Some good news from this election
Posted on November 5th, 2008 by bile
Tags: animal rights law, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Constitution Party, dog racing, Florida, government funded health insurance, Green Party, health insurance coverage, illegal aliens, Libertarian Party, Maine, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, Michigan, Montana, montanna, Nebraska, nonviolent drug offenders, North Dakota, Oregon, Ralph Nader, Ron Paul, same sex marriage, South Dakota, state income tax, Washington
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- Ralph Nader, the Libertarian Party, the Constitution Party, and the Green Party will all substantially increase their raw vote totals over 2004.
- Ron Paul received 2.2% in Montanna and 0.5% in Louisiana. Third place in both.
- Ron Paul kept his districts House seat.
- Few of the Ron Paul candidates won. Lamborn of Colorado 5th District and McClintock of California 4th District. It’s been questioned however whether Lamborn is an actual RP backed candidate.
- Maine rejects sales taxes and medical claim fees to fund state health program.
- South Dakota voted not to ban abortion.
- Massachusetts decrims marijuana.
- Michigan voted to allow medical marijuana.
- Washington voted to allow for allowing some terminally ill adults to obtain lethal prescriptions.
- Arizona shot down requiring revocation of business licenses of any employer who knowingly hires illegal aliens.
- Colorado fails to define human life as beginning at fertilization.
- Nebraska bans discrimination and preferential treatment by the State.
Let me include the bad:
- Few of the Ron Paul candidates won. Lamborn of Colorado 5th District and McClintock of California 4th District. It’s been questioned however whether Lamborn is an actual RP backed candidate.
- Colorado fails to ban discrimination and preferential treatment by the state.
- Colorado fails to prohibit mandatory union membership and mandatory union dues.
- Arizona bans same sex marriage.
- Arizona shot down requiring that a majority of all registered voters approve any initiative with spending or tax increases.
- Arkansas bans unmarried cohabitating couples from adopting or being foster parents.
- California establishes the nation’s first comprehensive farm animal rights law.
- California shot down expanding treatment programs for nonviolent drug offenders. (better then prison IMO)
- California banned same sex marriage.
- Florida bans same sex marriage.
- Massachusetts overwhelmingly rejects getting rid of state income tax.
- Massachusetts bans dog racing.
- Montana provides government funded health insurance coverage for as many as 30,000 uninsured children.
- North Dakota votes against reducing or eliminating income tax.
- Oregon votes against requiring that teacher pay and job security be linked directly to classroom performance.
