abortion
It’s much easier to frame an election around two candidates exchanging verbal punches than it is around an issue such as increasing the minimum wage or legalizing marijuana, but much of what is up for vote during this 2014 midterm election season has as much to do with issues, as politicians.
Citizens around the United States will decide whether their states should increase early voting days, loosen or tighten gun control restrictions, and more.
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The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for an amendment to the state constitution granting “personhood” to fetuses to go to voters in November though the court did not render a position on the measure’s constitutionality, should it pass. “Our law provides that this court cannot interfere with the legislative act of the people, just as this court cannot interfere with the attempt of the Legislature to pass a law,” Associate Justice Randy G. Pierce said in the 7-2 majority opinion.
Gov. Sarah Palin says she’ll sign a petition aimed at letting Alaska voters decide whether girls under 18 should be required to notify their parents before getting abortions. Proponents will need just over 32,000 signatures to qualify the initiative for the 2010 ballot.
A Cole County judge has upheld ballot wording for an upcoming abortion initiative. The wording had been challenged by both sides in the debate.