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Accounts to fill colorado and louisiana saw voters weigh in on the controversy surrounding abortion laws in a womans right to choose as we discussed on our election fallout show just a few days ago you also had a slew of voters in states across the nation including washington d. C. Vote to decriminalize various Illegal Drugs like marijuana magic mushrooms you even had voters in mississippi deciding on giving the Southern State a brand new flag which was i think long overdue given that their original state flag up until tuesday night featured the confederate battle cross of civil war era fame. But while the initiatives across the country covered a wide range of important subject it was 20 twentieths most notorious Party Crasher cope with 19 who kept many important issues off of the ballots in this years elections the New York Times reported that if ever there was a doubt about the coronaviruses impact on american democracy look no further than the sharp decline on so this initiative was
Finally got to weigh in on. As we start watching the hawks, whats going on in a city street. You want to see the crisis. You always stay on see a great city, this least systemic dissent says the late show which would bring the bill. All right, welcome one and all to watching the horse. And i mean, so michelle, i love Ballot Initiatives when they come up every, every Election Year because those are the, those of the initiatives, the people in various states across the country really get to exercise democracy on and say, we love this idea or we reject this idea and you can only hold the people of the state accountable for the, for the rejection or the whim of the idea rather than a politician or a Lobbyist Group or whatever. Absolutely i. But in 2020, these Ballot Initiatives take on a whole another type of meaning just because of the sheer amount of people weve seen come out to vote. Typically Ballot Initiatives, even if theyre good, dont always pass because you have such low voter turn
During the vietnam war, u. S. Forces there in the us. It was a secret war. And for years, the American People did not know how much it is the case that the heavily bombed country per capita, human history, millions of unexploded bombs still in danger. Lives in this Small Agricultural country. And i mean, we have even today, kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago. This is the us making amends for the tragedy in laos built to the people need in that little greetings and sell you take shims. Here in the united states, the air is thick, my friends, it is thick with anticipation as we wait for the final counts to come in. And we finally get a new president crowned. But while that American Idol section of the us version of democracy is yet to be concluded, that wasnt the only big decision made by us citizens on tuesday night that will affect the future of lives across this great country. Some 32 states, as well as the district of columbia, am puerto rico, had 124. 00 Ballot I
Look no further than the sharp decline on sort of the mission. It was this year, there are 38. 00 such measures slated across the country, around half the level in the last president ial election when you saw about 32 or 72. So today my friends, lets dive into and examine some of the vital issues of our time that us voters finally got to weigh in on. As we start watching the hawks on a city street. You want to see this joyce graves see this least systemic deception is so which brings us all right, welcome one and all to watching the heart and im of these Ballot Initiatives when they come up every, every Election Year because those are the, those of the initiatives the people in various states across the country really get to exercise democracy on and say, we love this side b. Or we reject this idea and you can only hold the people of the state accountable for the, for the rejection or the whim of the idea. Rather than a politician or a Lobbyist Group or whatever. Absolutely, i think th