# Blue wave meets ballot box surprises as voters split on abortion, voter ID and billionaire taxes

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/blue-wave-meets-ballot-box-surprises-as-voters-split-on-abortion-voter-id-and-billionaire-taxes/
- Published: 2026-11-14T09:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T10:35:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-wave-meets-ballot-box-surprises-voters-split-abortion-voter-id-billionaire-taxes
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Three states approved voter ID measures.
- Idaho made English its official language.
- Idaho voters rejected an abortion rights proposal.

## Summary

Democrats’ strong performance in the midterms overshadowed several state ballot decisions that revealed voters’ mixed views on voting rules, language and abortion. The results show that state-level policy choices did not always follow the same political pattern as the wider election.

Voters approved constitutional voter ID measures in North Carolina, Ohio and Nevada. North Carolina’s amendment passed 59.6% to 40.3%, expanding photo ID requirements to all forms of voting; Ohio’s Issue 3 passed 65.3% to 34.6%, while Nevada’s Question 7 passed 62.1% to 37.8%, creating the state’s first voter ID requirement. Idaho voters also made English the state’s official language by 63.1% to 36.8%, but rejected Proposition 1, which would have protected abortion access before fetal viability and in later medical emergencies, by 55.9% to 44.0%.

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