeSantis Faces Critical Decision on Cruise Ships in Key West

Politics
Amanda Smith

KEY WEST, Fla. — Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, when cruise ships filled with sickened passengers were blocked from ...