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☆ Oregon Measure 112: Voters will decide on removing the state constitution's language addressing slavery in prisons
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Oregon Measure 112 would change language in the state constitution that addresses slavery and involuntary servitude in prisons. Supporters argue that the slavery language has heavily affected marginalized communities. A Secretary of State's analysis of the measure states: "The measure does not require additional state government revenues or expenditures; however the impact of the measure will depend on potential legal action or changes to inmate work programs." Support and oppositionOregonians Against Slavery & Involuntary Servitude is leading the campaign in support of the measure. Supporters argue that the slavery exception has heavily affected marginalized communities.

☆ Michigan Proposal 2: Voters will decide whether voting policies should go into the state constitution
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michigan Proposal 2 would add several voting policies to the state constitution. Opponents argue that putting the proposal into the state constitution goes too far. Ballot measure detailsKnown as the Voting Policies in Constitution Amendment, the proposal aims to add a slew of new voting policies to Michigan's constitution, including the establishment of a nine-day early voting period, the requirement of a signed affidavit or photo identification for voting, and access to absentee voting. Opponents of the proposal argue that putting the proposal into the constitution is too big of a step. "The kinds of things in it (Proposal 2) I believe are very problematic when you try to put it in a constitution.

☆ Connecticut Question 1: Voters will decide if they will be given access to early voting
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Connecticut Question 1 would allow early voting for Connecticut voters. Proponents say that the measure would allow the state to join 44 other states that allow for early voting. Ballot measure detailsConnecticut does not allow in-person early voting in the state, but if passed, Question 1 would change that. Supporters argue that Connecticut voters should have the option to vote early like the voters in the majority of other states. "On Election Day 2022, Connecticut voters will get to decide if they want the option of voting in person before Election day — just like the voters in 44 other states.

☆ Nebraska Initiative 432: Voters will decide if photo identification is required for future voting
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nebraska's Initiative 432 would establish a requirement for photo identification before voting. Opponents of the initiative argue that it would restrict Nebraskan voters. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyA "yes" on Nebraska's Initiative 432 would require voters to present photo identification before voting. Ballot measure detailsInitiative 432, the Photo Voter Identification Initiative, aims to add an initiated amendment making photo identification a prerequisite for voting to Nebraska's Constitution. Opponents of the initiative argue that it would restrict Nebraskan voters.

☆ California Proposition 27: Voters will decide on legalizing sports gambling with revenue going toward social causes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

California Proposition 27 would legalize sports betting and give the proceeds to social causes. Ballot measure detailsKnown as the Legalize Sports Betting and Revenue for Homelessness Prevention Fund Initiative, Proposition 27 would legalize online sports betting across the state, according to the state's Legislative Analyst Office. Proposition 27's revenue would be allocated to provide resources to address homelessness, mental health issues, and addiction. Californians for Tribal Sovereignty and Safe Gaming and Coalition for Safe, Responsible Gaming are campaigning against the proposition. More than 60 tribes oppose Proposition 27, saying it would take away from their business, KFSN reported.

☆ California Proposition 26: Voters will decide on legalizing specific types of gambling on Native American lands
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

California Proposition 26 would allow for specific types of sports betting on Native American lands. Kyle Kirkland, president of the California Gaming Association, argues the proposition would create a tribal casino monopoly. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyA "yes" on California's Proposition 26 would legalize specific types of gambling on Native American lands. Funds earned via Proposition 26 would initially go to schools and the remainder to California's discretionary fund, mental health research, and gambling rules. Support and oppositionProposition 26 is sponsored by Native American tribes, such as Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria.

☆ Maryland Question 4: Voters could legalize marijuana usage and possession for adults over 21
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Maryland Question 4 would legalize marijuana use for adults over the age of 21. Proponents say that the measure will improve the economy and benefit Maryland residents. Ballot measure detailsAlthough medicinal marijuana use was legalized in Maryland in 2013, Question 4 would add the Marijuana Legalization Amendment to the Maryland state Constitution. The bill would also require state lawmakers to pass laws for the "use, distribution, possession, regulation, and taxation" of marijuana in Maryland, according to the measure text and Ballotpedia. Supporters argue the measure will improve the economy, benefit Maryland residents, and allow law enforcement to focus on combatting violent crime.

☆ South Dakota Initiated Measure 27: Voters have a second chance to legalize marijuana use for adults
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

South Dakota Initiated Measure 27 would legalize marijuana use for adults over the age of 21. Ballot measure detailsKnown as the Marijuana Legalization Initiative, Measure 27 would legalize marijuana use and possession for adults 21 years old and older. "I would describe Measure 27 as cannabis legalization for the individual. What experts are sayingIn 2020, South Dakota voters passed Amendment A, a measure that aimed to legalize marijuana for adults over 21, but a lawsuit filed by Gov. Schweich told OpenSecrets that Initiated Measure 27 is "a shorter, simpler version" of Amendment A.

☆ Arkansas Issue 4: Voters could legalize marijuana with a measure that would also give stipends to law enforcement
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Arkansas Issue 4 would legalize marijuana use and provide a stipend to law enforcement. Ballot measure detailsIssue 4 would legalize recreational marijuana use for adults over the age of 21 in the state of Alabama. The measure would establish a 10% sales tax for marijuana if passed and 15% percent of the tax revenue would then be allotted toward an annual law enforcement stipend. Gubernatorial nominee Chris Jones called Issue 4 a "good first step toward Arkansas embracing a pragmatic cannabis policy," according to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Arkansas's Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson argued at the Arkansas Municipal Police Association Convention in August that supporters are "going to sell this as something that's going to help law enforcement.

☆ Missouri Amendment 3: Voters could legalize marijuana for personal use
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Missouri Amendment 3 would legalize marijuana use. Ballot measure detailsWhile the use of medical marijuana was legalized in the state in 2018, Amendment 3, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative, would legalize personal marijuana use for adults over the age of 21. Several groups support it, including the ACLU of Missouri, Empower Missouri, Missouri AFL-CIO, Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, MoCannTrade, NAACP St. Louis City, NORML KC, and Reale Justice Network, according to Ballotpedia. "Missouri shouldn't legalize marijuana without automatically expunging thousands of criminal records for marijuana offenses that will soon be legal," John Bowman, president of the St. Louis County NAACP, told the Missouri Times. Mike Parson, State Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove, Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, Missouri Catholic Conference, Missouri Constitutional Conservatives PAC, and Missouri NAACP all oppose the measure, according to Ballotpedia.

☆ Nevada Question 3: Voters will decide on ranked choice general elections and top-five primaries
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nevada's Question 3 would put ranked-choice voting and top-five primaries. The second part of the initiative would establish ranked-choice voting general election. Support and oppositionYes on 3 is sponsored by Nevada Voters First. Organizations in support of the measure include the Institute for Political Innovation and Vote Nevada, according to Ballotpedia. Protect Your Vote Nevada said that Question 3 would "make our elections unnecessarily confusing, complicated, and riddled with errors-- and enshrine that system in the Nevada Constitution."

Email icon An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Trump and his company have cases in 3 NYC courthouses this week — but only 1 could really hurt himSpencer Platt/Getty ImagesDonald Trump's lawyers will be in a New York state of mind this week, when they'll argue on behalf of the former president and his company before state judges in three courthouses within the city limits. Just one of the three cases could ultimately do Trump severe damage — New York Attorney General Letitia James' $250 million fraud lawsuit, which seeks to run him, his three eldest children, and his company, the Trump Organization, out of New York state. Opening statements in that trial will begin on Monday.

☆ Brazil's far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro loses tight election to leftist 2-time former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after contentious campaigning
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Brazil elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president following Jair Bolsonaro's rocky presidency. Lula's victory marks his third win as president, despite serving time in jail for corruption, per NYT. In a remarkably close race, da Silva, also known as"Lula," received 50.83% of the votes, compared to Bolsonaro's 49.17%, according to CNN. During an October 2 election, neither candidate received a majority of votes, prompting the run-off election on Sunday, CNN explained. Throughout his campaign, Lula promised to crack down on illegal deforestation and rebuild the country's environmental protection agency.

☆ Some felons who are allowed to vote are staying away from the polls because they're afraid of being arrested, Florida lawmaker says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In 2018, Florida granted formerly incarcerated individuals the right to vote, with some exceptions. Some individuals who said they thought they were allowed to vote were arrested in August. The data aligns with a New York Times report that said people who are poor and Black are more likely to be jailed for voter fraud than retirees. Republicans frequently sound the alarm over concerns of voter fraud, including in Florida, where former President Donald Trump won and where three seniors in a pro-Trump elderly community were also charged with voter fraud last year. But in stark contrast to Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen, The Associated Press identified less than 500 instances of voter fraud during the 2020 election cycle.

☆ Paul Pelosi secretly called 911 while in front of the intruder and spoke in 'code' to dispatcher to convey what was happening: 'Why are you here? What are you going to do to me?'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The 911 dispatcher knew something was wrong based on what she could overhear and alerted police. Sources told the Los Angeles Times Paul Pelosi told the intruder he needed to use the bathroom and called 911 after stepping away, leaving the line open. The Times reported dispatcher Heather Grimes overheard Paul Pelosi and the intruder talking and alerted police to the situation. John Miller, the outlet's chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst, said Paul Pelosi secretly called 911 somehow and left the line open. "Paul Pelosi is basically trying to tell her in code what's going on: 'Why are you here?

☆ Kanye West was escorted out of a Skechers corporate office after the company said he arrived 'unannounced and without invitation'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kanye West was escorted out of a Skechers corporate office on Wednesday. The company told Insider he arrived "unannounced and without invitation." The Company would like to again stress that West showed up unannounced and uninvited to Skechers corporate offices." While Skechers does not sell Yeezy products, several other retailers that do have cut ties with him over the past week. The clothing resale marketplace, The RealReal, also told Insider that it would not accept new listings of Yeezy products.

☆ Xi Jinping wins third term as China's president
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Xi ended two-term presidential limits in 2018. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyXi Jinping will continue as China's President for a historic third term. Xi became President in 2013 and ended two-term presidential limits in 2018. The enormity of the task is what makes it great and infinitely glorious," Xi, a member of the Chinese Communist Party, said, according to The Washington Post. According to the Wall Street Journal, "Mr. Xi dominates Chinese politics in ways that no leader has since Mao Zedong.

☆ US Midterms 2022: 5 States Are Voting to Ban Slavery in Prisons
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Voters in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, and Vermont will be voting on changing this legislation. The landmark 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified on December 6, 1865, officially abolished slavery but allowed it to continue as a punishment in prisons against convicted felons. For states in the former Confederacy, the loophole was a tool to maintain the dynamics of slavery, post-abolition, said AP. But in some states, including Alabama, inmates get paid nothing for their work. "For an entire generation, it put Black men and women back into slavery by incarcerating them and selling their labor to private corporations," said Chase.

☆ Russian mothers are turning deadbeat fathers over to Putin's military draft: 'My ex-husband died as a person a long time ago'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A group of Russian women has attempted to send idle fathers to fight Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin's failing war in Ukraine gave rise to a "partial military mobilization" in which 300,000 new conscripts were called upon to fight. The women claim Putin's military order may produce better results than the courts, which have enabled these fathers to abandon their children with little to no financial support. But for me, my ex-husband died as a person a long time ago. If he happens to get killed, it will even be good: the child will receive compensation," Kruglova added.

☆ The Russian army has given newly drafted soldiers 'absolutely no equipment,' forcing families to buy armor and clothing so conscripts have a 'chance to come back'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin enacted a partial military mobilization in September. "Soon they'll make us buy our own grenades," a draftee said in a recorded call, per The Guardian. The army has nothing, we had to buy all our gear ourselves," complained a 23-year-old draftee named Vladimir, according to The Guardian. According to the Guardian, citing BBC News Russian, there have been more than 12,000 opened cases involving stolen military gear or equipment within the last eight years. Pavel Luzin, an independent Russian military expert, told The Guardian that "Russia was just not prepared for mobilization of this scale.

☆ South Korea is turning away Russians trying to escape Putin's military draft by sea
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russians fleeing Putin's military draft have left via car, train, plane, and less frequently, by boat. All but two Russians known to have sailed into South Korea to avoid the draft have been denied entry. A South Korean lawmaker told NBC News the country must create "dedicated procedures" for those fleeing the conflict. Russia and South Korea have an agreement allowing citizens to enter for up to 90 days visa-free, according to the Korea Herald. "South Korea is already a country that accepts very few refugees," he said.

☆ Congressional candidate gets raw about sex rights by publishing porno featuring himself
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New York Congressional candidate Mike Itkis hopes to being sexual rights to the front of politics. Itkis released a sex tape with a list of his political reasons for doing so. New York Congressional candidate Mike Itkis wants to share his point of view: Sexual rights need to be explicitly defined and protected. Itkis' sex tape is not the first to penetrate the New York political sphere. Pornhub, Itkis, Sage, Nadler, and Zumbluskas did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Secret Service email warned that the Proud Boys planned to 'literally kill people' on January 6A member of the Proud Boys wearing a t-shirt that reads "death to liberals" stands with other Proud Boys in Freedom Plaza during a protest on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Stephanie Keith/Getty ImagesThe Secret Service warned in December 2020 that the far-right group Proud Boys planned to "kill people" during the January 6, 2021 march to the US Capitol. That's according to internal emails released for the first time Thursday by the House Select Committee investigating the Capitol riot. "Their plan is to literally kill people," it continued. The email also noted that the Proud Boys had detailed their plans on a number of right-wing websites and forums.

☆ Putin's military lacks 'manpower' but that's just one of 'a lot of other problems,' CIA director says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

CIA Director William Burns said Russia's military mobilization won't be enough to help them win the war. Putin ordered a "partial military mobilization" to bring in an extra 300,000 troops as the war persists. His military has a lot of other problems, "manpower is only one of them," Burns told CBS News. "His military has a lot of other problems, manpower is only one of them," Burns said to CBS News' Norah O'Donnell on Tuesday. Putin since ordered a "partial military mobilization," attempting to bring in an additional 300,000 troops to the conflict in Ukraine.

☆ Trump blamed his supporters in 'the radical right' as the reason he didn't get the credit he thought he deserved for COVID vaccines while advising politicians not to 'make a big deal' out of the pande
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new book reveals that former President Donald Trump told his aides not to wear masks in his presence. The book, by reporter Maggie Haberman, also said Trump told aides to avoid discussing the pandemic on TV. Haberman's book also reported that he told then-Gov. The Post, pointing to Haberman's book, added that Trump did so because he believed the virus was "a political loser for him." "Don't talk about it on TV," Trump reportedly told Republican National Committee's chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel, the Post said quoting Haberman's book.

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