Subject: The People Have Spoken on Issues:  AIDS, Taxes, Nuclear Plants 
Date: Published: 11/10/88 38 lines
Source:  Wall Street Journal.  Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc. 

    Politics & Policy:  
    The People Also Have Spoken on Issues
    From AIDS to Taxes to Nuclear Plants
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    A Wall Street Journal News Roundup

    California voters rejected a measure that would have
 forced the divulging of AIDS patients' names, Massachusetts
 voters said no to shutting down nuclear power plants and
 proposals to limit taxes fared poorly in several states.
    Those were some of the questions on Election Day ballots
 in 41 states.  There were plenty of others.  Here's a roundup:  
    Health Care
    California voters, by a 66% to 34% margin, turned
 thumbs-down on hotly contested Proposition 102, which would
 have required doctors to report to public health authorities
 the names of anyone carrying the AIDS virus.  The proposal
 would also have forced anyone who has or is "reasonably
 believed" to have the virus to provide a list of sex
 partners, and would have permitted insurance companies to
 test applicants for the virus.  It had been viewed by
 opponents as a possible forerunner of a political backlash
 against AIDS victims.
    But California voters approved Proposition 96, which calls
 for suspects in some crimes to be forcibly tested for AIDS,
 under certain circumstances.  That measure passed 62% to 38%.

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