Ballot Measures

▪ PASSED

California
A proposed constitutional amendment that would limit marriage to heterosexual couples in California appears to be passing but not all the votes are counted and it will be close. Right now, its about 52-48% in favor of it.

Florida
The Florida Marriage Amendment would "protect marriage as the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife." It needed 60% to pass and barely got 62%.

Arkansas
Arkansas passed a measure 57-43% that prohibits unmarried couples from adopting or being foster parents.

Washington State
Washington voters have decided join Oregon as the only states offering terminally ill people the option of physician-assisted suicide. The margin was 59-41%.

Arizona
A measure passed 56-43% that adds 20-words to the state Constitution, defining marriage as between one man and one woman. A similar measure was rejected in 2006.

▪ REJECTED

South Dakota
A ban on abortion on the ballot in South Dakota had an exception if a woman was raped or her health is in danger. It failed 55-45%, as did a similar measure failed two years ago.

Colorado
An amendment that would have defined life as beginning at the moment of conception was soundly defeated 73-27%.

California
A California proposal that would require parental notification before a minor could have an abortion did not pass. The vote was 53-47% against (with 91% of the state reporting). A similar measure was rejected two years ago.