Voters in 35 states considered 154 ballot measures on Tuesday. The proposals covered a variety of topics, including minimum wage, the legalization of both medical and recreational marijuana, anti-union “right-to-work“ measures, gun control, the death penalty, and the requirement for actors to use condoms in pornographic films.

Minimum Wage

Voters in Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and Washington decided on ballot measures that would increase the minimum wage, while in South Dakota voters considered a proposal to decrease the minimum wage for young workers.

Arizona’s Proposition 206 would increase the state’s minimum wage from $8.05 per hour to $10 per hour in 2017, and incrementally to $12 per hour by 2020. The measure would also guarantee workers in the state paid sick time off of work.

Colorado Amendment 70 proposes increasing the state’s minimum wage from $8.31 per hour to $9.30 per hour in 2017, and then increasing the wage by 90 cents each year to $12 per hour in 2020. 

Maine Question 4 would incrementally increase the state’s minimum wage each year until it reaches $12 per year in 2020, and would be adjusted for inflation according to the consumer price index.

Washington state Initiative 1433 proposes incrementally increasing the state’s minimum wage from $9.47 per hour to $13.50 per hour by 2020. It would require employers to offer paid sick leave.

After South Dakota voters approved a 2014 ballot measure that increased the minimum wage to $8.50 per hour, Republican lawmakers passed SB 177, which exempted workers young than 18 from qualifying for the new minimum wage.  

Opponents of SB 177 collected more than 17,000 signatures and the measure was placed on the ballot. The state’s voters will have an opportunity to overturn the law, now called Referred Law 20, which would decrease the minimum wage for workers under age 18 from $8.50 per hour to $7.50 per hour.

Right to Work

Voters in Alabama and Virginia decided on ballot measures that, if approved, would enshrine so-called right-to-work measures in the Constitutions of both states. These laws are designed to weaken labor unions and can be found in more than half of the states. 

Alabama Amendment 8 would amend the state Constitution to prohibit businesses from requiring that their employees join a union. 

Alabama legislators already have an anti-union “right-to-work” policy in place, though the law could be changed with a legislative majority. However, if approved by voters, the constitutional amendment could only be changed with a three-fifths majority of each legislative chamber and must be approved by voters.

Virginia Question 1 would amend the state constitution to prohibit a workplace from requiring labor union membership for employees as a condition for employment. State lawmakers in Virginia have already passed a law that prohibits this practice. Virginia’s Democratic lawmakers opposed Question 1 being placed on the 2016 ballot. 

Marijuana

Ballot measures to legalize or decriminalize marijuana were decided by voters in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, and North Dakota.

Arizona Proposition 205, California Proposition 64, Maine Question 1, Massachusetts Question 4, and Nevada Question 2 would legalize the possession and consumption of marijuana by people 21 or older.

Arkansas Issue 6, Florida Amendment 2, Montana Initiative-182, and North Dakota Initiated Statutory Measure 5 would legalize the use of medical marijuana.