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INTEREST GROUP LEAST LIKELY TO BE AWARE OF ITS LOSS New Mexico voters rejected a ballot proposal to end the state constitution's prohibition on voting by "idiots and insane persons." They can, however, still run for office...
MOST REDUNDANT BALLOT INITIATIVE Nevadans voted to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, which was not legal in Nevada...
BEST PROOF THAT LIBERALISM IS DEAD--OR THAT THE YUPPIE QUEST FOR A CHEAPER LATTE TRUMPS POLITICS Voters in Berkeley, Calif., rejected a ballot measure that would have required coffee sold in the city to be organic or purchased from farmers for at least...
After booming in the '90s, the number of ballot initiatives (measures proposed by citizens) and referendums (those put on the ballot by legislators) was down this year--202 measures in 40 states, the smallest figure since 1986. In Oregon, citizens even attempted to get an initiative on the ballot to "ban frivolous initiatives." It didn't make the cut--but a lot of others did, ranging from the essential to the eccentric. Here's a Notebook rundown. --By Heather Won Tesoriero...
Oklahoma COCKFIGHTING Animal-rights advocates got a cockfighting ban on the ballot, a measure that had been repeatedly rejected in the state legislature. Passed...