Posted on 11/07/2012 3:20:03 AM PST by Arthurio
LOS ANGELES: California voters on Tuesday struck down a proposal to require food companies to label genetically-modified products as well as turned down a ban on the death penalty, officials said, based on a majority of votes.
The votes marked rare victories for conservatives on a night that saw Democrat President Barack Obama handily win re-election and liberal ballot initiatives succeed in other states.
The most populous US state voted against Proposition 34 -- which would have replaced the death penalty with life in prison without parole -- according to figures on the California Secretary of State's website.
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The schizophrenia of my home state always amazes me.
Ahhh whatever.
I personally think our biggest ballot proposal wins were in Michigan over two union power grab attempts.
Proposal 2 would have allowed the union to negotiate our state constitution. Proposal 4 would have given the unions the constitutional power to force home care workers into a union against their will and seized dues.
Proposal 3 was a green energy proposal that would have forced us to erect thousands of windmills.
At the end of the night I got 4 wins, 1 loss, and 1 split decision on what I wanted from the ballot proposals here.
Windmills- too stupid even for Michigan
Oh but (CA) did increase sales tax. But it is for the Children /s
Yeah, and California voted to kill off or run off more small businesses.
Choosing higher taxes was not the usual route for CA voters but Brown's scare tactics worked; they'll feel foolish when things don't actually get any better. Love for union propaganda is standard, however.
i figured GMO labels had a shot but it wasn't really a big issue.
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