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LAST week Colorado and Washington passed ballot initiatives to legalise recreational marijuana use.

Four states passed ballot initiatives on the issue as voters supported minimum wage increases come January.

In 2004 alone, 13 states passed ballot measures banning same-sex marriage.

Alaska, California, Maine, Oregon and Washington have passed ballot initiatives permitting some limited medical use of marijuana.

A majority of U.S. citizens support decriminalizing the possession of marijuana, and Colorado and Washington have passed ballot measures legalizing it.

Voters also passed ballot initiatives on hot conservative issues, measures that had had little chance of becoming law under Mr. Henry.

PAGE A3 Schwarzenegger and Donors As Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger aggressively raises money to pass ballot measures in California, some critics are questioning the access that that money could buy.

Christopher Fomunyoh of the US-based National Democratic Institute said the current system of passing ballot boxes through several local levels before finally rubber-stamping them at the electoral headquarters heightened risks of fraud.

The process is now down to a fine art, with schoolchildren passing ballot boxes down the line and bank tellers counting the votes.

Sunderland City Council's technique for speedy counting involves sixth formers passing ballot boxes down the line and bank tellers counting the votes.

Common Cause began a campaign in November to get cities and states to pass ballot measures instructing Congress to support a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.