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1 Amanda Powers, Voters Amend State Constitutions to Enshrine New Rights: From Abortion to Voting Rights, Amendments Creating New State Constitutional Rights Were Approved at the Ballot Box [1] (2022)

handle is hein.election/voamscc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: rSTATECOURTREPORTJ ECNMI NDLBO IGT Voters Amend State Constitutions to Enshrine New Rights From abortion to voting rights, amendments creating new state constitutional rights were approved at the ballot box. By Amanda Powers Published: November 16, 2022 Vermont Michigan Nevada Iowa Illinois Arkansas Alabama Missouri Louisiana State constitutions are far easier to amend than the federal constitution - and on Election Day, voters in several states passed amendments that added new rights to their state constitutions. Such changes can be significant because while state constitutions cannot infringe on rights provided by the U.S. Constitution, they can protect additional rights. In every state, the state legislature can propose constitutional amendments (and in everywhere but Delaware amendments must also go before the voters). In 18 states,