While Tuesday’s elections drew national attention mostly for the candidates who won or lost, voters in more than a dozen states also decided a long list of ballot measures covering voter identification rules, school sports eligibility, abortion law, and taxes. Here is a state-by-state look at the results.
Voter ID and citizenship requirements
In Ohio, voters approved Issue 3, which adds photo ID requirements to the state constitution and raises the bar for lawmakers to change those rules in the future.
North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment, with nearly 60 percent in favor, extending photo ID requirements to absentee and mail-in ballots.
In Nevada, voters approved Question 7, which requires photo ID for in-person voting and additional identity verification for mail ballots.
Arkansas, Kansas, South Dakota and West Virginia each approved constitutional amendments specifying that only U.S. citizens may vote in state and local elections.
School sports and transgender eligibility rules
Nebraska voters approved Initiative 442, which adds protections for female athletes to the state constitution and bars biological males from competing on girls’ and women’s teams.
In Arizona, Proposition 318 passed with roughly 57 percent support, strengthening existing restrictions on biological males participating in girls’ sports and using girls’ locker rooms and bathrooms.
In Colorado, Proposition 134, which would require high school and college athletes to compete on teams matching their biological sex, was leading with about 52 percent support as of Wednesday morning.
In Washington, Initiative 638, which would prohibit biological males from competing on K-12 girls’ sports teams, was leading with nearly 57 percent of the vote as ballots continued to be counted.
Abortion
Idaho voters rejected Proposition 1, which would have expanded abortion rights in the state. The result leaves Idaho’s existing abortion restrictions in place.
Taxes
Florida voters approved Amendment 3 with approximately 62 percent support, expanding property tax exemptions for homeowners. The measure cleared the state’s required 60-percent threshold for constitutional amendments.
North Carolina voters approved two additional constitutional amendments: one lowering the maximum allowable state income tax rate from 7 percent to 3.5 percent, and another requiring lawmakers to set limits on local property tax increases.
Other measures
Colorado voters also approved Proposition 133, imposing life imprisonment without parole for child sex traffickers, while a separate measure increasing penalties for fentanyl-related crimes appeared headed for passage as well.
Full nationwide results for these and other ballot measures are tracked by Ballotpedia.
