The issue is the subject of other votes in the United States on Tuesday, like Initiative 645 in the state of Washington. It proposes repealing a recent tax of nearly 10% on incomes above one million dollars a year. Voters in Nebraska and the state of Washington will be asked about the issue.
Four states are holding important referendums. Electoral redistricting animated the campaign that preceded these elections.
Abortion had been one of the major themes of the 2022 midterms, held in the wake of a historic U.S. Supreme Court decision. The justices revoked the constitutional right to abortion, leaving each state free to ban or allow it.
Residents of Idaho are thus voting on Proposition 1, which aims to restore the right to abortion up to fetal viability, generally between 22 and 24 weeks of pregnancy. In some states, activists are thus seeking to protect the right to abortion. The midterm elections in the United States on Tuesday, November 3, are not only used to renew members of Congress. Voters are also called on to express themselves at the local level on various issues.
In California, a major campaign is being waged in favor of a tax on billionaires. Californians will vote on a measure that could inspire others across the United States: the prospect of a unique tax on the wealth of billionaires.
Proposition 40 intends to levy 5% of the wealth of state residents possessing more than one billion dollars, then redirect this wealth as a priority toward health policies and access to care.
Amendment 86, in Colorado, aims on the contrary to better regulate any redistricting.
In total, 13 Republican-majority states now apply a total ban on abortion, and 12 severely restrict access, according to the count by the Center for Reproductive Rights. Unsurprisingly, it in turn leads to a series of local referendums on the issue. This year, voters in five states will vote on these issues, according to PBS's count.