If Irish voters pass the referendum measure, the country will join another 18 that grant full marriage equality.
Only in 1970 did Texas voters pass a constitutional amendment allowing localities to choose whether bars could serve liquor by the drink.
The outcome of the move for legislation on medical marijuana regulation will probably affect how recreational use is handled, if voters pass one of the initiatives.
Meanwhile, California voters pass Proposition 8, the controversial ballot measure that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
The ideological middle of Arizona's electorate may also gain more sway if voters pass Proposition 121, an initiative on the November ballot that would replace the current party primaries with one primary open to all voters.
"MALES need protection as females do," says Lloyd Schofield, the main sponsor of a local ballot measure in San Francisco that, if voters pass it in November, would in effect make circumcision of babies illegal in that city.
