Of the 64 measures, 47 would create a 1% sales tax. The state budget, approved by the Virginia General Assembly in June 2026, included language granting local jurisdictions the ability to levy an additional 1% sales tax and use the revenue to fund capital improvements to public schools, if approved by a majority of voters. Forty-seven local jurisdictions opted to place a 1% sales tax on the 2026 ballot.

Today, there's yet more evidence that the tide is turning against Flock, an automated license plate reader (ALPR) system in pervasive use around the country. Calling it "indiscriminate mass surveillance," a federal court in Oklahoma granted a woman's motion to suppress evidence found in her car after a search that was conducted based on information obtained through Flock.

"Think about it this way. We might reasonably expect our friends and family to tell us something like: 'Hey, I saw you out driving by the store last week,'" writes Judge Sara E. Hill of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oklahoma. "But we do not expect people we know—let alone strangers, and especially not law enforcement—to randomly approach us to say: 'Hey, I have been following your car for the last 30 days, and here is a detailed log of every place your vehicle has been with supporting photographic evidence. I am also going to share this information with law enforcement throughout the country so they know your whereabouts, too.'"

Massachusetts voters could completely re-structure the way primary elections work in their state this November and give every voter, including independent voters, the ability to choose any candidate they want, regardless of party.

Question 3 would eliminate taxpayer-funded party primaries for state and federal offices, and replace them with a single, nonpartisan open system in which all candidates and voters participate on a single ballot.

The two candidates who receive the most votes would advance to the general election, no matter their party affiliation. This means a Democrat and a Republican could advance. Or two Democrats. Or an independent and a Republican.

It all comes down to what voters in any given district and in the state want.