In other, happier news, keeping track of ballot measures...

[conuly]

1. Florida voted to severely curtail felony disenfranchisement, potentially putting a million people back on the rolls.

2. Louisiana voted to disallow non-unanimous jury convictions.

3. Colorado voted to end prison slavery - and let's just call that what it is, shall we?

4. Missouri and Arkansas voted for higher minimum wages.

5. Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah voted for Medicaid expansion.

6. Massachusetts voted to uphold transgender rights.

7. Michigan voted for automatic voter registration.

Any other good news?

Comments

[aris_tgd]

We also voted to keep our sanctuary state status, and to expand the ways we can pay for low-income housing, and voted down some measures which would have lowered our tax revenue/made it harder to raise money. Pretty much a good time all around!

[conuly]

Though it does appear that you are the sole remaining state that allows for non-unanimous jury convictions. Get on that.

[aris_tgd]

... Yeah, but I was kind of hoping to keep this thread a catalogue of successes, since I thought that was the idea? If not that's okay too, but I'm much less likely to participate.

[conuly]

You actually are totally right, I just got caught up.