HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS: With

25% of the vote in, 60% of Dade County, Fla., voters rejected a local gay rights provision like the one they repealed last year under the prodding of singer Anita Bryant.

In California, voters decided whether to require school boards to fire or refuse to hire teachers who commit or advocate homosexual acts. In Seattle, voters were asked if they would remove a local ban on housing and job discrimination against homosexuals.