Electorates across several states are weighing proposals focused on election administration and map drawing. Voters in Alaska, Arizona, California, and Nevada are confronting specific measures that alter how elections are run, including rules surrounding voter identification. Meanwhile, separate decisions on redistricting procedures are taking place across other regions. Colorado, Maryland, and Missouri are the specific states tasked with determining these redistricting outcomes.
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State ballot initiatives are reshaping both voting access rules and the structure of elec…: State ballot initiatives are reshaping both voting access rules and the structure of electoral districts.
Multiple Western electorates are determining whether to adopt new measures related to vot…: Multiple Western electorates are determining whether to adopt new measures related to voter identification.
District boundaries in Colorado, Maryland, and Missouri depend entirely on the outcomes o…: District boundaries in Colorado, Maryland, and Missouri depend entirely on the outcomes of their current ballot proposals.
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A number of states — including Alaska, Arizona, California and Nevada — are voting on changes to how their elections are run, including voter identification measures. Other states — Colorado, Maryland and Missouri — will decide on redistricting proposals.
You can find more about these measures here. Results for most of these ballot measures are below. Find Colorado results here.
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