3 key ballot measures to watch on Election Day

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3 key ballot measures to watch on Election Day

The presidential election between former President Trump and Vice President Harris is the top of the ticket, but several states are deciding major issues by ballot measures.

When voters head to the polls they will be asked to make major decisions on abortion, marijuana, LGBTQ rights and election policies.

NBC News tallied them up, and voters will decide at least 150 ballot measures next week. According to their research, 77 were put on the ballot by state lawmakers, and 57 came from citizen petitions.

Here are some of the big ones that will be decided:

1) Arizona: Immigration. Arizona’s GOP-controlled Legislature has asked voters to decide a controversial measure on immigration that would empower the use of federal resources to check employment eligibility and give state and local law enforcement officials the ability to detain and deport undocumented migrants.

2) Florida: Abortion. The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn the longstanding Roe vs. Wade ruling that enshrined abortion rights set off a wave of states attempting to alter their laws.

Florida citizens started their own petition to make sure that abortion is protected in the early weeks of pregnancy, when most women are not aware they are pregnant, and in cases of rape and incest. The state law is currently one of the most restrictive in the country after Roe was overturned.

3) Florida: Marijuana. Florida could OK recreational use of marijuana like many progressive states, but the GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, and others in his party, oppose the move. Voters will have their say on Tuesday.

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