#5 ballot measures to watch in 2024

#5 ballot measures to watch in 2024

Voters across the country will weigh in on several key issues, including abortion, state primaries and school board elections, through a slew of ballot measures next year.  Abortion rights supporters are looking to enshrine abortion protections into state constitutions in Arizona, Florida and Missouri, among others. Voters in Idaho, Colorado and Montana could decide on ballot measures that would…

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#Missouri Supreme Court orders attorney general to let abortion ballot initiative go forward

#Missouri Supreme Court orders attorney general to let abortion ballot initiative go forward

Missouri’s ballot initiative to legalize abortion will be allowed to move forward after the state Supreme Court ruled the state’s attorney general was improperly stonewalling the effort. The court ruled unanimously Thursday that Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) was using “misleading” and “incorrect” arguments to justify delaying his approval of the cost estimates ballot measure…

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#Abortion battles fuel push against ballot measures

#Abortion battles fuel push against ballot measures

After a string of defeats at the ballot in red and purple states in the 2022 election, a growing number of GOP-controlled state legislatures and anti-abortion groups are pushing back. They are working to restrict or even ban citizen-led ballot initiatives, which have been used by progressive groups to bypass conservative lawmakers. Some of the…

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