They took a vote and said “no!”
No. That's what this election meant to me. Simply put, most voters chose "no" on ballot measures in recession. Sightline had a great analyis of the elections with some wins for the environment:
Arguably the most important from the view of sustainability was
California Proposition 23, which would would have suspended the state's
pioneering climate law. Voters in the Golden State rejected this
backward-looking measure sponsored by Texas oil companies, defeating it
by more than 60 percent. Disappointingly, Washington voters rejected a
measure that we at Sightline championed: Referendum 52, which would have
funded energy upgrades in schools (and also extended a bottled water
tax and raised the state debt limit to support the energy upgrades).
They voted “no” to privatizing liquor sales in Washington, “no” to
legalizing marijuana in California and Oregon, and “no” to privatizing
worker’s compensation insurance in Washington.
Read the report HERE.
