Voters will decide 11 abortion-related ballot measures in 10 states in November, the most on record

Voters in ten states—Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Nevada, and South Dakota—will decide on 11 abortion-related ballot measures in November 2024. This is the most on record for a single year.Initiatives were recently certified in Nebraska and Montana. In Montana, voters will be deciding on CI-128, which would provide a state constitutional “right to make and carry out decisions about one’s own pregnancy, including the right to abortion.” The initiative was certified for the ballot on Aug. 20, when the secretary of state’s office announced that the campaign supporting the initiative, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights, submitted enough valid signatures. The campaign needed 60,359 signatures to qualify for the ballot. The campaign submitted 117,000 signatures in June, and out of these signatures, around 81,000 were found to be valid.In Nebraska, voters will be deciding on two competing abortion-related ballot measures. One, the Right to Abortion Initiative, would amend the Nebraska Constitution to provide for a state constitutional right to abortion until fetal viability. Protect Our Rights, the campaign behind the initiative, filed more than 207,000 raw signatures. The secretary determined over 136,000 signatures were valid and the distribution requirement was met in 47 counties.The other Nebraska initiative,...