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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,

this is Potomac Watch.

Crime, rent control, abortion, taxes, school choice in one state or another.

They are all on the ballot on November 5th.

So while much of the nation's attention is focused on

Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and a handful of pivotal Senate races, don't forget

what else is on your ballot. Welcome I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. We're

joined today by my colleagues, columnist Alicia Finley, and editorial board

member, Manet Uqua Barua. By one count there are nearly 150 statewide

ballot measures going to voters this year for their approval or their

disapproval as the case may be and while we can't talk about all of them

or else this would be a two-hour podcast about whether Utah should have a

constitutional right to vote for sheriff but let's pick a handful that look consequential and that are

getting some broader public attention and what better place to start

Alicia than California which might be the golden state for direct democracy.

One of these propositions, Proposition 36 is about crime and is getting some attention,

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