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- NATION, Page 24ELECTION NOTESBallot Issues
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- -- Washington State. Voters shied away from legalizing
- physician-assisted suicide.
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- YES
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- -- District of Columbia. Residents voted 77% to 23% to
- hold makers of assault weapons responsible for the injuries
- those arms inflict.
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- -- Texas. The state instituted a lottery, which officials
- estimate will bring in some $600 million annually.
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- -- New Jersey. Voters directed the legislature to pass a
- law codifying the rights of crime victims.
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- -- Missouri. A $385 million boost in education spending,
- financed by new corporate, tobacco and sales taxes, was rejected
- 65% to 34%. Voters were unmoved by warnings that the school
- system could go bankrupt.
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