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New York Budget Referendum Fails

12:32 A.M.: New York's ballot measure to change the state budgeting process has failed. Anytime both Gov. Pataki and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer are against ...

12:32 A.M.: New York's ballot measure to change the state budgeting process has failed. Anytime both Gov. Pataki and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer are against something, it doesn't have much of a chance in New York state.

Josh Goodman is a former staff writer for GOVERNING.