(NewsNation) — While voters whitethorn expect to spot former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris connected their ballots on with different salient names, voters successful respective states should expect to spot ballot measures that volition determine important issues.

In 10 states, voters volition determine whether to sphere oregon restrict termination access, an contented that motivates voters to amusement up connected Election Day, as evidenced successful 2022. Meanwhile, 8 states volition take whether oregon not to prohibition noncitizen voting successful state-level elections, and an further 10 states volition determine connected adopting oregon banning electoral systems similar ranked-choice voting.

But immoderate ballot measures successful 2024 volition woody with somewhat lighter issues. Voters successful Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, South Dakota and West Virginia volition person immoderate absorbing decisions to marque travel Election Day, from legalizing sports betting to changing the plan of the authorities flag.

Here's a look astatine 5 intriguing ballot measures that volition beryllium decided successful November:

Maine: New authorities emblem design

Voters successful the Pine Tree State volition determine whether they support replacing the existing authorities emblem with a emblem consisting of a conifer tree and the North Star connected a buff (light tan) background, often called the Pine Tree Flag, according to Ballotpedia. You tin presumption the proposed plan here.

The current flag was established successful 1909 and features the Maine overgarment of arms connected a bluish background. The overgarment of arms includes a moose and conifer histrion with a husbandman and sailor connected either side, with the North Star and a ribbon with the Latin phrase Dirigo, which means "I direct."

The existent Maine State Flag. (Photo By Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG Via Getty Images)

Ahead of the ballot measurement coming to voters, the authorities held a plan contention that received much than 400 submissions. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced the winning plan by Adam Lemire, of Gardiner, in an August quality release. She described it arsenic a "beautiful, faithful practice of an Eastern White Pine histrion proper."

The measurement has sparked debates astir authorities identity, with supporters claiming the caller plan amended represents Maine's practice and earthy beauty, portion those opposed accidental changing the emblem is unnecessary.

Read much astir Maine's State Flag Referendum here.

Massachusetts: Regulating entree to psychedelic substances

Massachusetts voters volition see whether to regulate entree to 5 psychedelic substances for intelligence wellness treatment.

The measurement would let a licensed "facilitator" to prescribe the earthy psychedelics arsenic portion of a intelligence wellness treatment. The earthy psychedelic substances successful question see plants and fungi that incorporate the pursuing substances: dimethyltryptamine, mescaline, ibogaine, psilocybin and psilocin.

The Drug Enforcement Administration classifies these psychedelics arsenic Schedule I drugs, with "high maltreatment imaginable with nary accepted aesculapian use." Cannabis, which has been legalized for aesculapian and recreational usage successful much than a twelve states, is inactive besides classified arsenic a Schedule 1 drug.

In 2020, Oregon decriminalized the usage of psychedelics and the archetypal psychedelic attraction centers opened successful 2023, according to Axios. In 2022, Colorado voters decriminalized the aforesaid 5 psychedelic chemicals arsenic those connected the ballot this twelvemonth successful Massachusetts.

Proponents reason that people occurring psychedelics person shown committedness successful treating depression, PTSD and anxiety. They assertion regularisation would guarantee harmless entree for those who could payment medically portion maintaining controls to forestall misuse.

Adam Zaffuto, a seasoned from Pittsburgh, told "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" that psychedelics dramatically improved his recovery.

“The broadside effects for maine were immense amounts of self-love, immense amounts of self-transformation, an quality to beryllium a amended hubby and a overmuch much engaged begetter and to supply my girl with the begetter that she deserves,” Zaffuto told NewsNation past year. “My woman got her hubby backmost and got the antheral that she joined back.”

Critics are acrophobic astir the imaginable nationalist wellness and information risks, arguing more probe is needed earlier specified substances are made much wide available.

“We request larger studies. We request to spot much semipermanent effects,” Virginia authorities Del. Wren Williams said past year.

Missouri: Legalize and modulate sports betting

NewsNation affiliate WDAF reported that a Missouri justice ruled a sports betting ballot initiative up for a ballot successful November would stay connected authorities ballots.

The law amendment would licence the Missouri Gambling Commission to let in-person and online sports wagering.

Under the proposed initiative, astatine slightest $5 cardinal annually successful licensing fees and taxes would spell toward occupation gambling programs, with remaining taxation revenues going toward elementary, secondary and higher education.

38 states and D.C. person legalized sports betting, according to Ballotpedia. Several neighboring states, including Illinois, Arkansas and Kansas, person already legalized sports betting. Without legalization, Missouri risks losing imaginable gross from those who transverse authorities borders to spot bets.

With beardown enactment among Missouri’s nonrecreational sports teams, immoderate are assured the measurement could walk and pave the mode to ineligible sports wagering successful the state. One newsman told WDAF that Missourians regularly thrust to neighboring states to spot bets.

"Going to parking tons successful benignant of random concern areas successful Kansas City, Kansas and you look and you spot the parking tons are conscionable successful and retired with radical with Missouri plates stopping connected their phones possibly determination for 5-10 minutes,” Ryan Butler, a Covers.com senior exertion told WDAF.

“Every Sunday its lined up here,” said Austin Lewis, a Liberty, Missouri, antheral who drives to Kansas to spot sports bets. “Thirty-minute thrust everyday, it's beauteous overmuch acceptable for it to beryllium ineligible successful Missouri."

Opponents are acrophobic astir the imaginable for accrued gambling addiction. Other opponents accidental the amendment provides greater fiscal payment for out-of-state funders. One committee, called Missourians Against Deceptive Online Gambling, has earned enactment from adjacent Missouri casinos and Caesars Entertainment.

A new Emerson College/The Hill poll recovered that 52% of the respondents said they would enactment a sports betting measurement successful Missouri, 25% program to reason it and 23% were unsure.

South Dakota: Amend constitution to region antheral pronouns

South Dakotans volition determine whether to region male-specific pronouns from the authorities constitution and regenerate them with gender-neutral language. This would impact changing words similar "he" and "his" to presumption similar "the person" oregon "the governor's."

Nine authorities constitutions — California, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Utah and Vermont — usage gender-neutral language, according to Ballotpedia.

Proponents reason that this alteration is agelong overdue and would marque the constitution much inclusive, reflecting the world that women tin and bash clasp each offices successful authorities government. They accidental the amendment is astir accuracy and adjacent representation, not governmental correctness.

Critics reason the alteration is unnecessary. Some besides explicit concerns astir preserving the humanities integrity of the document.

West Virginia: Ban radical from participating successful euthanasia

A arguable amendment to forestall physician-assisted termination volition beryllium up for voters successful November to decide. If this is approved, West Virginia would beryllium the archetypal authorities successful the federation to formally bash so.

NewsNation affiliate WOWK reported that House Joint Resolution 28 proposes amending West Virginia’s constitution to forestall immoderate aesculapian nonrecreational from committing euthanasia, oregon from helping a diligent perpetrate suicide.

Critics accidental existent instrumentality already makes it illegal, but supporters reason it adds further safeguards.

“It’s to assistance support immoderate of the astir susceptible radical successful our state. Those are individuals who person illnesses, that are going done a lot. And this volition support them from being encouraged to perpetrate suicide,” said measure co-sponsor Del. Chris Pritt (R) Kanawha.

“Restoring Reproductive freedom, we should beryllium voting connected that. But the Republicans won’t fto america ballot connected it due to the fact that they cognize what the result volition be, conscionable similar successful each different state. So, instead, they enactment this meaningless Constitutional Amendment connected that’s banning thing that’s already banned,” said Del. Mike Pushkin, seat of the authorities Democratic Party.

The solution to walk the ballot inaugural won with 88 delegates voting yes and lone 10 voting no. It besides passed the Senate by a akin margin.

Even if physician-assisted termination is outlawed, it volition not forestall patients from choosing to halt taking lifesaving medications oregon halt them from enforcing DNR orders.

At least 12 states presently person bills that would legalize physician-assisted death. Eight states and Washington, D.C., already let it, but lone for their ain residents. Vermont and Oregon permit immoderate qualifying American to question to their authorities for the practice. Patients indispensable beryllium astatine slightest 18 years old, wrong six months of decease and beryllium assessed to guarantee they are susceptible of making an informed decision.

Two states including West Virginia person gone successful the other direction. Kansas has a measure to criminalize further those who assistance idiosyncratic with their physician-assisted death.

NewsNation affiliate WOWK-TV, WDAF and the Associated Press contributed to this report.