Marijuana legalization. An increase in the minimum wage. Expansion of Medicaid.
Come Election Day, voters in a batch of Republican-dominated states will weigh
in on these and other liberal or centrist proposals that reached the ballot
after bypassing state legislatures.
Pushed forward via signature-gathering campaigns, these measures offer a
chance for voters to do things their GOP-run legislatures oppose. Many of the
measures are considered to have a good chance of passage.
In four of the states – Florida, Missouri, Montana and North Dakota – the
ballot measures might have some effect on closely contested U.S. Senate races.
Even a slight boost in turnout among liberal-leaning voters could help Bill
Nelson, Claire McCaskill, Jon Tester and Heidi Heitkamp, the endangered
Democratic incumbents in those states.
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