ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: California passes Proposition 187, which bars illegal immigrants from schools, social services and non-emergency medical care, and requires police, health and school officials to report suspected illegal aliens.

CRIME: Georgia passes "two-strikes" measure, sentencing two-time violent felons to life in prison; California approves 25 years-to-life for three-time felons. Milwaukee and Kenosha, Wis., reject handgun bans. Ohio votes to skip appeals court in death penalty cases. Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Ohio, Maryland and Utah approve victims rights guarantees. Oregon approves stiffer penalties for violent crimes.GAMBLING: Casino measures fail in Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Navajo Reservation. Ten of 46 South Carolina counties vote to ban cash payouts on video poker games. Slot machines are approved for Missouri riverboats but kept out of Colorado airports. New Mexico approves video gambling and a new state lottery.

TERM LIMITS: Approved in Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, Washington, D.C., and Spokane, Wash.; Utah rejects a tightening of existing limits.

TAXES: Oklahoma rejects a penny tax on entertainment that would have generated $1.5 million a year for breast cancer research and screening; graduated income tax fails in Massachusetts; Nevada approves two-thirds legislative approval for tax increases. Missouri, Montana and Oregon defeat proposals to subject tax proposals to public vote. Oregon rejects a measure that would have wiped out all taxes in favor of a 2 percent tax on all monetary transactions. Colorado rejects an extra 50 cents on its cigarette tax to fund anti-smoking programs and health care for the poor. Arizona approves a 40-cent increase in its cigarette tax.

SEAT BELTS: Massachusetts retains its seatbelt law; North Dakota and South Dakota will also buckle up.

SMOKING: California rejects tobacco-backed measure to loosen recently enacted ban on workplace smoking.

HEALTH CARE: California defeats single-payer plan for government-run health coverage.

ANTI-GAY RIGHTS: Alachua County, Fla., voters repeal an existing gay rights ordinance. Oregon rejects a proposition that would limit gay rights protection, outlaw school programs that suggest homosexuality is acceptable and require libraries to keep books on homosexuality away from minors; Idaho narrowly defeats an identical measure.

ABORTION: Wyoming rejects a ban on abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to save the woman's life.

LANGUAGE: Vermont approves gender-neutral language for state constitution. West Virginia rids its constitution of language proclaiming that "white and colored persons shall not be taught in the same school."

ENVIRONMENT: Florida bans most fishing nets from state waters. California rejects a 4 percent gasoline tax to expand railroads and mass transit. Arizona votes to prevent hunters from using leghold traps, poisons and snares on public lands; a proposed ban on using dogs to hunt bears and cougars in Oregon passes.

OBSCENITY: Colorado rejects a proposal to adopt the U.S. Supreme Court definition of obscenity, which relies on community standards; Oregon rejects a similar measure.

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CAMPAIGN REFORM: Massachusetts defeats a proposal to ban corporate spending on ballot initiative campaigns. Oregon votes to cap campaign contributions at $500 for statewide offices, $100 for lawmakers and to bar contributions from outside candidates' districts. Colorado rejects caps on campaign contributions.

LAND RIGHTS: Arizona will not require state agencies to consider the impact on private property owners before setting regulations.

DENTURES: Washington will allow denture makers to sell dentures without dentists.

CAPITAL SITE: Alaska will not move the state capital out of Juneau.

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