Notable state ballot measures this year

[Meeker]

Trying to make a comprehensive list - anyone know of any important ones besides these?

Maine - Same-day voter registration people's veto

Ohio - Collective bargaining referendum and healthcare bill referendum

Mississippi - Definition of life measure

[Marston]

Mississippi also has a Voter Identification initiative on the ballot. If I recall correctly, it requires people to show photo ID at the polls before being allowed to vote.

[Harry]

Mississippi also has a Voter Identification initiative on the ballot. If I recall correctly, it requires people to show photo ID at the polls before being allowed to vote.

Right. Solving a nonexistent problem by letting pollworkers choose who can and can't vote.

[Marston]

Mississippi also has a Voter Identification initiative on the ballot. If I recall correctly, it requires people to show photo ID at the polls before being allowed to vote.

Right. Solving a nonexistent problem by letting pollworkers choose who can and can't vote.

Yeah, I know. It's stupid. Just an excuse to try and prevent poors, blacks, and young people (Democrats, basically) from voting.

[FloridaRepublican]

Mississippi also has a Voter Identification initiative on the ballot. If I recall correctly, it requires people to show photo ID at the polls before being allowed to vote.

Right. Solving a nonexistent problem by letting pollworkers choose who can and can't vote.

Yeah, I know. It's stupid. Just an excuse to try and prevent poors, blacks, and young people (Democrats, basically) from voting.

...It's 2011 not 1911.

[greenforest32]

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/2011_ballot_measures

[Meeker]

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/2011_ballot_measures

Gracias

[ModerateCoward]

Mississippi also has a Voter Identification initiative on the ballot. If I recall correctly, it requires people to show photo ID at the polls before being allowed to vote.

Right. Solving a nonexistent problem by letting pollworkers choose who can and can't vote.

Yeah, I know. It's stupid. Just an excuse to try and prevent poors, blacks, and young people (Democrats, basically) from voting.

...It's 2011 not 1911.

That's why Republicans are trying to turn it into 1911.

[FloridaRepublican]

Mississippi also has a Voter Identification initiative on the ballot. If I recall correctly, it requires people to show photo ID at the polls before being allowed to vote.

Right. Solving a nonexistent problem by letting pollworkers choose who can and can't vote.

Yeah, I know. It's stupid. Just an excuse to try and prevent poors, blacks, and young people (Democrats, basically) from voting.

...It's 2011 not 1911.

That's why Republicans are trying to turn it into 1911.

If everyone had a valid I.D., then there shouldn't be any problem, right?

[ModerateCoward]

Mississippi also has a Voter Identification initiative on the ballot. If I recall correctly, it requires people to show photo ID at the polls before being allowed to vote.

Right. Solving a nonexistent problem by letting pollworkers choose who can and can't vote.

Yeah, I know. It's stupid. Just an excuse to try and prevent poors, blacks, and young people (Democrats, basically) from voting.

...It's 2011 not 1911.

That's why Republicans are trying to turn it into 1911.

If everyone had a valid I.D., then there shouldn't be any problem, right?

That's a big if.

[FloridaRepublican]

Mississippi also has a Voter Identification initiative on the ballot. If I recall correctly, it requires people to show photo ID at the polls before being allowed to vote.

Right. Solving a nonexistent problem by letting pollworkers choose who can and can't vote.

Yeah, I know. It's stupid. Just an excuse to try and prevent poors, blacks, and young people (Democrats, basically) from voting.

...It's 2011 not 1911.

That's why Republicans are trying to turn it into 1911.

If everyone had a valid I.D., then there shouldn't be any problem, right?

That's a big if.

So you DO support voter I.D. checks at voting booths? I'm getting mixed signals here.

[Harry]

I was a pollworker back in high school.  I didn't have to go through any official training -- I just got to the polls about 30 minutes early and one of the other pollworkers showed me the sign-in book and how to work the voting machines in case a voter had a question.

If Initiative 27 had been in place then, I would have had the power to let people vote or not.  Does that make any sense?

Not to mention that due to the 24th amendment, it's extremely unlikely that this will be held up in Court.  It's a symbolic vote for keeping non-Republicans locked out.  It would be one thing if those shifty Democrats were stealing elections in Mississippi, but the last statewide election to even be close was...12 years ago.  This "voter fraud" issue that Republicans keep throwing around is complete fantasy and latent racial politics.

[asexual trans victimologist]

Mississippi also has a Voter Identification initiative on the ballot. If I recall correctly, it requires people to show photo ID at the polls before being allowed to vote.

Right. Solving a nonexistent problem by letting pollworkers choose who can and can't vote.

Yeah, I know. It's stupid. Just an excuse to try and prevent poors, blacks, and young people (Democrats, basically) from voting.

...It's 2011 not 1911.

That's why Republicans are trying to turn it into 1911.

If everyone had a valid I.D., then there shouldn't be any problem, right?

That's a big if.

So you DO support voter I.D. checks at voting booths? I'm getting mixed signals here.

That says more about your reading comprehension than it does about the signals, in this case.

[ModerateCoward]

Mississippi also has a Voter Identification initiative on the ballot. If I recall correctly, it requires people to show photo ID at the polls before being allowed to vote.

Right. Solving a nonexistent problem by letting pollworkers choose who can and can't vote.

Yeah, I know. It's stupid. Just an excuse to try and prevent poors, blacks, and young people (Democrats, basically) from voting.

...It's 2011 not 1911.

That's why Republicans are trying to turn it into 1911.

If everyone had a valid I.D., then there shouldn't be any problem, right?

That's a big if.

So you DO support voter I.D. checks at voting booths? I'm getting mixed signals here.

I wasn't being serious, and you took me as if I were. Of course I don't.
edit: looks like somebody beat me to it and told you in a less polite way.

[FloridaRepublican]

Mississippi also has a Voter Identification initiative on the ballot. If I recall correctly, it requires people to show photo ID at the polls before being allowed to vote.

Right. Solving a nonexistent problem by letting pollworkers choose who can and can't vote.

Yeah, I know. It's stupid. Just an excuse to try and prevent poors, blacks, and young people (Democrats, basically) from voting.

...It's 2011 not 1911.

That's why Republicans are trying to turn it into 1911.

If everyone had a valid I.D., then there shouldn't be any problem, right?

That's a big if.

So you DO support voter I.D. checks at voting booths? I'm getting mixed signals here.

That says more about your reading comprehension than it does about the signals, in this case.

You're right. Sorry I can't tell when someone is being sarcastic over the Internet. Silly me. I'll work on that.

[asexual trans victimologist]

Mississippi also has a Voter Identification initiative on the ballot. If I recall correctly, it requires people to show photo ID at the polls before being allowed to vote.

Right. Solving a nonexistent problem by letting pollworkers choose who can and can't vote.

Yeah, I know. It's stupid. Just an excuse to try and prevent poors, blacks, and young people (Democrats, basically) from voting.

...It's 2011 not 1911.

That's why Republicans are trying to turn it into 1911.

If everyone had a valid I.D., then there shouldn't be any problem, right?

That's a big if.

So you DO support voter I.D. checks at voting booths? I'm getting mixed signals here.

That says more about your reading comprehension than it does about the signals, in this case.

You're right. Sorry I can't tell when someone is being sarcastic over the Internet. Silly me. I'll work on that.

I'm not even sure that was really sarcasm, though. It was just a somewhat oblique statement, one which I at least didn't find particularly ambiguous. Even so, sorry I was harsh.

[Tender Branson]

Same-day voter registration could be upheld by the Maine voters:

“Do you want to reject the section of Chapter 399 of the Public Laws of 2011 that requires new voters to register to vote at least two business days prior to an election?” If you were voting today, please tell me how you vote: Yes or No.

51% Yes
43% No

https://docs.google.com/a/bangordailynews.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0Bz1xw7lZwFn_YThiYjZjODktNmI3Ni00ZGI4LTk1NGYtY2Q5ODJhZjdhY2Qz&hl=en_US

[Tender Branson]

It's getting a bit closer in Maine, says PPP:

"Question 1 would reject a new state law requiring new voters to register to vote at least two business days prior to an election. If the election was today, would you vote for or against Question 1?"

Would vote for it.............................................. 48%
Would vote against it ...................................... 44%

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_ME_1102424.pdf

[realisticidealist]

PPP - Ohio Referenda:

Q1 Issue 2 is a referendum on Senate Bill 5, which
is a new law relative to government union
contracts and other government employment
contracts and policies. If the election was
today, would you vote yes to approve this law
or no to reject this law?
Yes.................................................................. 36%
No................................................................... 59%
Undecided....................................................... 5%

(with exact wording)
Q6 On Tuesday, Ohio will have a referendum on
whether to approve or reject Senate Bill 5,
which was passed earlier this year, and limits
collective bargaining rights for public
employees. If the election was today, would
you vote to approve or reject Senate Bill 5?
Approve SB5................................................... 33%
Reject ............................................................. 59%
Not sure .......................................................... 8%

Q2 Issue 3 is a proposed constitutional
amendment to preserve the freedom of
Ohioans to choose their health care and health
care coverage. If the election was today, would
you vote yes or no on Issue 3?
Yes.................................................................. 49%
No................................................................... 35%
Undecided....................................................... 17%

Q3 Issue 1 is a proposed constitutional
amendment that would increase the maximum
age at which a person may be elected or
appointed judge, eliminate the authority of the
General Assembly to establish courts of
conciliation, and eliminate the authority of the
Governor to appoint a Supreme Court
commission. If the election was today, would
you vote yes or no on Issue 1?
Yes.................................................................. 27%
No................................................................... 48%
Undecided....................................................... 25%

Looks like the collective bargaining amendment is going down in flames.

Also of note:

Q5 If you could do last fall’s election for Governor
over again, would you vote for Democrat Ted
Strickland or Republican John Kasich?
Ted Strickland ................................................. 55%
John Kasich .................................................... 37%
Not sure .......................................................... 8%

[Tender Branson]

The Mississippi photo-ID law will easily pass:

Initiative 27 would amend the Mississippi constitution to require a person to submit government-issued photo identification in order to vote. If the election was today, would you vote yes or no on Initiative 27?

Yes.................................................................. 64%
No................................................................... 29%
Undecided....................................................... 7%

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_MS_1106925.pdf

[rob in cal]

Anyone have any thoughts about New Jerseys non-binding vote on legalizing sports betting? A federal law (which might get struck down by the Supreme Court if it ever was looked at) forbids states that didn't already allow sports betting after 1993 from allowing it afterward.  I believe if this is approved then New Jersey would be ready for action if that federal ban is ever struck down. 

[Reaganfan]

Well I just got back from voting.

I will say, I do not vote for any local city council or judges unless I know their politics. I would rather leave that portion of the ballot blank than elect a judge or council member who is a bleeding heart.

That being said, I have been completely undecided on Issue 2. On the one hand, I am not quite as unfavorable towards the Police/Fire collective bargaining, but on the other hand, anything regarding unions and especially teachers unions gets me angry.

I was bombarded on YouTube, television, radio with negative ads about issue 2 so much and saw the issue exaggerated so much, that I ended up voting yes on Issue 2, despite the strong likelihood it would pass. I truly was undecided until the very end.

I also voted yes on the constitutional amendment to preserve the freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care, and yes to increase the maximum age at which a person may be elected or appointed judge.

I also voted against all three local tax levys.