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Vote Yes on this bill if you want targeted, one‑time state funding to help fast‑growing districts buy land, expand or build schools, and add buses, with oversight and reporting to reduce crowding and keep up with population growth.
Organizations that support this bill may include fast-growing school districts, parent‑teacher groups, education advocacy organizations focused on facilities, local governments in growth areas, and school construction and transportation industry associations.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new spending from the stabilization account, oppose concentrating funds in a few high‑growth districts, or prefer that money support teacher pay, classroom materials, or broader statewide needs instead of facilities.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include taxpayer watchdog groups, fiscal conservative organizations, rural or slow‑growth school associations that see little benefit, and advocates who prefer funding for classroom operations or statewide equalization instead of capital projects.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Utah to shift toward in-person voting with ID, require applications to return ballots by mail, staff and limit drop boxes, send mail ballots only to voters who request them starting in 2029, and redact phone and street details from campaign reports.
Organizations that support this bill may include election-integrity advocates, law-enforcement associations, and groups that favor stricter voter ID and staffed ballot handling.
Vote No on this bill if you want to preserve broad vote-by-mail access without new in-person and ID requirements, keep unattended drop boxes, avoid added steps and costs for voters and counties, and continue automatically mailing ballots to active voters.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include voting-rights and civil-liberties groups, disability and senior advocates, and local election officials concerned about costs and access.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Utah to require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for full ballots (with federal‑only ballots otherwise), strengthen ID checks for mailed ballots, expand audits and deceased‑voter removals, align vacancy appointments with the prior officeholder’s party, cap voter‑list fees while making more voter records public unless at‑risk, and allow campaign funds for security.
Organizations that support this bill may include election‑integrity and voter‑roll maintenance groups, open‑records and government‑transparency advocates, conservative policy organizations and state party committees, and law‑enforcement or victim‑safety groups that back expanded security uses of campaign funds.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new documentation hurdles and potential voter confusion from bifurcated ballots, keep stronger privacy protections for voter records, preserve current mail‑ballot verification practices and reduce added workloads for election offices, and maintain more flexible vacancy‑filling and campaign‑fund rules.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include voting‑rights and civic‑engagement groups, immigrant and naturalization advocates, privacy and civil‑liberties organizations, progressive policy organizations and state party committees, and some local election officials concerned about new administrative burdens.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want local governments to choose ranked-choice voting, with state standards, approved software, voter education, audit and recount options, a fast feasibility check, and a study to update voting equipment.
Organizations that support this bill may include election reform and good-government groups, civic engagement nonprofits, some local governing bodies that want ranked-choice voting, and voter education advocates.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep traditional voting only, avoid possible confusion and extra costs for towns and counties, prevent new audit and recount rules for RCV, and slow or stop the spread of ranked-choice voting.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include groups skeptical of ranked-choice voting, some political organizations that prefer current rules, taxpayer watchdogs concerned about costs, and officials worried about added complexity.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Virginia to launch a regulated adult-use marijuana market with strict testing and seed-to-sale tracking, equity licensing and loans, labor-peace protections, delivery options, clear penalties, and tax revenues dedicated to equity reinvestment, pre-K, treatment, and public health while allowing limited local time-and-distance controls.
Organizations that support this bill may include cannabis industry associations, small business and farming groups, civil rights and criminal-justice reform organizations, labor unions favoring labor-peace requirements, and community reinvestment and social-equity advocates.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid expanding retail marijuana access, keep stronger local authority to restrict or block stores, prevent potential public-health and youth-access risks, and oppose new state mandates such as labor-peace agreements and a larger regulatory bureaucracy.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include law-enforcement and prosecutors’ associations, anti-drug prevention coalitions, some parent-teacher and school groups, certain public health organizations, and local government associations concerned about preemption and retail siting.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want appeals of Fish and Wildlife decisions filed in the county where the wildlife is, boosting local voices and reducing court shopping.
Organizations that support this bill may include rural county governments, local hunting and fishing clubs, farm and ranch associations, and community groups near wildlife areas that want cases heard close to home.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep current filing options, allowing cases in more centralized or convenient courts for uniform outcomes and lower travel costs.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include statewide environmental and animal protection nonprofits, statewide industry associations, and legal advocacy groups that prefer centralized courts and consistent rulings.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Washington to set firm deadlines, increase transparency and public input, and speed work toward a universal, more affordable health care system.
Organizations that support this bill may include patient advocacy groups, public health nonprofits, community health clinics, labor unions, equity-focused groups, and consumer organizations seeking universal coverage and lower costs.
Vote No on this bill if you want to slow or stop movement toward a single-payer or unified financing model, avoid new committees and potential taxes, and keep health care changes in the private market.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include private health insurers and their trade associations, business and taxpayer groups wary of new taxes, and free-market policy organizations concerned about expanded government control.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Washington to end private Medicaid managed care, pay providers directly at Medicare rates, fund care coordination separately, create one inclusive statewide network, ban AI-generated denials, publish public data, and add local oversight to improve access and equity.
Organizations that support this bill may include community health centers, patient and disability advocates, tribal and rural health providers, behavioral health organizations, public health departments, and transparency and equity coalitions seeking lower administrative costs and faster access to care.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep insurer-run managed care with capitated payments and private networks, avoid a large state administrative transition, preserve current prior authorization practices, and maintain the existing Medicaid contracting model.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include managed care organizations and health insurers, risk-bearing intermediaries and their vendors, and some hospital and consultant groups concerned about losing capitation, network control, and facing state-run administration.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Washington to seek federal approval to expand Medicaid eligibility to 300% of the federal poverty level, reducing the uninsured rate and medical debt.
Organizations that support this bill may include patient advocacy groups, community health clinics, hospitals, unions, and anti-poverty and public health organizations that want broader Medicaid coverage up to 300% of the federal poverty level.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid expanding Medicaid eligibility and potential state costs, keeping current income limits and relying more on private insurance or existing programs.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include taxpayer associations, fiscally conservative groups, and some private insurers or employer groups concerned about higher state spending and shifting people from private plans to Medicaid.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Washington to create a statewide health trust that covers all residents with comprehensive care, ends most premiums and copays, negotiates drug and provider prices, funds care through employer and worker contributions and higher capital gains taxes, and uses global budgets to control costs.
Organizations that support this bill may include labor unions, patient and disability advocates, community health clinics, and public health groups that favor universal, publicly financed health care.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep the current mixed insurance system, avoid new payroll and self-employment contributions and capital gains tax increases, prevent a state-run single-payer financing model with global hospital budgets, and preserve employer-based coverage as it is.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include private health insurers, some hospital and provider associations, chambers of commerce and large employer groups, and anti-tax organizations concerned about new payroll and capital gains taxes.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want Washington to create a board to design and, with federal approval and funding, launch a universal health plan that covers all medically necessary care for all residents.
Organizations that support this bill may include patient and consumer health advocates, labor unions, community clinics and public health groups, and some provider associations seeking broader coverage and simpler payment.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid creating a new health board and moving toward a state-run universal plan, preferring to keep the current system and prevent potential new taxes or mandates.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include private health insurers, some business and employer groups worried about costs, anti-tax organizations, and free-market policy groups skeptical of a state-run plan.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want higher taxes on cigarettes, vapes, and tobacco to reduce use and to fund emergency heart and stroke care, stronger enforcement against illegal sales, cancer research, and core public health services.
Organizations that support this bill may include public health advocates, hospitals and emergency medical groups, cancer research foundations, and anti-tobacco and youth prevention coalitions.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid higher prices on cigarettes, vapes, and tobacco, keep bigger tax discounts for products marketed as lower risk and the current vape tax system, and stop new earmarks of tobacco revenue.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include tobacco and vaping manufacturers, convenience and smoke shop associations, cigar industry groups, and anti-tax or small business coalitions.