BALLOT INITIATIVES - Abortion Rights measures mostly pass; Ranked Choice Voting bombs

[nycfan]

On a night when MAGA swept into power in Washington, the same voters pass a raft of abortion rights ballot initiatives…

Not Florida though. And too early to confirm in Montana and South Dakota.

 

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[nycfan]

In a surprise, Florida failed to reach the 60% threshold for legal weed. The Dakotas are all in, though.

 

[nycfan]

Variations of primary reform and ranked choice voting failed in AZ, CO, ID, NV, OR and SD.

Alaska voted on repealing their ranked choice process, but TBD whether that passes.

Citizenship requirements to vote passed easily everywhere they were on the ballot.

 

[Awinisawin]

My take away is when it affects you, the vote gets done. When you don’t think it affects you then that’s someone else’s problem (the entire vote Republican thing ). I’m feeling fairly salty at the moment

 

[Awinisawin]

Variations of primary reform and ranked choice voting failed in AZ, CO, ID, NV, OR and SD.

Alaska voted on repealing their ranked choice process, but TBD whether that passes.

Citizenship requirements to vote passed easily everywhere they were on the ballot.

I believe the NC citizenship ballot had the concerning phrasing about meeting qualifications (a very nebulous term), which I voted against. Of course the red herring only citizens can vote was already in place.

A bunch of fear mongering

 

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[gregh1]

So voters are clearly pro-choice, but more moved by primary issue of economy then maybe secondary myths surrounding "correction" of immigration and crime.

 

[aGDevil2k]

So voters are clearly pro-choice, but more moved by primary issue of economy then maybe secondary myths surrounding "correction" of immigration and crime.

Because if you protect abortion in your own state you can vote trump and not care, because who cares about the rest of the states

 

[gregh1]

Because if you protect abortion in your own state you can vote trump and not care, because who cares about the rest of the states

And also unaware that natty bans on care/drugs might still happen.

It's interesting that Dobbs 2000 decision seemed to help the dems in 2022, but that's about it.

 

[mpaer]

So we need a bunch of contsitutional Amendmends somehow kicking homeless people in the face Can't sleep under Bridges-whatever
Would pass in NC

 

[NCK9]

I believe the NC citizenship ballot had the concerning phrasing about meeting qualifications (a very nebulous term), which I voted against. Of course the red herring only citizens can vote was already in place.

A bunch of fear mongering

I voted against as well. Seems like a setup for a repeat of gay marriage amendment or bathroom bill debacles.

 

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[nycfan]

“…
But despite Trump’s big win in the presidential race, vouchers were again soundly rejected by significant majorities of Americans. In Kentucky, a ballot initiative that would have allowed public money to go toward private schooling was defeated roughly 65% to 35% — the same margin as in Arizona in 2018 and the inverse of the margin by which Trump won Kentucky. In Nebraska, nearly all 93 counties voted to repeal an existing voucher program; even its reddest county, where 95% of voters supported Trump, said no to vouchers. And in Colorado, voters defeated an effort to add a “right to school choice” to the state constitution, language that might have allowed parents to send their kids to private schools on the public dime.

Expansions of school vouchers, despite backing from wealthy conservatives, have never won when put to voters. Instead, they lose by margins not often seen in such a polarized country. …”

 

[HeelingAg]

“…
But despite Trump’s big win in the presidential race, vouchers were again soundly rejected by significant majorities of Americans. In Kentucky, a ballot initiative that would have allowed public money to go toward private schooling was defeated roughly 65% to 35% — the same margin as in Arizona in 2018 and the inverse of the margin by which Trump won Kentucky. In Nebraska, nearly all 93 counties voted to repeal an existing voucher program; even its reddest county, where 95% of voters supported Trump, said no to vouchers. And in Colorado, voters defeated an effort to add a “right to school choice” to the state constitution, language that might have allowed parents to send their kids to private schools on the public dime.

Expansions of school vouchers, despite backing from wealthy conservatives, have never won when put to voters. Instead, they lose by margins not often seen in such a polarized country. …”

FAFO.

 

[nycfan]

“… Georgia approved a constitutional amendment that caps assessments for all current homeowners, while Florida passed an initiative that pegs the value of one type of property tax exemption to annual inflation.

In Wyoming, voters passed a constitutional amendment that allows residences to be assessed separately from other types of real estate. This could lead lawmakers to pass lower tax rates for homeowners in the future.

Two of 10 state proposals to curb property tax failed on Tuesday, including one in North Dakota that was the most far-reaching and would have eliminated all property taxes. It lost with less than 37% of the vote after facing stiff opposition from a variety of interest groups as well as from Doug Burgum, the state’s Republican governor.

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New limitations on property tax threaten to create revenue issues for some municipalities. Local governments levied $363.3 billion in property taxes on single-family homes in 2023, according to an analysis of 89.4 million homes by property data firm Attom. That was a 6.9% increase from 2022 and the largest increase in the last five years, Attom said.

The rise in anti-property tax sentiment is reminiscent of the 1970s and early ’80s, when homeowners protested rising inflation at the ballot box in states including California and Massachusetts. Last year, Texas passed an $18 billion property tax cut, the largest such cut in the state’s history, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said at the time.

In 2024, the most impactful measure was in Georgia, which caps tax assessment changes for current homeowners at an annual inflation rate, rather than at its real market value. Home prices have increased more than 60% in Georgia over the last five years, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. …”

 

[mpaer]

I had no idea property tax limits was on any ballots
I have always felt the biggest source of "rage" regarding taxes and regulation was in fact a Local issue-not federal I guess State's are now not giving a damn if they starve locals-especially Urban locals

 

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