States sued Congress for lowering the voting age. The case went to the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of states. That led to the 26th Amendment.

Legislators who intervene to block that would surely prompt litigation, according to Elisabeth Smith, director of state policy and advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights. “The language in all ...

According to the most current numbers available, by a vote of 232,017 to 180,714, the statewide electorate repealed the Legislature’s authority to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples. That’s 56.2 ...

So did Florida, until a 2006 constitutional amendment passed, changing the threshold for voter approval to 60%. Ironically, ...

The amendment, titled Protection Against Medically Assisted Suicide, would bar persons, physicians, and health care providers ...

The losses are the first on statewide reproductive rights ballot measures anywhere in the U.S. since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, a ruling that struck down the nearly 50-year ...

With victories for abortion rights advocates in states like Arizona and setbacks in Florida, the outcomes reflect a polarized ...

Some voters had a say in the future of their abortion access—and most voted in favor of protecting repro rights.

With 99 percent of votes tabulated, here's how Florida voters felt about six proposed amendments on the ballot.

A proposition to enshrine abortion rights in the New York state constitution has passed, according to election results ...

New Orleans voters on Tuesday (Nov. 5) approved two new amendments to the city’s charter: one that will add a “workers’ bill ...

There have now been 14 states that have approved abortion-rights amendments since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in ...