constitutional amendments

Election Day is Tuesday, and Kentucky voters across the state will decide whether to amend the constitution to limit the governor’s powers and vote in competitive races for the General Assembly.

Tennesseans will be asked to consider a version of Marsy's Law in the form of Amendment #3, which would add more rights for victims to the Tennessee Constitution.

One of Tennessee's proposed constitutional amendments voters will weigh in on this November would change how judges determine bail for defendants charged with some serious crimes. It seeks to make more than 70 crimes eligible for no-bail detention.

When Tennessee voters go to the polls in November, they’ll see three constitutional amendment questions on the ballot, two of them dealing with crime and punishment and the other with banning a state property tax.

A Kentucky Senator has tried to limit when governors can issue pardons or commute sentences in a gubernatorial election year during five of the last six legislative sessions. This year’s attempt gained committee approval on Wednesday.

With 43 days until Election Day, some Kentucky superintendents said Monday that a ballot question on school choice would disproportionately threaten their districts because they rely more on the state to fund public education. They called Amendment 2 a voucher program.

Abortion rights advocates hope Kentuckians will follow Kansas’ lead and defeat a constitutional amendment that would undermine access.

In November, Kentuckians will vote on an amendment that would explicitly state there is no right to abortion in the state constitution. A group of panelists discussed the amendment on Friday and urged Kentuckians to vote it down, saying it would have devastating effects.

The proposed amendment looms as a roadblock for those seeking to restore access to abortions in the state.

For the first time since 2012, Kentuckians will vote in a referendum to amend the state Constitution. Voters will decide on Tuesday whether or not to…