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State and Local Government Elections: Ballot Initiatives We're Tracking

Route Fifty: While the turbulent and exhausting race for the White House has dominated the nation’s attention during this year’s election cycle, there’s a lot at stake down ballot—and we aren’t talking about candidates running for office.

Voters will also decide on plenty of pivotal state and local proposals, initiatives and questions.

The state and local ballot landscape this November includes major proposals for transportation and infrastructure investments, carbon emissions, education reform, housing and marijuana legalization, just to name a few. In total, voters in 35 states are considering 162 statewide ballot initiatives. There are also a slew of local issues appearing on ballots around the U.S. (In San Francisco, for instance, there are 25 local ballot initiatives.)

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