US voters on Tuesday weighed in on a slew of measures, including several related to marijuana, gun control and the death penalty. Here's a look at how Americans voted on some of these hot-button issues: Marijuana Voters in California, the nation's most populous state, handed a major victory to backers of marijuana legalization by approving recreational use of the drug. The vote will give momentum to efforts to end federal prohibition of marijuana and treat it in a way similar to how alcohol is regulated.

Arizona, Massachusetts and Nevada also approved the use of recreational marijuana and voters in Maine were considering a similar measure.
In Florida, voters overwhelmingly approved a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Arkansas and North Dakota were also deciding on a similar measure.
In Montana, voters were deciding on whether to ease restrictions in an existing medical marijuana law.



Gun control




Voters in four states were asked to decide on measures linked to gun control.
In California, one of the states with the toughest gun control laws, partial results indicated voters were set to approve Proposition 63, which prohibits the possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines and requires certain people to pass background checks in order to purchase ammunition.