Nearly six out of every 10 voters in the Eighth Essex legislative district backed a dramatic expansion to legal access to marijuana in Tuesday’s election.Local voters joined those in more than a dozen other state districts supporting legal access and advocates plan to use the results to press lawmakers to loosen restrictions on the drug.The Eighth Essex district includes Marblehead and Swampscott and two bordering precincts in East Lynn and is represented by Democrat Lori Ehrlich.Question 4 was considered by 15,985 distict voters and 9,378 affirmed the measure while 6,607 rejected it, a percentage of 58.6 to 41.4.With 1,366 votes cast in East Lynn’s Diamond District, precinct 4 of ward 3 and precinct 4 of ward 4, the measure was defeated 722-644 or 53 percent to 47, but voters in Swampscott and Marblehead backed legalization by large and similar margins.In Marblehead 5,185 out of 9,184 voters affirmed the measure, a percentage of 56 to 44. In Swampscott, 3,471 voters out of 6,079 voted yes or 57 percent to 43.Advocates had placed 18 advisory questions on Tuesday’s ballot to get a sense whether voters would support another overhaul of marijuana laws.Nine of the questions supported the use of marijuana for medical reasons while another nine backed legalizing the drug outright, allowing the state to regulate and tax it.For a full report on Question 4 results, pick up Monday’s Daily Item or stay with itemlive.com.