By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist

Here are just a few predictions before Tuesday’s elections.

By the numbers:

 77 percent of Missouri voters will approve Constitutional Amendment No. 1, which mandates English as “the language of all governmental meetings.”

Whoopee.

This feel-good vote will follow the trend set by other states that have endorsed an English-only movement when given the chance:

California by a 73-27 percent margin in 1986; Florida by 84-16 in 1988; Utah by 67-33 in 2000; and Arizona by 73-27 in 2006.

Of course, this constitutional change will mean nothing in the short or long run.

Government meetings that have been conducted in English before will continue to be held in English — which is exactly what would have happened if this amendment had never seen the light of day.

 62 percent of Johnson County voters will reject the idea of electing judges.

Supporters have gained no traction at all in showing why the election of judges would help provide a better judicial system in the county.

Meanwhile, opponents have made the best argument: That electing judges will create lots of problems, especially with judicial candidates brazenly soliciting funds to run their campaigns.

 61 percent of Missouri voters will give Democrat Jay Nixon a landslide victory over Republican Kenny Hulshof in the race for governor.

Nixon’s biggest challenge then would be to get the Republican-controlled General Assembly to follow his lead to carry out his biggest promises, especially on restoring health care to tens of thousands of people.

Nixon is well-qualified for his new job. He promises to be a more effective champion of open government than former governor (thank goodness) Matt Blunt.

 58 percent of Missouri voters will approve Proposition C, which mandates the use of more renewable energy in the years to come.

The outcomes: cheaper energy and cleaner air.

The support of utilities such as Kansas City Power & Light has helped this issue get some of the attention it deserves.

Approval of the proposition would promote hundreds of millions of dollars of investments in renewable energy.

 55 percent of Johnson Countians will endorse the one-eighth-cent sales-tax increase for the education and research triangle.

The bad economy will hold down support for this ballot item. And opponents have had some success raising questions about exactly how the University of Kansas and Kansas State University would use the money.

The bottom line, though, is that supporters have built a reasonable case that spending $15 million a year on higher education will help bring jobs and residents to the county. That’s a winning combination.

 50.1 percent of Kansas City voters will endorse a sales-tax increase for a light-rail system.

Some backers of the transit plan seem convinced that the bad economy will kill the request of almost $1 billion for the light-rail system.

But I’m predicting that the combination of the “start now” crowd, young voters and transit true-believers will carry this issue to victory.

Of course, then the real hurdles would loom: Could the City Council and Area Transportation Authority put together a realistic plan to get federal funding, define a fixed route and get construction under way in the next five years?

 48 percent of Missourians will endorse Proposition A, which would remove loss limits on casinos in the state. In other words, the issue will fail. This would be a surprising — and gratifying — result.

The casino operators have spent millions of dollars on TV ads using teachers as props for this issue, trying to convince voters that more open-ended gambling would be good for the state.

I’m betting Missourians won’t embrace that troubling idea.

 44 percent of voters in the 6th U.S. House District will support former Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes, as she loses her challenge to Sam Graves.

Graves, a Republican, has done a masterful job this year of painting Barnes as a big spender and as someone who only cares about one part of her district — the urban part.

It’s not true, and Barnes was a good mayor and is a good congressional candidate.

Yet Graves’ strategy of currying favor with his constant rural backers promises to be a winner, once again, for him.

Now we wait for Tuesday to see what voters really think.

Editorial Board member Yael T. Abouhalkah can be reached at 816-234-4887 or at abouhalkah@ kcstar.com. Read his blog posts at voices.kansascity.com. He appears on “Ruckus” at 7 tonight on KCPT, Channel 19.