Record 200 Ballot Initiatives Include Abortion, Gay Marriage, Affirmative Action, and Minimum Wage

by Democracy Now (reposted)

Wed, Nov 8, 2006 7:44AM

In addition to the closely watched House and Senate races, 200 ballot initiatives were decided across the country on Tuesday. Among them, in South Dakota voters rejected a ballot measure that would have banned nearly all abortions in the state. Voters in Missouri approved a measure backing stem cell research. We discuss some of the state-wide ballot initiatives with the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center.

In addition to the closely watched House and Senate races, 200 ballot initiatives were decided across the country on Tuesday. In South Dakota voters rejected a ballot measure that would have banned nearly all abortions in the state. Voters in Missouri approved a measure backing stem cell research. Seven states passed bans on same sex marriage. In Arizona, voters rejected a ban on gay marriage but approved making English the state’s official language. Five states approved minimum wage increases. Michigan also passed a measure banning some types of affirmative action. We’ll have more on the ballot initiatives later in the show. To discuss these ballot initiatives, Kristina Wilfore joins us in Washington. She is the Executive Director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center.

* Kristina Wilfore, Executive Director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center.

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