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Voters in Washington state approved universal background checks, the only gun control measure on a state ballot this year.
Three states rejected ballot measures that either would have made voting easier or harder.
Ballot measures that would have defined a fetus as a person lost in North Dakota and Colorado. But voters paved the way for new abortion restrictions in Tennessee Tuesday.
Constitutional protections for transportation money passed with overwhelming margins in Maryland and Wisconsin, but a bid to create an infrastructure bank in Louisiana failed again.
The state is the nation's only that effectively bans chain stores from owning pharmacies, and voters want it to stay that way.
Democrats hoped to have the upper hand when it came to races for governor. Instead, Republicans pulled off some unexpected victories.
No state's voters have ever approved GMO labeling at the ballot box. But the issue is bound to resurface in statehouses in 2015.
Republicans racked up victories in contests for lieutenant governor, secretary of state and school superintendent.
The party was able to flip open seats in Arkansas and Nevada and now leads Democrats in attorney general offices nationally.
Republicans not only defended their most vulnerable governors, they flipped several blue states.
Voters in a number of cities chose new mayors and supported ballot measures that were either green or worker-friendly.
The state that once pioneered get-tough approaches on crime with its “three strikes” law is now headed in the opposite direction.
One of the biggest criticisms of the gas tax in most places is that it doesn’t keep up with inflation. Massachusetts voters decided they like it that way.
Environmental groups spent nearly twice as much money as their opponents to set aside some oil revenue for protecting the land, but the ballot measure lost by a landslide.
The state, often a policy trendsetter, approved a ballot measure to institutionalize savings habits and harness the state’s notoriously wild revenue swings.
Oregon would have been the first state to set up an ongoing investment trust fund for higher education.
If Arizona successfully opts out of enforcing a federal law like Obamacare, some see other states following suit.
Floridians defeated a proposed constitutional change that would have let governors name a new judge once the retirement date of the outgoing judge is known.
Voters approved a constitutional amendment to increase transportation spending.
The bond referendum provides money for more space, better security and new high-tech gadgets.
The cap makes the state more competitive with its tax-friendlier neighbors, but states that have enacted similar restrictions on taxes encountered financial problems later.
Most states have at least considered banning foreign laws in their courts in recent years. Opponents say the controversial bans target Islam and are based on stereotypes.
The Ocean State is one of more than a dozen that periodically asks voters whether they want to hold another constitutional convention.
Arizona voters overwhelmingly approved a measure that allows terminally ill patients to obtain experimental drugs that haven’t been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
A ballot measure that would have made Florida the first Southern state to legalize medical marijuana failed by a 2 percent margin.
With backing by the NRA, making hunting a constitutionally protected right has become increasingly popular in the past decade.
Californians voted against giving the state's insurance commissioner the power that most have to reject excessive health premium increases.
Alabama voters approved a constitutional amendment that affirms the right to bear arms is a "fundamental right" and any regulation of that right is subject to the highest level of judicial review.
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Voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made California the first state to drug test doctors and raised the cap on some medical malpractice damages for the first time since the 1970s.
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