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Critics said Vitter's plan would discourage immigrants from responding to the census and would be hugely expensive.
Those results are prompting Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele to declare that the GOP has "found its voice again."
National gay-rights groups say the passage of Referendum 71 marks the first time a state's voters have approved a gay equality measure at the ballot box.
Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan called the nominations a victory for the state.
The bill would become effective when President Barack Obama signs it, but prospects of Senate passage are dim.
Republican Bob McDonnell wooed Virginia's independent voters Tuesday to win a landslide election for governor.
Finance Director Mike Genest announced Monday he would retire after the governor finds a replacement.
Polls over the final week show Deeds trailing McDonnell by a minimum of 11 points and as many as 18, a margin that will hinge on Tuesday's turnout.
The candidate picked by GOP officials in New York's 23rd Congressional District, Dierdre Scozzafava, abruptly dropped out of the race Saturday.
Voters around the state will line up at polling locations on Tuesday to cast their vote in local elections.
Michael Bloomberg could burn through more than $100 million on what is already the most expensive self-financed campaign in American history.
Voters in Maine will decide Tuesday whether to repeal a state law that would allow same-sex couples to marry.
Kohl went on to become the first chancellor of a reunited Germany.
Iran appears to be rejecting a key part of a U.N.-backed plan for dealing with its uranium.
A nonpartisan group says lobbying expenditures hit $849 million for July, August and September.
