Most states require a simple majority vote to pass ballot measures. So did Florida, until a 2006 constitutional amendment passed, changing the threshold for voter approval to 60%. Ironically ...

ART X Lagos, West Africa’s leading international art fair, returns for its highly anticipated ninth edition from October 31st to November 3rd, 2024. Since its inception in 2016, ART X Lagos has ...

White, a retired professor of clinical psychology at Washington University who is now 66, was among a few hundred people who embraced, cried and cheered as the results were announced just before 10:30 ...

Ron DeSantis, the recreational marijuana amendment appears to have failed to pass. Recreational weed remains illegal in Florida. But it got 55.9% of the vote, according to the unofficial returns ...

There were six constitutional amendments on Floridian ballots on Tuesday and Amendment 4, which would have enshrined Floridians' rights to abortion after 6 weeks, failed. Amendment 4, titled ...

Missouri became the 39th state to legalize sports betting Tuesday, approving Amendment 2 amid an upswing in legalized gambling across the United States. The amendment passed by a narrow margin ...

Amendment 1 would have made school board elections partisan, requiring candidates to disclose whether they are Republicans, Democrats or members of another party. However, the amendment required a ...

Florida's amendment to legalize recreational marijuana failed to meet the 60% needed to pass, despite it receiving more "yes" votes. Amendment 3 asked voters to consider a state constitutional ...

Amendment 3 will be rejected by Florida voters, CBS News projects, blocking the way for recreational marijuana use in the state after voters weighed in on the high-interest ballot measure in the ...

Amendment G, a ballot measure establishing the right to abortion and outlining a legal framework for regulating abortions, will not be enshrined into the South Dakota Constitution. Multiple media ...

Such hearings have long been kept secret unless a state commission makes a formal recommendation for sanctions. Amendment H, referred to the ballot by the state legislature in 2023, had 73% in favor ...

Amendment 79, which prohibits any state or local government from denying, impeding or discriminating against the right to abortion access, was passing 60.9% to 39.1% at 8:26 p.m. when The Associated ...