On ballot measures across the nation, communities voted on key progressive issues.  From raising the minimum wage to labeling genetically modified foods to ending corporate personhood, these local fights spotlight how communities are trying to take back their democracy.  Yet these battles have largely been left out of corporate media coverage this election season. 

Look below to see which side will win in these local elections.

Voters in three states—Colorado, North Dakota and Tennessee—are voting on anti-choice measures. Colorado and North Dakota both face measures that would give full “personhood” rights to fertilized zygotes, while the Tennessee law, if passed, would pave the way for restrictive, Texas-style anti-abortion laws.

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Voters in three counties in California, a city in Texas and four municipalities in Ohio are voting on measures that seek to ban fracking in their communities. The ban supporters say their rights to public and environmental safety should trump corporations’ right to frack.

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In Colorado and Oregon, ballot measures to mandate the labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have become two of the most expensive ballot fights in the states’ histories with outside money from industry groups flooding the opposition. Meanwhile, citizen-led initiatives in Hawaii’s Maui County and California’s Humboldt County are asking to ban GMOs altogether, citing unknown risk to human and environmental health.

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