A guide to what the state ballots will be presenting to voters in 2010:

Stateline.org, a Pew Center on the States Project, has constructed a guide to what the state ballots will be presenting to voters in 2010:

"Voters in Missouri will get the nation's first chance to weigh in on the federal health care law when they take up a measure August 3 that takes aim at the new mandate that everyone have insurance. Nationwide, more than 120 questions are slated to appear on statewide ballots this fall on topics ranging from property taxes to abortion. And there will be more: A number of states have yet to reach their filing deadlines. Below is a sampling of measures that have already qualified for the ballot. " For instance:

Property taxes
"Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana and Missouri: Should property tax increases be cut or capped? (All except Colorado were put on the ballot by the legislatures.)"

Hunting
Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee: Should the right to hunt and fish be added to the state constitution? (These measures were put on the ballot by the legislatures.)

Taxes and Fees
California: Should the possession of marijuana be legal and taxed?

Colorado: Should property, motor vehicle, income and other taxes be cut?
Georgia: Should a $10 fee on car license tags be approved and the new money put into a trauma care trust fund? (This measure was put on the ballot by the Legislature.)

Abortion
Alaska: Should minors be required to notify their parents before receiving an abortion? (August 24)

Colorado: Should the state constitution be amended to define "personhood" as beginning at conception

Affirmative action
Arizona: Should preferential treatment in public employment, education and contracting be banned? (This measure was put on the ballot by the Legislature.)

Climate change
California: Should the state’s 2006 law that mandates reductions in greenhouse gases be suspended until the state's unemployment rate drops below 5.5 percent?

Crime and Courts
Washington: Should judges have the authority to deny bail to a person charged with an offense that is punishable by life in prison? (This measure was put on the ballot by the Legislature)

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