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Here Are the Local Ballot Measures That Passed and Failed
County and state referenda this election year included spending and policy questions on drugs, abortion, taxes and transportation.
Selecting the next U.S. president wasn’t the only high-stakes decision in this year’s election. The results are in on a number of local policy and spending measures that also appeared on the ballots.
There were fewer initiatives than in previous election years as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the campaign season for ballot measures, but across the country, local referenda revealed where voters stand on issues like transportation, the decriminalization of drugs, abortion and taxes.