Time - Two personhood amendments, which aim to extend rights to unborn fetuses,
failed in North Dakota, 64% to 36%, and in Colorado by the same margin.
A measure in Tennessee that may lead to tougher restrictions on abortion
won the approval of voters, 52% to 47%. Amendment 1 alters the state
constitution to explicitly state that nothing in it “secures or protects
a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion.” The
passage has no immediate effect but could shape regulations ranging from waiting periods to exceptions for victims of rape.
A measure that would have ended the long dry spell in Arkansas failed on
Tuesday, 57% to 43%. Roughly half the state’s counties will remain free
of beer, wine and liquor sales. A similar measure also failed in the
town of Hartselle, Ala., for the fourth time in 12 years,
by a margin of less than 300 votes. Hartselle remains the largest dry
city in Alabama, and Arkansas remains one of the driest states in the
nation.
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