Tuesday’s elections around the country will feature an unusually large number of ballot measures of particular interest to Religion Clause readers. According to Ballotpedia, there will be eleven proposals on abortion rights:
- Arizona Proposition 139
- Colorado Amendment 79
- Florida Amendment 4
- Maryland Question 1
- Missouri Amendment 3
- Montana CI-128
- Nebraska Initiative 434 and Initiative 439 (competing proposals)
- Nevada Question 6
- New York Proposal 1 (also includes sexual orientation, gender identity and other issues)
- South Dakota Constitutional Amendment G
Voters in three states will cast ballots on repeal of now unenforceable bans on same-sex marriage: California, Colorado, Hawaii. The California proposal would also affirmatively guarantee the right to marry.
Colorado proposal would guarantee the right to school choice and parental control of their children’s education. A Kentucky proposal would allow state funding for students in non-public schools. A Nebraska referendum asks voters whether to repeal a state law providing for an educational scholarship program for students in non-public schools.
American United’s magazine Church & State discusses Tuesday ballot measures relating to church-state separation that will be presented to voters in eleven states.