BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : NOVEMBER 20, 2000 ISSUE
COVER STORY Tinkering at the Edges The ups and downs of this year's ballot initiatives. HEALTH INSURANCE In Massachusetts, a radical measure to provide universal health insurance by July 1, 2002 lost by a narrow margin. EDUCATION California voters nixed a move to provide any student with $4,000 in vouchers for private schooling. Michigan vetoed a narrower measure. GROWTH Colorado and Arizona rejected anti-suburban sprawl measures. San Franciscans voted to limit where high-tech companies can locate. TRANSPORT Florida OK'd a statewide passenger rail system. But New Yorkers wouldn't cough up $4 billion for improvements. CAMPAIGN FINANCE Missouri voters rejected a plan to tax corporations in order to provide public financing for all statewide candidates. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS What's the Mandate? COVER IMAGE: What Mandate? TABLE: What the New President May Accomplish TABLE: A Divided Electorate Why the Electoral College Lives On When the Center Is a Moving Target TABLE: The New Face of Congress Commentary: The Punishing Price of Nader's Passion TABLE: Where Nader Was a Factor Status Quo Plus on Ballot Initiatives TABLE: Tinkering at the Edges INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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