Voters Decide Races and Ballot Measures Nationwide

Election Day ballots across the country combine high-profile federal and state races with statewide and local policy questions on voting, civil rights, taxes, education and criminal justice. In Georgia, voters are choosing between Republican Rick Jackson and Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor, deciding a Senate race between incumbent Jon Ossoff and Republican Mike Collins, and weighing three constitutional amendments, including a dedicated emergency-communications fund. Virginia voters are considering constitutional changes involving abortion access, same-sex marriage and voting rights for people who have completed felony sentences; Tennessee voters are weighing amendments on bail and a state property tax. Other proposals include Missouri measures on abortion protections, gender-transition procedures for minors, initiative powers, a state investment fund, elected county sheriffs and a congressional map; Alabama proposals on lieutenant-governor vacancies and school-system mergers; and Florida measures on property taxes, farm-equipment taxes, its homestead exemption and emergency savings. Voters in North Carolina are considering voter-ID and tax changes, while Colorado measures address mail ballots, ballot language and redistricting; local referendums include school bonds and sales-tax increases, and Fayette County voters are considering changes to Lexington council salaries, public attendance and accountability standards, and charter reviews. Voter-ID proposals in several states would expand requirements for in-person or mail voting, while other local measures address community projects and services.