State and Local Ballot Initiative Results, November 2013

November 6, 2013

Lyman Stone

Lyman Stone

Yesterday, voters in New Jersey and Virginia cast votes in closely-watched gubernatorial races. However, this year’s election also featured numerous tax policy measures of interest. Perhaps the most significant of these came in Colorado, in the form of the now-defeated Amendment 66, a proposal to raise almost $1 billion in new income taxes to increase education spending.

The table below lists each major ballot initiative and the results.

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