Both ballots lost. Colorado, 40% to 60%. Nevada, 44% to 56%. At least they gave it their best shot.
Nonetheless, voters in about half a dozen cities around the U.S. approved ballots that made marijuana possesion the lowest priority of their police. The cities are: Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Santa Monica in California, Missoula, Montana, and Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Voters in the 1st and 12th Plymouth Representative Districts in Massachusetts approved ballots that lowered the fine of possesion of less than an ounce to $100. Voters in the 7th Norfolk Representative District and the 3rd Middlesex Senate District, both in Mass., approved medical marijuana ballots.
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