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Old May 8, 2016 | 9:58 am
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Uber and Lyft shutdown in Austin (updated: they're back)

Today voters in Austin, TX went to the polls to weigh in on Proposition 1, an attempt to overturn a bill requiring mandatory fingerprint-based criminal background checks for new Uber and Lyft drivers in the city.

The results are in, and with 56 percent of total voters voting against Prop 1, the proposition failed to pass. This means that the bill requiring fingerprint-based background checks will proceed, with new drivers needing to pass the check before being able to drive.

In response to the news, Uber and Lyft have announced that they will be shutting down operations in the city, at least temporally.
More: http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/07/ube...proposition-1/
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