US voters approve minimum wage increase in ballot referendums

2014-11-05 1

As part of the mid-term elections, voters in several states cast ballots in referendums on issues such as legalization of marijuana, abortion, and the minimum wage. Voters in five states approved raising the minimum wage and in Oregon and Washington DC it was marijuana for adult consumption that carried the day. In gubernatorial races, the Republicans were swept into office. teleSUR