The most interesting issues on the ballot

Explain It to Me

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Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The midterm elections are three weeks away, and candidates aren’t the only ones on the ballot. Voters across the country will decide new laws and policy through ballot initiatives, which can include proposals like legalizing recreational marijuana, funding in-state college tuition, and raising taxes to fight climate change. But how do these issues get on the ballot in the first place, and will they stay there? Vox policy editor Libby Nelson (@libbyanelson) explains. References: The 2022 midterm elections, explained Two states, two visions for the future of labor The states where the midterms will directly decide the future of abortion access New Mexico voters are set to weigh in on a constitutional ballot measure for early childhood education this November Sample ballot lookup — Ballotpedia VOTE411 Hosts: Jonquilyn Hill (@jonquilynhill) Credits: Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer Libby Nelson, editorial adviser A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.7	Hello and welcome to another episode of The Weeds.
0:48.6	I'm John Guilinhill.
0:49.6	I'm a producer here at Fox.
0:52.1	And if you can believe it, we are only three weeks away from the midterm election.
0:58.7	Everywhere people are talking about the house.
1:01.0	The Republican Party is still projected to pick up the house majority, but it's by no
1:05.3	means guaranteed.
1:06.7	They're talking about the Senate.
1:09.3	Republicans only need one seat in the Senate to regain control for the remainder of President
1:13.1	Biden's term.
1:14.4	They're talking about gubernatorial races.
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