Key Ballot Measures

A ballot measure imposing strict limits on abortions failed for a second time in South Dakota.

Assisted suicide is now legal in Washington. It is the second state after Oregon to approve such a law.

Arkansas voted to ban adoption by unmarried couples, a law that was mostly intended to ban adoption by gay couples. Previous laws limiting gay adoption were struck down so the new proposition widened the net to include unmarried couples.

For results on a number of ballot measures including ones in California that are too close to call, use this link.