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Election 2016: Nebraska, Oklahoma Vote in Favor of Death Penalty

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 Voters in Nebraska overwhelmingly approved a measure on Tuesday night to bring back the death penalty — a move that comes a year after state legislators decided last year to eliminate it. In Oklahoma, the majority of the electorate handily passed a measure to protect capital punishment. And in California, voters not only rejected a bid to repeal the death penalty, but also approved speeding up the process for executions.

With 100 percent of precincts reporting in Nebraska, 66.1 percent voted in favor of Referendum 426, which would repeal the 2015 decision to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life without parole, according to the office of the Nebraska Secretary of State. Meanwhile, 33.6 percent said they wanted to keep the ban on capital punishment...

Read more at: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/election-2016-nebraska-oklahoma-vote-favor-death-penalty-n681301

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