It's ballot measures season, as two septuagenarians are taking everyone's breath away (no disrespect to that virus named after a Mexican beer), the real focus should be on the states in the union putting some spicy proposals to the electorate.
Side note: if you're not an American and are losing your marbles over the upcoming vote, then I suggest you find the closest bunker and hide until such time the winner is announced. Once the dust settles you can continue living your life outside the country you desperately crave.
There are just too many ballot measures to list, so I will give you a list of the most intriguing ones. I know I'm feeding the addiction of non-Americans, but that's the risk I'm willing to take. I can just see folk in Iceland having a collective aneurysm over the fate of states they have no connections to, God Bless the US of A!
Arizona
Proposition 207: Legalizes the recreational possession and use of marijuana.
California
Proposition 16: Repeals Proposition 209 (1996), which says that the state cannot discriminate or grant preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, education, or contracting.
Proposition 22: Considers app-based drivers to be independent contractors and enacts several labor policies related to app-based companies.
Colorado
Proposition 118: Establishes a program for paid medical and family leave.
Florida
Amendment 2: Increases the state minimum wage to $15 by 2026.
Louisiana
Amendment 1: States that there is no right to abortion or abortion funding in the state constitution.
Michigan
Proposal 2: Requires search warrant to access a person's electronic data.
Mississippi
Ballot Measure 1A: Legalizes medical marijuana for qualified persons with debilitating medical conditions.
Montana
I-190: Legalizes marijuana for individuals over the age of 21 and taxes the sale of non-medical marijuana at a rate of 20 percent.
Nebraska
Amendment 1: Repeals language allowing slavery or involuntary servitude as criminal punishments.
Nevada
Question 2: Recognizes the marriage of couples regardless of gender.
Oregon
Measure 109: Psilocybin Mushroom Services Program Initiative.
Measure 110: Decriminalizes possession of certain drugs and establishes a drug addiction treatment and recovery program funded by the state's marijuana tax revenue.
South Dakota
Initiated Measure 26: Legalizes sports betting in Deadwood and requires that net local revenue from such activity be dedicated to the Historic Restoration and Preservation of Deadwood.
Utah
Constitutional Amendment C: Repeals a constitutional exception on the ban of slavery that allowed for slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime.
The world will stop in its tracks over USA Votes 2020, but it is only the American people that will decide their next leader and its states will decide on issues facing their day-today lives. If you don't have a vested interest, please don't take the result to heart, instead put your wasted energy on worrying about the US into making the part of the world you live in better, this is the best way to honour the world's greatest democracy. Uncle Sam authorises this message.
