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Tag: Ballot Measures

Economy Labor Rights Politics

Minimum Wage Workers Across the Nation Won Raises on Election Day

Feminist Newswire | November 6th, 2014

Voters threw their weight behind state, county, and city referendums raising the minimum wage across seven states on Election Day Tuesday.

Other Issues Politics

Election Day Decisions on Marijuana and Nonviolent Crimes Also Counter Racial Biases of War on Drugs

Feminist Newswire | November 6th, 2014

The new laws could help to significantly reduce the disparate impact of overpolicing and incarceration of people of color.

Campus Politics Reproductive Rights

While Colorado and North Dakota Rejected Personhood on Election Day, Tennessee’s Anti-Abortion Measure Passed

Feminist Newswire | November 5th, 2014

Voters in North Dakota and Colorado handily defeated two state constitutional personhood amendments yesterday. In Tennessee, however, a state constitutional amendment that gives state legislators more power to restrict abortion access and birth control passed.

Politics

A Majority of Oregon’s Electorate Voted for Women’s Equality in the Midterm Election

Feminist Newswire | November 5th, 2014

Over 116,000 signatures from registered voters in Oregon put Measure 89 on the ballot.

Activism Campus Politics

This Election Day, Students Are Mobilizing Against Anti-Abortion Ballot Measures

Feminist Newswire | November 4th, 2014

Students in North Dakota and Tennessee are getting out the vote against anti-abortion and anti-birth control ballot measures being decided today at the polls.

Activism Politics

It’s Election Day! Find Out Where and How to Vote and What’s at Stake

Carmen Rios | November 4th, 2014

It’s Election Day! We’ve got some helpful tools that will guide you through voting and the measures you might decide on your ballot.

Reproductive Rights

Major Local and National Newspapers Want Colorado to Vote No on Amendment 67

Feminist Newswire | November 3rd, 2014

18 newspapers in Colorado have spoken out against Amendment 67, a personhood amendment being decided by voters tomorrow which would ban all abortions and in-vitro fertilization in the state and restrict access to common forms of birth control.

Activism Reproductive Rights Violence Against Women

Celebrities and Survivor Advocates Encourage Tennessee and North Dakota Voters to Reject Anti-Abortion Measures

Feminist Newswire | November 3rd, 2014

Advocates for survivors of sexual violence in North Dakota and Tennessee urged voters to turn down two dangerous anti-abortion measures when they go to the polls on this Tuesday, stressing the damage these measures would cause.

Reproductive Rights

Women of Color in Tennessee Are United in Opposition to Amendment 1

Feminist Newswire | October 31st, 2014

Just days before the general election in Tennessee, a coalition of community leaders, clergy, and advocates led a press conference encouraging women of color to vote no on Amendment 1, a dangerous and far-reaching measure on the state’s ballot.

Activism Campus Reproductive Rights

North Dakota Medical Students Speak Out Against Measure 1

Feminist Newswire | October 30th, 2014

Medical students at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences warned voters that Measure 1 is dangerous for women and could fuel a physician shortage in the state.

Reproductive Rights

Tennessee OB/GYNs Urge Voters to Reject Amendment 1

Feminist Newswire | October 27th, 2014

A coalition of local doctors is urging Tennesseeans to vote no on Amendment 1, an anti-abortion ballot measure that one doctor called “a setback for women’s rights.”

Labor Rights

Potential Ballot Measure in DC Would Raise Minimum Wage to $15

Feminist Newswire | October 24th, 2014

Low-wage workers in Washington, DC might see a significant increase in their pay, thanks to national labor rights group Restaurant Opportunities Center United.

Reproductive Rights

All of Tennessee’s Major Newspapers Have Urged Voters to Reject Anti-Abortion Amendment 1

Feminist Newswire | October 23rd, 2014

All four of Tennessee’s major papers have spoken out to oppose Amendment 1, a dangerous anti-abortion measure that will be decided by voters this fall.

Health Reproductive Rights

Doctors Warn That Measure 1 Would End In Vitro Fertilization in North Dakota

Feminist Newswire | October 22nd, 2014

Doctors at North Dakota’s only clinic offering in vitro fertilization are speaking out to warn voters that Measure 1, a proposed personhood amendment in the state, would make the practice illegal.

Activism Reproductive Rights

Hulu Silences Rape Survivor Speaking Out Against Anti-Abortion Amendment 67 in Colorado

Feminist Newswire | October 21st, 2014

Hulu, an online, ad-supported streaming service, has refused to run an advertisement from the “No on 67” campaign in Colorado, citing the company’s policy regarding “controversial” political positions on issues like abortion.

Activism Campus Reproductive Rights

Student Activists Across the Country Are Fighting Extreme Anti-Abortion Ballot Measures

Feminist Newswire | October 17th, 2014

In Tennessee, North Dakota, and Colorado – three states deciding ballot measures aimed at restricting birth control access and outlawing abortion in the upcoming election – student activists are mobilizing.

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