Election 2014: Ballot Results

As part of its 2014 Election coverage, Common Dreams highlighted key ballot fights and local campaigns across the country. In small towns, big cities and states nationwide, people and communities consider these issues vital to their individual rights, the health of their communities, and their undeterred hope for a better future. Whether or not you live in a place where one of these local battles took place, the outcomes of these campaigns say much about the state of our democracy. For background on these issues and the specific campaigns, go here. Election Day results follow.

In the absence of federal action on the issue, efforts to increase the minimum wage were on the ballot in five states: Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Read more...

**ALASKA: Measure 3**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	154,516	68.8%	100%
	NO	70,082	31.2%

**ARKANSAS: Issue 5**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	542,179	66%	100%
	NO	280,797	34%

**ILLINOIS: Minimum Wage Increase**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	2,198,881	66.4%	100%
	NO	1,113,963	33.6%

**NEBRASKA: Initiative 425**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	301,968	59.23%	0%
	NO	207,841	40.77%	0%

**SOUTH DAKOTA: Measure 18**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	138,622	54.85%	85%
	NO	114,100	45.15%

Three states this year faced sweeping anti-choice legislation that sought to curtail or eliminate reproductive rights: Colorado, North Dakota, and Tennessee.
Read more...

**COLORADO: Amendment 67**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
	YES	89,888	35.87%	100%
X	NO	160,728	64.13%

**NORTH DAKOTA: Measure 1**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
	YES	89,888	35.87%	100%
X	NO	160,728	64.13%

**TENNESSEE: Amendment 1**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	728,751	52.61%	0%
	NO	656,427	47.39%	0%

Voters in communities in California, Texas and Ohio had a chance to ban the dangerous oil and gas drilling practice known as "fracking" this year. Read more...

**SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Measure P**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	30,732	37.35%	100%
	NO	51,547	62.65%

**SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Measure J**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	5,021	57.36%	100%
	NO	3,733	42.64%

**MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Measure S**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	7,302	67.18%	100%
	NO	3,567	32.82%

**DENTON, TEXAS: Fracking Ban Initiative**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	FOR	14,881	58.64%	100%
	AGAINST	10,495	41.36%

**ATHENS, OHIO: Issue 7**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	2,245	78.28%	100%
	NO	623	21.72%

**YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO: Issue 4**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	5,268	42.15%	100%
	NO	7,231	87.85%

**GATES MILLS, OHIO: Issue 51**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	313	30.7%	100%
	NO	707	69.3%

**KENT, OHIO: Issue 21**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	0	0%	0%
	NO	0	0%

Efforts to regulate GMOs were on both state and local ballots. Colorado and Oregon voted on a labeling mandate, while Humboldt and Maui counties voted on planting bans. Read more...

**OREGON: Measure 92**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	610,655	49.08%	100%
	NO	633,451	50.92%

COLORADO:
Proposition 105
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	595,528	33.22%	100%
	NO	1,196,971	66.78%

MAUI COUNTY:
Hawaii Moratorium Initiative
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	23,082	50.2%	100%
	NO	22,005	47.9%

HUMBOLDT COUNTY:
California Measure P
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	17,029	59.43%	100%
	NO	11,624	40.57%

Washington state voters cast ballots for or against two competing ballot initiatives—one to strengthen, the other to weaken—gun control measures in the state. Read more...

**WASHINGTON: Initiative 594**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	724,330	59.72%	0%
	NO	488,625	40.28%	0%

**WASHINGTON: Initiative 591**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
	YES	546,375	45.45%	100%
X	NO	655,750	54.55%

Oil giant Chevron dumped millions of dollars into municipal elections in the city of Richmond, Calif. to fight a progressive slate of candidates in what critics said was one of the most egregious examples of a corporate interest using nearly unlimited financial resources to overwhelm local candidates. Read more...

RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA:
City Council/Mayor
Our Candidates	Elected	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
Gayle McLaughlin (Council)	YES	4,880	16.91%	100%
Eduardo Martinez (Council)	YES	4,214	14.60%
Jocanka Beckles (Council)	YES	4,679	16.21%
Tom Butt (Mayor)	YES	5,537	51.43%

Efforts to expand legal access to marijuana took place in Washington, D.C., Alaska, and Oregon. Read more...

**ALASKA: Measure 2**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	116,803	52%	100%
	NO	107,179	48%

**OREGON: Measure 91**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	692,669	54.82%	100%
	NO	570,798	45.18%

**WASHINGTON, D.C.: Measure 71**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	FOR	96,113	64.62%	100%
	AGAINST	42,280	28.43%

As the U.S. system of mass incarceration comes under increasing fire, Californians voted on a measure to reduce prison populations by reducing the penalties for a number of "non-serious and nonviolent property and drug crimes." Read more...

**CALIFORNIA: Proposition 47**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	2,955,206	58.5%	100%
	NO	2,100,278	41.5%

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In the absence of federal action on the issue, efforts to increase the minimum wage were on the ballot in five states: Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Read more...

**ALASKA: Measure 3**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	154,516	68.8%	100%
	NO	70,082	31.2%

**ARKANSAS: Issue 5**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	542,179	66%	100%
	NO	280,797	34%

**ILLINOIS: Minimum Wage Increase**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	2,198,881	66.4%	100%
	NO	1,113,963	33.6%

**NEBRASKA: Initiative 425**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	301,968	59.23%	0%
	NO	207,841	40.77%	0%

**SOUTH DAKOTA: Measure 18**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	138,622	54.85%	85%
	NO	114,100	45.15%

Three states this year faced sweeping anti-choice legislation that sought to curtail or eliminate reproductive rights: Colorado, North Dakota, and Tennessee.
Read more...

**COLORADO: Amendment 67**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
	YES	89,888	35.87%	100%
X	NO	160,728	64.13%

**NORTH DAKOTA: Measure 1**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
	YES	89,888	35.87%	100%
X	NO	160,728	64.13%

**TENNESSEE: Amendment 1**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	728,751	52.61%	0%
	NO	656,427	47.39%	0%

Voters in communities in California, Texas and Ohio had a chance to ban the dangerous oil and gas drilling practice known as "fracking" this year. Read more...

**SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Measure P**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	30,732	37.35%	100%
	NO	51,547	62.65%

**SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Measure J**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	5,021	57.36%	100%
	NO	3,733	42.64%

**MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Measure S**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	7,302	67.18%	100%
	NO	3,567	32.82%

**DENTON, TEXAS: Fracking Ban Initiative**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	FOR	14,881	58.64%	100%
	AGAINST	10,495	41.36%

**ATHENS, OHIO: Issue 7**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	2,245	78.28%	100%
	NO	623	21.72%

**YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO: Issue 4**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	5,268	42.15%	100%
	NO	7,231	87.85%

**GATES MILLS, OHIO: Issue 51**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	313	30.7%	100%
	NO	707	69.3%

**KENT, OHIO: Issue 21**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	0	0%	0%
	NO	0	0%

Efforts to regulate GMOs were on both state and local ballots. Colorado and Oregon voted on a labeling mandate, while Humboldt and Maui counties voted on planting bans. Read more...

**OREGON: Measure 92**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	610,655	49.08%	100%
	NO	633,451	50.92%

COLORADO:
Proposition 105
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	595,528	33.22%	100%
	NO	1,196,971	66.78%

MAUI COUNTY:
Hawaii Moratorium Initiative
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	23,082	50.2%	100%
	NO	22,005	47.9%

HUMBOLDT COUNTY:
California Measure P
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	17,029	59.43%	100%
	NO	11,624	40.57%

Washington state voters cast ballots for or against two competing ballot initiatives—one to strengthen, the other to weaken—gun control measures in the state. Read more...

**WASHINGTON: Initiative 594**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	724,330	59.72%	0%
	NO	488,625	40.28%	0%

**WASHINGTON: Initiative 591**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
	YES	546,375	45.45%	100%
X	NO	655,750	54.55%

RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA:
City Council/Mayor
Our Candidates	Elected	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
Gayle McLaughlin (Council)	YES	4,880	16.91%	100%
Eduardo Martinez (Council)	YES	4,214	14.60%
Jocanka Beckles (Council)	YES	4,679	16.21%
Tom Butt (Mayor)	YES	5,537	51.43%

Efforts to expand legal access to marijuana took place in Washington, D.C., Alaska, and Oregon. Read more...

**ALASKA: Measure 2**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	116,803	52%	100%
	NO	107,179	48%

**OREGON: Measure 91**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	692,669	54.82%	100%
	NO	570,798	45.18%

**WASHINGTON, D.C.: Measure 71**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	FOR	96,113	64.62%	100%
	AGAINST	42,280	28.43%

**CALIFORNIA: Proposition 47**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	2,955,206	58.5%	100%
	NO	2,100,278	41.5%

In the absence of federal action on the issue, efforts to increase the minimum wage were on the ballot in five states: Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Read more...

**ALASKA: Measure 3**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	154,516	68.8%	100%
	NO	70,082	31.2%

**ARKANSAS: Issue 5**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	542,179	66%	100%
	NO	280,797	34%

**ILLINOIS: Minimum Wage Increase**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	2,198,881	66.4%	100%
	NO	1,113,963	33.6%

**NEBRASKA: Initiative 425**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	301,968	59.23%	0%
	NO	207,841	40.77%	0%

**SOUTH DAKOTA: Measure 18**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	138,622	54.85%	85%
	NO	114,100	45.15%

Three states this year faced sweeping anti-choice legislation that sought to curtail or eliminate reproductive rights: Colorado, North Dakota, and Tennessee.
Read more...

**COLORADO: Amendment 67**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
	YES	89,888	35.87%	100%
X	NO	160,728	64.13%

**NORTH DAKOTA: Measure 1**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
	YES	89,888	35.87%	100%
X	NO	160,728	64.13%

**TENNESSEE: Amendment 1**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	728,751	52.61%	0%
	NO	656,427	47.39%	0%

Voters in communities in California, Texas and Ohio had a chance to ban the dangerous oil and gas drilling practice known as "fracking" this year. Read more...

**SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Measure P**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	30,732	37.35%	100%
	NO	51,547	62.65%

**SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Measure J**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	5,021	57.36%	100%
	NO	3,733	42.64%

**MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Measure S**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	7,302	67.18%	100%
	NO	3,567	32.82%

**DENTON, TEXAS: Fracking Ban Initiative**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	FOR	14,881	58.64%	100%
	AGAINST	10,495	41.36%

**ATHENS, OHIO: Issue 7**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	2,245	78.28%	100%
	NO	623	21.72%

**YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO: Issue 4**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	5,268	42.15%	100%
	NO	7,231	87.85%

**GATES MILLS, OHIO: Issue 51**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	313	30.7%	100%
	NO	707	69.3%

**KENT, OHIO: Issue 21**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	0	0%	0%
	NO	0	0%

Efforts to regulate GMOs were on both state and local ballots. Colorado and Oregon voted on a labeling mandate, while Humboldt and Maui counties voted on planting bans. Read more...

**OREGON: Measure 92**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	610,655	49.08%	100%
	NO	633,451	50.92%

COLORADO:
Proposition 105
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	595,528	33.22%	100%
	NO	1,196,971	66.78%

MAUI COUNTY:
Hawaii Moratorium Initiative
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	23,082	50.2%	100%
	NO	22,005	47.9%

HUMBOLDT COUNTY:
California Measure P
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	17,029	59.43%	100%
	NO	11,624	40.57%

Washington state voters cast ballots for or against two competing ballot initiatives—one to strengthen, the other to weaken—gun control measures in the state. Read more...

**WASHINGTON: Initiative 594**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	724,330	59.72%	0%
	NO	488,625	40.28%	0%

**WASHINGTON: Initiative 591**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
	YES	546,375	45.45%	100%
X	NO	655,750	54.55%

RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA:
City Council/Mayor
Our Candidates	Elected	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
Gayle McLaughlin (Council)	YES	4,880	16.91%	100%
Eduardo Martinez (Council)	YES	4,214	14.60%
Jocanka Beckles (Council)	YES	4,679	16.21%
Tom Butt (Mayor)	YES	5,537	51.43%

Efforts to expand legal access to marijuana took place in Washington, D.C., Alaska, and Oregon. Read more...

**ALASKA: Measure 2**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	116,803	52%	100%
	NO	107,179	48%

**OREGON: Measure 91**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	692,669	54.82%	100%
	NO	570,798	45.18%

**WASHINGTON, D.C.: Measure 71**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	FOR	96,113	64.62%	100%
	AGAINST	42,280	28.43%

**CALIFORNIA: Proposition 47**
Our Vote	Option	Votes	Vote %	Reporting
X	YES	2,955,206	58.5%	100%
	NO	2,100,278	41.5%

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Election 2014: Ballot Results

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