US Voting in Local Elections, Deciding Ballot Issues

The 2016 U.S. presidential election is a year way, but voters throughout the country are voting Tuesday to fill state and local government positions and in referendums on issues affecting their communities. Voters in two states are electing governors. Pre-election polls show Republican Governor Phil Bryant headed to easy re-election in the southern state of Mississippi. In the mid-south state of Kentucky, however, Democratic state Attorney General Jack Conway and conservative Republican...

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