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00000173-d94c-dc06-a17f-ddddb4a70000This Election Day, we kept you covered until the polls closed, and even later. We want you to tell us: What issues brought you to vote, or why did you choose not to? We're looking for your comments for this week's Florida Roundup, hashtag #FloridaRoundup.See a recap of Election Night here, and last night's updates from across the state here.Below, read and hear the stories we've produced this year as part of our midterm election coverage.

Amendment Two Gets Majority Of Votes, Does Not Pass

Jon Durr
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Miami Herald Staff

Medical marijuana supporters in Florida were unsuccessful Tuesday night in garnering enough votes to pass Amendment Two.

Although 57.6 percent of votes were in support of Amendment Two, which would have legalized medical marijuana, the votes did not meet the 60-percent requirement to pass the amendment. 

WLRN reporter Diego Saldana-Rojas attended an Amendment Two watch party at Gramps Bar in Wynwood.

He said supporters were sharing drinks and watching the results fluctuate on large TV screens.

"It was a pretty quiet night here at Gramps compared to what I was expecting," Saldana-Rojas said.

At the Culmer Center in Overtown, Willie Hepburn voted yes on Amendment Two -- but with some reservations.

"If someone needs medical marijuana, I don’t see why they shouldn’t give it to them, so I said yes to it," he said. "But I don’t know anything about, let’s say, somebody who doesn’t really need it being able to get access to it.”

Hepburn showed up with a van full of his co-workers to the polling location, which he said was very quiet.

Read more about Amendment Two at MiamiHerald.com.

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