Michigan is going to have the first legal recreational marijuana in the Midwest. The Detroit Free Press projects a comfortable victory for the ballot proposal to make the state the 10th to legalize recreational pot. A similar measure in North Dakota, however, appears destined for defeat, though Legalize ND campaigners say they won't concede until all votes are counted—and if the measure does fail, they will try again in 2020, the Grand Forks Herald reports. In other ballot measures:
- Transgender rights. Voters in Massachusetts said yes to Question 3, which upholds a 2016 state law allowing transgender people to use the public facilities, including restrooms and locker rooms, of the gender they identify with, WBUR reports. The Yes on 3 campaign says the state is the first "to successfully defend transgender rights by popular vote."