There are some big elections taking place today. NPR provides an overview of nine elections to watch. And MoJo takes a look at some of the more interesting ballot measures, from GMO labels to pot taxes.

+ In a suburb near Houston, voters are being asked to foot the bill for a $70 million football stadium. For a high school.

+ “I don’t twit. I only walk. I don’t email. I don’t Facebook.” In other words, the new mayor of Newark is a little different from his predecessor.

+ Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is a little different from all his predecessors. And today, he finally admitted that he smoked crack. But in his defense, he was really drunk at the time.