Bob

Just curious.

In Mass, just three things.

To keep personal state income tax, which was kept

To decriminalise weed, which was a yes

To ban greyhound racing, which won...stupid that one...

NC Penguin

Aside from the political races, North Carolina did not have any additional statewide non-political issues to vote on. However, in Durham County we voted on whether to pass a 1% addition to the county food tax that would be used to finance cultural and arts institutions.

The proposed additional tax wasn't voted in. At least 70% of voters were against this tax.

Here's an article about the proposed tax and its use:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1174679.html

Melissande

In Michigan-

Medical Marijuana- Passed
Embryonic Stem Cell Research- Passed

I have to say I'm gobsmacked that they passed given the high concentration of Dutch-reformed/CRC types in my area.

anotherlimey

Florida passed an Amendment to it's Constitution banning same sex marriage...

lisa67

Selling alcohol in public places....or something like that..excellent

dgsyd1

I was surprised they both got passed too. Glad they did though.

RoB1833

Not happy with this one, because I live in NH it means I still have to pay more tax than the average Mass resident for the privilege of working there.

Duncan Roberts

Ohio.

1. Increase the time needed before the election that an issue can get on the ballot - passed
2. Clean Ohio - passed
3. Water ownership rights for home/land owners. A recent change made people think that water on their property (eg well) would now be publicly owned - passed
5. Payday loans restrictions and monitoring - passed
6. Constitutional amendment for a casino. Bullshit issue in my opinion designed to make one guy a ton of money - failed

AmerLisa

Allowing certain terminally ill competent adults to obtain lethal prescriptions - passed

Long term caregivers to have more hours of instruction - passed

Open high-occupancy vehicle lanes to all traffic during specified hours, require traffic light synchronization, increase roadside assistance funding, and dedicate certain taxes, fines, tolls and other revenues to traffic-flow purposes. - didn't pass

Bluegrass Lass

There was nothing extra on my ballot. I would have liked to cast a vote on some 'contentious' issues.

sime303

Maine

1. Veto tax on drinks and insurance - Yes, repealed (taking more of my money for healthcare, I thought I had already paid that tax)

2. Oxford Casino - No (the churches will be happy, no competition for money)

3. Water and Wastewater bond - Yes (Yay, we can get clean water now)

Bob

That did surprise me..good thing though, maybe open the state up for some high tech investments to help the declining economy out there...

Bob

Well I'm glad we kept the tax because property taxes are already high, and no income tax would only increase that to make getting a home a no goer for even more people, and it'll affect schools etc which are already shit enough in some places without losing more cash.

Bob

Blimey....that's a surprise, I thought that would be a goer, because there's bugger all out there apart from the speedway...hmmm....

sime303

Yeah I thought it was going to win too, there were 3 proposed sites for it in Oxford I know one was quite close to Oxford Plains. This is what happened to the casino issue last time around too.

I don't understand this country sometimes mate. They say this is the land of free, that is unless you want a drink or to place a bet.