Abortion, voting rights, other key issues on the ballot in states this election

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Even though it is already illegal for non-documented immigrants to register to vote and cast a ballot in federal and state elections, some leaders in states have been pushing laws and measures to prohibit those groups from casting ballots in local elections.
50% : The law became invalid after the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that same-sex marriages were constitutional.
49% : Florida and South Dakota both have ballot measures that would legalize recreational marijuana for adults over the age of 21.
48% : For example, non-U.S. citizens who have children attending public schools can vote in school board elections in San Francisco, following a 2016 ballot measure.
46% : Colorado and Hawaii voters will vote on a ballot measure that would change their state constitutions to change language and allow same-sex couples the right to marry.
45% : Voters approved a measure in 2020 to legalize recreational cannabis, but it was struck down by a lawsuit a year later.
33% : California voters will decide whether to repeal Prop 8, the 2008 voter measure that banned same-sex marriages.
14% : Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the incumbent who did not have the support of Republicans following her vote to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, went on to win the election following the first elimination round.

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