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The most intriguing ballot measures (that aren't about abortion) voters will decide in November

Sep 11, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    16% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    90% ReliableExcellent

  • Policy Leaning

    30% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -3% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : And in Massachusetts, psychedelics are on the ballot: The state's Question 4 would allow the personal use of certain amounts of psychedelic substances and create a commission to tax and regulate them.Nearly a decade after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, three states are voting on whether to remove dormant language from their state constitutions that limit marriage to a man and a woman.
43% : "Ballot reversal: California's Prop 3 will remove a sentence banning same-sex marriage added to the state constitution by the 2008 amendment that came before voters as as Prop 8.
36% : North Dakota legalized medical marijuana via ballot measure in 2016 but rejected efforts to legalize recreational marijuana in both 2018 and 2022.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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