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Counties will approach enforcement differently, providing yet another large-scale experiment in drug policy.

The Yes and No on 33 campaigns have collectively spent more than $140 million. CalMatters fact checked some of the more pervasive claims made by both sides.

The November ballot’s Measure 119 would make it easier for cannabis workers to unionize in Oregon.

This November, California voters will decide on Proposition 2, a $10 billion education bond. Some community colleges are counting on the money to fix critical buildings and protect the safety of students.

Involuntary servitude is prohibited in California’s Constitution except as punishment for a crime. Prop 6 would remove that exception.

California’s not a swing state, but it is making national news this election season for close down-ballot races that could determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives next year.

Prop. 35 would take an existing tax on health insurance plans and use the money to increase payment to doctors and other providers who see Medi-Cal patients. Its supporters have raised $50 million, drawing from groups representing hospitals, doctors and insurers.

Should California change the state constitution to remove language allowing involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime? Raise the statewide minimum wage from $16 to $18? Or issue $10 billion in bonds to improve school sites across the state?

If approved, Measure 116 would give an independent commission the power to set salaries for the governor, the secretary of state, lawmakers, judges and other state elected officials.

The complex proposal to hike business taxes and divide the proceeds among residents is the most divisive measure on the Oregon ballot.

Oregon is the only state that has no impeachment clause for statewide elected officials.

A new poll from the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California shows California voters are almost evenly split on two housing-related measures appearing on the ballot this fall.