While the presidential election is the big cheese, control of the U.S. Senate is up for grabs. Plus, many states are voting on ballot initiatives that are crucial to conservatives and people of faith. 

We’ll have the latest results in a handful of key states as they become available, so please keep hitting that “refresh” button on your screen! All items below are organized by time zone and alphabetically.

Ballot Initiatives 

Eastern Time

1. Florida: Amendment 3 legalizes the purchase, possession, and recreational usage of marijuana, allowing individuals to possess up to three ounces of it (about 85 grams), with up to five grams in the form of concentrate. Existing Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers would be authorized under the initiative to sell marijuana to adults for personal use. The Florida State Legislature could license other entities to cultivate and sell marijuana products.
   REJECTED by voters, who did not give it the required 60% supermajority it needed to pass, according to The Associated Press.
2. Florida: Amendment 4 would create a constitutional right to abortion and essentially wipe out existing limits on it, including by downgrading the current law requiring parental consent for minors to receive abortions to “parental notification” only. Gov. Ron DeSantis and a group of doctors spent the last few weeks campaigning forcefully against the deceptively worded proposal, which not only would allow any “health care provider” to perform abortions (rather than only medical doctors who’ve been trained in the procedure), it would prevent the Legislature from ever passing bills limiting abortion up to the point of birth again. DeSantis and the doctors  with him urged voters to reject the proposal. (Listen to all their reasons here.) REJECTED by voters, who did not give it the required 60% supermajority it needed to pass, according to The Associated Press. Cue the happy dance. 
3. Kentucky: Amendment 1 would require U.S. citizenship in order to vote. Voters PASSED it 63% to 37%.
4. Maryland: Question 1 would also codify a right to abortion into the state constitution. According to our friends at the Family Policy Alliance, 

Question 1 attempts to cement Maryland’s abortion laws, which are already some of the most extreme in the country, with an amendment to the state Constitution. Maryland already allocates $20 million annually to fund abortions, surpassing most states. This amendment will limit alternatives to abortion as it redirects resources that could otherwise be used for prenatal, perinatal, and maternal care as well as adoption and foster care.

Question 1 would encourage repealing any criminal penalties and legal limitations on abortion providers, which will enable life-threatening and hazardous abortion procedures to continue with virtually no accountability. For example, repeals of mandatory reporting laws in Maryland have led to the denial of justice for victims of rape or sex trafficking, as these crimes will no longer be reported.

Lastly, Question 1 will undermine parental rights, as there is no notification necessary to parents that their child is seeking an abortion if, based on the physician’s assessment, that minor demonstrates “maturity” and “capability” to provide informed consent to undergo an abortion.

Voters PASSED, 74% to 26%.

5. New York: Proposition 1 creates a constitutional “right” to abort one’s child. Voters PASSED it, 77% to 22%. 

6. North Carolina: N.C. would strengthen existing state law with a constitutional amendment requiring U.S. citizenship in order to vote. It PASSED, 77% to 23%.

7. South Carolina: Amendment 1 would require U.S. citizenship in order to vote. Voters PASSED it, 68% to 32%.

Central Time

1. Iowa: Amendment 1 would require citizenship in order to vote, and also allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries as long as they will celebrate their eighteenth birthday by the general election. Voters PASSED it, 76% to 24%.
2. Missouri: Amendment 3 would create fundamental right to abortion in state constitution and wipe out all existing restrictions. According to the Family Policy Alliance, it 

would also strip away all health and safety regulations protecting women undergoing an abortion [and] … destroy parental rights by removing Missouri laws requiring parental notification before their child undergoes an abortion and prevents anyone from suing or bringing civil or criminal penalties against an abortionist – even if the woman dies during an abortion.

At 9 p.m. local time, 55.1% of voters appeared to be leaning toward it, 45.2% away, according to NBC News. 

3. Missouri: Amendment 7 would require U.S. citizenship in order to vote. At 9 p.m. local time, it was doing well, with 63.3% of voters supporting it.

4. North Dakota: Measure 5 would legalize the recreational or personal use of marijuana.

5. Oklahoma: State Question 834 strengthens existing law through a constitutional amendment banning noncitizens from voting. Voters PASSED it by a margin of 81% to 19%.

6. South Carolina: Amendment 1 requires U.S. citizenship in order to vote. Voters PASSED it, 86% to 14%.

7. South Dakota: Amendment G also would create a constitutional right to abortion. According to the Family Policy Alliance, it

is not a “moderate” or “middle-of-the-road” proposal. A yes vote for Amendment G approves late-term abortion even after a baby is viable and can survive outside her mother’s womb.

A yes vote for Amendment G also takes away parents’ rights to know when their teenage daughter is undergoing an abortion procedure. This means parents wouldn’t even be informed if their teenage daughter was being coerced into having an abortion. Don’t parents deserve the right to know when their daughter is undergoing a risky medical procedure? Amendment G takes parents’ rights away.

Because Amendment G was written to benefit the for-profit abortion industry, Amendment G also dangerously deregulates the abortion industry. Currently, an abortion can only be done by a licensed doctor in a safe and clean setting. But a yes vote for Amendment G prohibits South Dakota legal protections for the physical and mental health of mothers for most abortions. Abortions can have dangerous and deadly side effects on the mother. That’s why numerous South Dakota medical professionals agree: by subjecting women to unsafe, unregulated abortions, Amendment G is dangerous for South Dakota women.

8. South Dakota: Measure 29 would legalize not only the recreational use of marijuana, but also its possession and distribution.

9. Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment would do exactly what the title suggests: amend the state constitution to require U.S. citizenship in order to vote. Voters PASSED it, 68% to 32%.

Mountain Time

1. Arizona: Prop. 139 would change state law saying abortions have to be done by medical doctors — not nurse practitioners or others — and legalizes late-term abortion for almost any reason. According to the Family Policy Alliance, it

takes the doctor out of the doctor-patient relationship by removing Arizona’s requirement that a medical doctor perform an abortion. It also makes safety precautions unenforceable, even when they would protect girls and women from complications such as a perforated uterus or bowel, sepsis, infertility, and hemorrhaging.

The language of Prop 139 also legalizes late-term abortion beyond viability under a broad exemption known for decades to rubber stamp late-term abortion for virtually any reason. If you look up the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Doe v Bolton, you’ll see for yourself how broad the health exemption is. A new poll shows 90% of Arizona voters want abortion limited to 15 weeks or earlier. That is where Arizona law is now. Abortion is legal up to 15 weeks and beyond for medical emergencies.

2. Arizona: Prop. 314 would allow state and local police to beef up border protections and increase penalties for fentanyl.

3. Colorado: Amendment 79 would not only create a constitutional right to abortion, but use taxpayer dollars to fund it. Voters PASSED it, 61% to 39%.

4. Idaho: SJR 102 would require U.S. citizenship in order to vote. 

5. Montana: Constitutional Initiative-128 similarly would create a constitutional right to abortion, According to the Family Policy Alliance, it can be summed up in three key statements: 

No Parents: CI-128 eliminates existing parental notification laws for abortion, making it the only medical decision for which parents will have no say for their children.

No Doctors: CI-128 doesn’t require an actual medical doctor to determine if an abortion is necessary to protect the mother’s health or if the fetus is viable, but instead allows “any healthcare professional” to make these decisions. Even radical employees of abortion clinics who are not doctors will encourage women toward slate-term abortions.

No Limits: CI-128 is a California-esque radical change to the Montana Constitution, erasing decades of well-vetted laws put in place by Montanans to protect women and babies from undue harm. CI-128 will allow for extreme abortions at any stage of pregnancy, including late-term and partial birth.

Finally, CI-128 will turn Montana into a safe harbor for sex traffickers and predators, who will be protected when they force victims to obtain an abortion. It will also increase taxpayer-funded abortions in Montana.

6. Nebraska: Initiatives 439 and 434 are competing measures on abortion. Initiative 439 would amend the state constitution to

legalize late-term dismemberment abortions, eliminate health and safety standards, remove parental notification requirements, put girls at greater risk for human trafficking, and pave the way for taxpayer-funded abortion.remove current legal restrictions on abortion and legalize late-term dismemberment abortions.

Therefore, the Nebraska Family Alliance, along with legal and medical professionals floated Initiative 434 to preserve the current limitations on the procedure, and ban them after the first trimester.

7. Nevada: Question 6 would create “fundamental right to abortion” in state constitution and eliminate current parental-consent laws. Voters must REJECT.

8. Nevada: Question 7 would strengthen voter ID laws through a constitutional amendment. 

Pacific Time

1. California: Prop. 3 would repeal the longstanding Prop. 8 — creating a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in the Golden State. 

U.S. Senate Races

Eastern Time

1. Maryland: Larry Hogan vs. Angela Alsobrooks. 

2. Pennsylvania: Bob Casey vs. Dave McCormick. 

3. Virginia: Veteran Senator Tim Kaine vs. Hung Cao, a military hero and child of Vietnamese refugees. By 8 p.m. Central Time, The Hill was announcing that Kaine had been reelected.  

Central Time

1. Texas: Incumbent Ted Cruz beat Democratic challenger Colin Allred, according to Fox News, as of 8:30 pm Central Time.
2. Wisconsin: Tammy Baldwin vs Eric Hovde.

Mountain Time

1. Arizona: Kari Lake vs. Ruben Gallego
2. Montana: Tim Sheehy vs. Jon Tester