This thread is for discussion on state races and ballot measures. Is your state legalizing or banning abortion? Weed? Ranked choice balloting?
This is the place to discuss it!
I live in Oregon and there are a couple to watch here:
117 enables ranked choice balloting:
118 taxes companies who make more than $25 million in the state and kicks it back to residents, $1,600 per resident.
I’m strongly in favor of 117. I like 118 in theory, but after reading it, I voted against it, because I think the end result would be to damage small Oregon businesses, while large conglomerates would be fine. I don’t want Walmarts to be the only businesses that can afford to operate here.
Well, I don’t think anyone making more than $25 million a year is a “small business”, that’s $68,493.15 a day…
It’s still an awful idea, but the idea that it would hurt small business is a smoke screen. :)
I buy all my supplies from companies making more than 25m, who buy from other companies making more than 25m, and so on. My COGS will go up a minimum of 3%, more than likely closer to 10% when you compound the entire supply chain. I don’t care that I won’t pay into the general tax fund, but I sure as hell care that I’ll have to convince my retail customers to pay 10% more on my products after already struggling with inflation cost increases the last few years.
the idea that it would hurt small business is a smoke screen.
Yeah, the ultra wealthy are always claiming that if they have to pay their fair share then all of society will suffer. 🙄 118 honestly sounds fine to me, but the array of groups I trust that were against it gave me pause. I voted no, hoping to avoid another case of doing the right thing the wrong way.
Here in ky, to nobody’s surprise, we have some Republican bullshittery.
Prop 1 adds wording to the state constitution that makes it illegal for all non-US citizens to vote… Which is already the State law. Vote NO.
Prop 2 is a doozie - enables the state to funnel public funds to charter schools under the guise of “educational freedom” or some bullshit like that. HARD NO on that one!
Yeah, 1 is already illegal and 2 sounds like they want to take public dollars away from public schools and feed it to religious ones. 🙄
Kentucky’s state constitution has uniquely strong protections for public school funding, and amendment 2 nullifies all of them in one go.
Here’s the wording:
To give parents choices in educational opportunities for their children, are you in favor of enabling the General Assembly to provide financial support for the education costs of students in kindergarten through 12th grade who are outside the system of common (public) schools by amending the Constitution of Kentucky as stated below?
IT IS PROPOSED THAT A NEW SECTION BE ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION OF KENTUCKY TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools. The General Assembly may exercise this authority by law, Sections 59, 60, 171, 183, 184, 186, and 189 of this Constitution notwithstanding.
I genuinely think most KY voters don’t know what notwithstanding means, if they even bother to read that far.
100% it’s gonna go to religious schools. I’m not even sure that any non-religious private schools even exist in this backwards-ass state
We have the same thing as your prop 1 on the ballot in South Carolina. It’s already illegal at the state and federal level. It’s just on there to help get low information conservatives to the polls, since they are convinced the Democrats want to change the law to let “the illegals” vote.
Hello fellow Kentuckian!
I saw a story this week that pointed out in Arkansas, 80% of students who got vouchers didn’t enroll in private schools. In other words, if your parents couldn’t afford private schools before, they most likely still couldn’t even with vouchers.
That’s what’s on the ballot for KY. NO ON 2!
My wife and I tried, looks like we lost the presidential for KY, not super surprised, but disappointed.
Glad we won prop 2 though. We don’t have kids, and they’re not in our future, but they already keep taking too many funds from public schools.
Anyone have the result for prop 1?
It appears that it passed
https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article294703464.html
You want to vote Yes on 1 because it doesn’t change anything and then they can’t whine about Demoncrats trying to let illegals keep voting.
Please get Ted Cruz out of office Texans. He’s at risk of getting murdered on the senate floor according to Lindsay Graham and others. Save Ted Cruz
Ohio has Issue 1 regarding gerrymandering…
…which the Ohio Supreme Court already told them to unfuck and the GOP was like, “nah, fam”…
…and which LaRose obfuscated (just like he did with the abortion amendment) via confusing language and outright lies (under the guide of free speech, apparently) to trick people into voting No
So, a No vote keeps the same crap we have now where a majority of the state has no voice. A Yes vote gives everyone a more equal say
A friend of mine from high school ran unopposed for state rep. Feels pretty good having someone I know well, and whose kids go to the same school as mine, so terrify the Republicans that they didn’t bother running anyone.
