[ti:American Voters Will Decide on More Than Just the Presidency]
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[00:00.12]American voters are electing more than a new president and vice president on Tuesday.
[00:07.04]Voters will also be filling all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives.
[00:15.96]In addition, they are deciding 34 U.S. Senate races,
[00:21.68]12 state governorships and hundreds of local issues.
[00:28.48]The issues include legalization of the drug marijuana,
[00:33.24]gun control, health care and even the minimum wage.
[00:40.44]The website Ballotpedia.com reports there are a total of 154 statewide measures
[00:49.68]on ballots in 35 states, affecting over 200 million people.
[00:56.76]The site reports that 82 million people live in states where voters could legalize marijuana.
[01:05.68]Reports say more than 21 million live in states
[01:09.96]where voters could increase the minimum wage
[01:13.96]-- the lowest wages permitted under the law.
[01:19.00]Ballot measures to increase restrictions on gun ownership
[01:24.08]could affect more than 50 million people.
[01:28.40]Taxes on tobacco products could increase for more than 51 million people.
[01:36.28]In California, voters will decide if the state government should ban plastic bags
[01:44.08]-- those used in many stores.
[01:47.56]They also are being asked whether the state should require men
[01:52.36]in pornographic films to wear condoms.
[01:57.80]Voters in Maine will decide if they want their state
[02:02.88]to create a system of voting that requires one or more votes
[02:08.92]until the winner receives a majority of the ballots.
[02:14.28]The website Curbed.com says voters in 25 states  are being asked
[02:21.52]to approve spending a total of $200 billion on transportation infrastructure,
[02:28.92]such as road improvements.
[02:32.00]Politico.com reports medical marijuana could soon be legal in a majority of the states.
[02:41.60]And the number of states that ban executions could reach 21
[02:47.68]-- the highest in American history.
[02:51.08]I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.
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