Arizona Election Results
Kelly and I did our civic duty yesterday by getting up early and casting our votes. The night before we stayed up into the wee hours of the night reading the proposals. We ripped our proposal pamphlet in half and took turns reading each half. I'm glad I voiced my opinion since there are some pretty interesting (scary) proposals out there. Here are some examples of how Arizona voted:
Prop 100: 78% voted yes to prohibit bail to illegal immigrants who have committed a serious felony offense.
Prop 103: 74% voted yes for English as the official language. Representatives of the state or local govement are now required to conduct all business in English.
Prop 107: 51% voted no to 'protect marriage' by defining it as a union between one man and one woman and prohibiting a legal status for unmarried people that is similar to marriage. If this had passed, it could have aversly affected the employer benefits of many domestic partners.
Prop 200: 66% voted no to the idea of having a $1 million lottery for people who vote in both the primaries and general election.
Prop 201: 54% voted yes to ban smoking in all public places. Yay!
Prop 202: 66% voted yes to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $6.75 an hour.
Prop 203: 53% voted yes to tax the smokers to establish an Early Childhood Development and Health Fund
Prop 205: 71% voted no to the idea of requiring all voting to be done by mail. The people who thought up this one must have much more confidence in the USPS than I do! Speaking of which, did you see the article about the absentee ballot that was mailed with a rare stamp worth approximately $525,000? The best part: The ballot was disqualified because it contained no identification! The full story is here: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1108rare-stamp08-ON.html
Prop 100: 78% voted yes to prohibit bail to illegal immigrants who have committed a serious felony offense.
Prop 103: 74% voted yes for English as the official language. Representatives of the state or local govement are now required to conduct all business in English.
Prop 107: 51% voted no to 'protect marriage' by defining it as a union between one man and one woman and prohibiting a legal status for unmarried people that is similar to marriage. If this had passed, it could have aversly affected the employer benefits of many domestic partners.
Prop 200: 66% voted no to the idea of having a $1 million lottery for people who vote in both the primaries and general election.
Prop 201: 54% voted yes to ban smoking in all public places. Yay!
Prop 202: 66% voted yes to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $6.75 an hour.
Prop 203: 53% voted yes to tax the smokers to establish an Early Childhood Development and Health Fund
Prop 205: 71% voted no to the idea of requiring all voting to be done by mail. The people who thought up this one must have much more confidence in the USPS than I do! Speaking of which, did you see the article about the absentee ballot that was mailed with a rare stamp worth approximately $525,000? The best part: The ballot was disqualified because it contained no identification! The full story is here: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1108rare-stamp08-ON.html
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