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Voters in 16 States today is a judgement of 61 ballot initiatives and referenda, a ban on Billboard Alaska to a broad campaign finance reform measures in Massachusetts and Arizona.

The number is 1996, said Dane Waters, president of the Institute initiative and referendum, but the percentage of probability is way up.

Perhaps the most important vote in respect of their nationals was at the initiative of Washington State, prohibiting the use of race or sex preferences in government hiring and contracting and university attendance .

Opponents say that the action - a copy closely, CA two years ago - would be crippled “affirmative action” and promote similar programs in Congress and other countries. It has a small 50 per cent to 41 per cent lead over the last public inquiry, but the two parties, the result is doubtful.

The fight most expensive - with expenditure over two pages out of a total of over 100 million dollars - was the struggle of California on Indian gambling. It Southern California, several mines tribes are fighting for the right to install slot machines and video poker in its reserves against the casinos of Las Vegas Hotel, casinos are eager for their clientele of major competitions over their California money at home. Late polls, the tribes - have significantly outspent his opponents - are capable of winning.

Others, perhaps also in today’s vote if, prior to the election polls are correct, particularly for animal rights, people background of measures to legalize the medical use marijuana and organized work. A measure to legalize physician assisted suicide is defeated in Michigan. The ban on late-term abortion is favorite in Colorado, but provides chancy in Washington.

The unions are signs of an initiative to raise the minimum wage in Washington, Oregon and a defeat, that the measure would be the end of the checkoff fees for teachers and other employees. If Oregon “cheque settlement”, the initiative goes down, as a similar measure in California last June the first ballot, it would be a failure for the year once sounded conservative drive for power political organizations of work.

Animal rights groups - miners, role models enough volunteers to help qualify the initiatives of police, without paying collection - Dos hedging measures in five countries. They expect the success of initiatives in California ban on fur and trapping and slaughter of horses, a ban on cockfighting Arizona Missouri and the prohibition of any form of animal fighting. Luge faces stronger measures on the Prohibition Ping Wolf Trap, Alaska, and the hunting of mourning doves in Ohio.

The measures of marijuana - the possibility for doctors that the drug for patients-terminal or the passion of the impact of treatments for cancer, AIDS and other diseases are on the ballot in Alaska, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. The precursor was in California in 1996. You run everywhere, but polls show that the result may be close in Nevada and Washington, the latter being regarded as the state in which voters previously rejected a large extent legalization of drugs.

In Arizona, the state legislature, last year a law denies essentially a 1996 initiative voters not only approved medical marijuana but ended the detention of persons in the first two arrests for possession of a wide variety of drugs. Critics of the “war against drugs, particularly financier George Soros, $ 1.6 million for a referendum on legislation and public opinion polls show their” no “may prevail in effect the restoration of the 1996 voters judgement. Who else, have reported contributions of only $ 44000.

Soros has also helped to support groups “elections own initiatives, which favors in Massachusetts and Arizona. Arizona, the action of public funding to candidates for the Office of the State to obtain a number of contributions of $ 5 - 200 for representatives of a State, the governor of 4000 - and voluntarily accept spending limits. The public funding would come from an increase of 10 percent on criminal fines and civil penalties that may be lobbyist registration increases taxes and tax credits for small voluntary contributions campaign. The Massachusetts initiative is similar, but would enter into force in 2002, whereas if the money appropriated by the legislature.