Marijuana legalization, abortion access: Key midterm ballot measures - USA TODAY

• Voters crossed the state formed votes for national, authorities and section candidates successful the 2022 midterms Tuesday, but they besides voted connected a slate of ballot measures.
• Michigan, California and Vermont enshrined termination rights successful their authorities constitutions connected Tuesday. Meanwhile, an anti-abortion measurement successful Kentucky was excessively adjacent to call.
• Maryland and Missouri voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana for radical 21 and over. But voters successful Arkansas and North Dakota rejected legalization proposals.

Millions of voters crossed the state formed their ballots for the 2022 midterm elections connected Tuesday. 

In summation to picking cardinal authorities and section officials, their votes should determine whether Democrats volition beryllium capable support power of the U.S. House and Senate, oregon if Republicans volition flip 1 oregon some houses of Congress.

As the prima crept implicit the East Coast connected Wednesday, it remained a flip up. Democrats won cardinal Senate and politician seats, like John Fetterman flipping the Senate seat successful Pennsylvania against Republican Mehmet Oz. The "red wave" of Republican spot was not rolling successful as of Wednesday morning, contempt wins similar Republican incumbent Brian Kemp defeating Democrat Stacey Abrams for Georgia Governor. Many highly-watched races person inactive yet to beryllium called.

Amid millions of votes for lawmakers, voters besides weighed successful connected ballot initiatives from seashore to seashore – connected issues ranging from legalizing marijuana to accessing termination and outlawing slavery.

Some Americans voted connected raising the minimum wage, expanding Medicaid and connected policies designed to code clime change.  

Here’s what you request to cognize astir cardinal ballot measures from Election Day 2022.

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Abortion entree votes in California, Kentucky, Michigan, Vermont

After the Supreme Court overturned its landmark Roe v. Wade determination earlier this year, termination entree became a cardinal contented successful states crossed the country. For the midterms, advocates hoped that states nationwide would support reproductive rights.

Voters successful Michigan, California and Vermont enshrined termination rights successful their authorities constitutions connected Tuesday, per Associated Press counts. In Kentucky, an anti-abortion measurement connected the ballots for the midterms was excessively aboriginal to call.

And successful Montana, a referendum could mean criminal charges for wellness attraction workers if they don't take “all medically due and tenable actions to sphere the life” of an babe who is calved living, including aft an attempted abortion.

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Voting measures successful Arizona, Connecticut, Michigan, Nebraska

Voting rights were connected ballots successful respective states for the midterms – including measures on elector identification, aboriginal voting, and rules connected passing ballot initiatives.

In Connecticut, a law amendment to let in-person aboriginal voting passed successful Tuesday's elections.

Meanwhile, Ohio voters passed an amendment that would prohibit radical who are not U.S. citizens from voting successful section elections. And successful Nebraska, voters passed a measurement that requires a valid photograph ID to ballot successful immoderate election.

In Arizona, voters were asked whether they should beryllium required to supply a day of birth and elector recognition fig for aboriginal ballot affidavits, alternatively of only a signature. Arizonians besides voted connected proposals astir ballot initiatives, including whether the state’s legislature tin amend oregon repeal measures that voters person passed if the measures are deemed unconstitutional.  

In Michigan, voters were asked whether to make a nine-day model for aboriginal voting, among different changes, specified arsenic requiring a photograph ID oregon signed affidavit to vote. And ballots successful Nevada asked voters astir establishing ranked-choice voting for legislature and immoderate authorities elections.

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Prohibiting slavery – peculiarly among prisoners

Five states were deciding whether to abolish slavery connected Election Day. Voters successful 3 states – Alabama, Tennessee and Vermont – passed measures to change their authorities constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude arsenic punishment for crime, according to Associated Press counts.

In Oregon, the ballot remained excessively adjacent to telephone arsenic of Wednesday greeting – but votes successful enactment of adopting the state's anti-slavery inaugural were leading. Meanwhile, voters successful Louisiana rejected an amendment to region connection from the state's constitution allowing for involuntary servitude successful the transgression justness system.

Yes, more than 150 years ago, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ended slavery connected a nationalist level erstwhile it was ratified successful 1865. But loopholes do still let it arsenic a punishment for radical convicted of a crime.

If enacted, these referendums could beryllium much than conscionable a symbolic gesture. Criminal justness betterment advocates person said they could mean higher wages for situation work, among different changes.

Maryland and Missouri legalize recreational weed; different states ballot connected cause policies  

Marijuana appeared connected ballots successful aggregate states this year. In Arkansas, Missouri, Maryland, North Dakota and South Dakota, voters were faced with an option to legalize marijuana for radical 21 and older.  

Maryland and Missouri voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana for radical 21 and implicit though law amendments connected Tuesday. Both states' measures volition besides bring changes to transgression instrumentality and expunge many past marijuana possession convictions. In Missouri, for example, nonviolent offenses volition beryllium expunged – with the objection of selling to minors oregon driving nether the influence.

South Dakota's marijuana legalization inaugural was inactive excessively adjacent to telephone aboriginal Wednesday, per Associated Press counts. Meanwhile, Arkansas and North Dakota voters rejected legalization proposals connected Tuesday.

Colorado voters weighed successful connected whether the authorities should specify definite fungi and psychedelic plants arsenic earthy medicine. The amendment would besides let idiosyncratic use, possession, proscription and maturation of the substances for radical who are 21 oregon older. As of aboriginal Wednesday, the ballot was excessively aboriginal to call.

DC raises minimum wage for tipped workers; Nevada, Nebraska ballot connected wage increases

Nevada voters were presented with an accidental connected Tuesday to increase the minimum wage successful the authorities to $12 per hour. The state’s existent minimum wage is betwixt $9.50 to $10.50, depending whether a idiosyncratic has wellness insurance.  

Nebraska voters approved ballot measure that volition importantly summation the state's minimum wage from the existent $9 an hr to $15 an hour by 2026.

In Washington, D.C., voters chose to raise the minimum wage for tipped employees to lucifer the wage of non-tipped employees.

Contributing: The Associated Press.