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...ballots next week. Three of those initiatives, plus a fourth measure unrelated to eminent domain, would go even further--forcing governments to compensate anyone whose property lost value because of zoning, environmental or, in some cases, consumer-protection laws. That has opponents of these "regulatory takings" measures--in California, Arizona, Idaho and Washington--asking Blue's own question: "Where will it stop...
Those rankings were based on 21 indicators, including school spending and standardized test scores. Arizona was ranked the least intelligent...
Rejected in: Arizona...
...Where: Arizona, Colorado [also voting on creating domestic partnerships], Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin...
...citizens' initiative in Arizona--which, with 19 measures on its ballot, has more than any other state--would require farmers to give pregnant pigs and calves raised for veal a little more living space. Another aims to pump up voter turnout by setting up a $1 million jackpot for one lucky voter every two years. A Nebraska measure proposes to double funds for treating compulsive gamblers, to $1 million. Voters in Colorado and Nevada will decide whether to make the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana legal, while those in South Dakota vote on whether pot should...