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The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Harris avoids weighing in on California’s tough-on-crime measure Prop 36

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Kamala Harris speaks to reporters after delivering remarks at a church service in Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Kamala Harris dodged a question on Sunday on if she voted for California’s Proposition 36, a controversial ballot measure that increases sentences for certain drug and theft crimes.

“I am not gonna talk about the vote on that because, honestly, it’s the Sunday before the election and I don’t intend to create an endorsement one way or the other,” the US vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee, who votes in California, told reporters at a rally in Detroit.

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