Cool. I as I was furious checking the polls, I noticed that a lot of referenda were being voted on. Besides a lot of approved tax exceMptions and administrative stuff, some referenda include * Asking DC to look into becoming it's own state as New Columbia * Making Alabama a right to work state and Virginia did not * Legal weed in California, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada and North Dakota…
> Nebraska abolishes the death penalty Nebraska kept the death penalty, or more correctly, reinstated it. http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-poli... The vote was, do you want to repeal the repeal of the death penalty.
prop 62 (o)
> Repeals death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole. Applies retroactively to existing death sentences. Increases the portion of life inmates' wages that may be applied to victim restitution. Fiscal Impact: Net ongoing reduction in state and county criminal justice costs of around $150 million annually within a few years, although the impact could vary by tens of millions of dollars depending on various factors.
prop 66 (i)
> Changes procedures governing state court challenges to death sentences. Designates superior court for initial petitions and limits successive petitions. Requires appointed attorneys who take noncapital appeals to accept death penalty appeals. Exempts prison officials from existing regulation process for developing execution methods. Fiscal Impact: Unknown ongoing impact on state court costs for processing legal challenges to death sentences. Potential prison savings in the tens of millions of dollars annually.
overshadowing two positives in regard incarcerations: 64 legalising of cannabis, and 57 parole for nonviolent offenders (ii)
(o) http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/62/