...Voters will consider 163 initiatives and referendums in 34 states.... Gay Marriage: This is the social issue du jour, and measures to ban it will appear on ballots in 11 states, including the battlegrounds of Michigan and Ohio. Proponents have their work cut out; ballot measures defending traditional marriage have never lost and tend to be approved by wide margins.... [W]hat's important is that the decision is left to the electorate and their representatives, not dictated from the bench by activist judges.... Tort Reform: The medical liability reform initiatives on the ballot in no fewer that four states -- Wyoming,...