Record $111 million raised to defeat California ballot question

Opponents to Proposition 8 have spent a record amount of money trying to get a central message out to California voters: If you vote “yes” on this ballot, people will die.

Californians on Nov. 6 will get to decide whether to cap dialysis centers’ profits, a vote that opponents say will cause clinics to close and put people’s health and lives at risk. Medical groups have spent nearly $111 million to defeat the measure, and the amount could climb even further given that more than a week remains until the election.