As reported above, residents of the nation's capitol collected enough signatures to place a medical marijuana initiative, Initiative 59, on the ballot.
Exit polls indicate that it passed overwhelmingly.
However, Washington D.C. officials claim Congress has forbidden them to count the votes or release the results. Congress funds the political system of the District of Columbia. Barr's amendment was specifically targeted at the upcoming DC vote. Congress passed it and President Clinton signed it into law. Members of Congress subsequently informed the D.C. Board of Elections that counting and reporting the ballots cast for the medical marijuana bill would be illegal.