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Twenty-nine Jim Crow laws were passed in Texas. The state enacted one anti-segregation law in 1871 barring separation of the races on public carriers. This law was repealed in 1889. 1865: Juneteenth [Constitution] The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are ...
Nevada - Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by this State or any of its political subdivisions on account of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, ancestry or national origin. Nevada Constitution, Article 1, Section 24 (2022) New Hampshire - [Natural Rights ...
Question 2 of 2000 and 2002 is a ballot measure that amended the Nevada Constitution by adding a definition of marriage that prevented same-sex marriages from being conducted or recognized in Nevada. The amendment was passed by voter referendum by a margin of 67%-33% on November 5, 2002. [3]
Although anti-miscegenation amendments were proposed in the United States Congress in 1871, 1912–1913, and 1928, [7] [8] a nationwide law against mixed-race marriages was never enacted. Prior to the California Supreme Court's ruling in Perez v. Sharp (1948), no court in the United States had ever struck down a ban on interracial marriage.
Nevada voters in 1990 made abortion legal up to 24 weeks, but a state law is easier to pass and more vulnerable to change than the constitutional protection organizers are seeking. Voters must appr
Amendment 1 Exempts local laws or local constitutional amendments from the budget isolation resolution process. Mar 5 >50% 341,515 48.69% 359,850 51.31%: California: Legislature: Approved Proposition 1: Reforms the Mental Health Services Act and issues $6.38 billion in bonds for homeless individuals and veterans. Mar 5 >50% 3,636,678 50.18% ...
Her risky plan worked. Not only is Krell, a former deputy attorney general for the California Department of Justice, poised to be sworn into the state Legislature on Dec. 2 but the Nevada abortion ...
(The Center Square) – The Nevada U.S. Senate race has flipped as of Thursday evening with Democratic Incumbent Jacky Rosen leading by just one point with 47.65% of the vote and 91% of precincts ...