Ballot business

Politics | An overview of ­hot-button measures across the nation | The Editors

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Arizona

Proposition 102, the Marriage Protection Amendment, would define marriage as between one man and one woman.

Arkansas

The Unmarried Couple Adoption Ban would prevent unmarried, cohabiting couples (whether heterosexual or homosexual) from adopting or providing foster care to minors.

California

Proposition 4 would require doctors to notify a parent or guardian 48 hours before performing an abortion on a minor. Proposition 8 would amend the state constitution to recognize only marriages between one man and one woman.

Colorado

Question 48, the Personhood Amendment, would define "person" as any human being from the moment of fertilization. Amendment 46, the Civil Rights Initiative, seeks to ban affirmative action programs.