With only the two small counties left to report their “uncounted ballots” figure, we can finally give a solid figure for voter turnout: 79.5 percent. According to statistics from the California Secretary of State, this is the highest turnout level since the 1976 Presidential election, when turnout hit 81.53 percent. Continue Reading
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Friday 7pm – First major update is good news for Prop 11
The first major update held good news for Prop 11 supporters: 395,494 new votes counted and they split 53.5% yes, 46.5% no, with 13.6% leaving their ballots blank. This is the first change in overall percentages for Prop 11, moving Yes up one click to 50.7% and No down to 49.3% (from 50.6 and 49.4%). Yes… Continue Reading
Friday 4:05 pm Update: Prop 11 margin continues to grow slowly
Proposition 11’s margin has grown to 107,299 votes (from 97,321 two days ago). As of 4:05pm, 66,497 more ballots have been counted. The new ballots split 53.8% yes, 46.2% no. Thirteen percent of the newly-counted ballots were blank on Prop 11. The measure’s overall support remains 50.6%. It looks like the voters leaving this measure blank… Continue Reading
Friday 1pm Prop 11 update
The Secretary of State’s 1:05 pm Friday update shows no new ballots counted. San Bernardino and a number of other counties did report their remaining uncounted ballots. There are now 2.63 million ballots uncounted statewide, excluding the five counties that have not yet reported their uncounted ballot numbers:  San Francisco, Fresno, Imperial, Lake and Trinity. If the remaining ballots come in… Continue Reading
Friday Morning Prop 11 Update
Ballot counting has resumed, if slowly. Between 3pm Wednesday and 7am Friday, only 55,000 ballots have been counted and reported to the Secretary of State. On Prop 11, of the new ballots: Yes: 25,845 (53.3%) No: 22,603 (46.7%) Blank: 7,153 (12.9% of all new cast) So the trend is positive from this small pool, but… Continue Reading
Proposition 11 Backers Claim Victory
The Governor is among the first to declare Prop 11 as a win: “This is really the first time that an initiative like this has won in America — this is why this is historic — the first time where really citizens independently of the Legislature “… will draw the district lines in the future”… Continue Reading
LA Times Breaks Down County by County Results
While you’re waiting for those uncounted ballots to get counted, check out the LA Times election results map of the propositions. It allows you to see results, county by county. The Secretary of State’s election page originally tried to do this, but were forced to replace their page with a simple text version, when their… Continue Reading
Proposition 11 Closer to Passing
The Rose Institute’s Doug Johnson urges caution in the comments: With 100% of precincts reporting, Prop 11 is up by the narrowest of margins: Note that in recent CA statewide elections, about 10% of the votes remained to be counted after the “100% of precincts reporting†point was announced. So this one remains a toss-up.… Continue Reading
Prop. 11 Leading, But Too Close to Call
With less than 5% of precincts still unreported, Proposition 11 has a 1% lead, less than 100,000 votes. The Central Valley Business Times noted just how narrow that lead is in some places: Indicative of the tight race, Prop 11 was approved in San Joaquin County by a mere 20 votes out of more than… Continue Reading
Latest Results for CA Propositions
For the latest results on Prop. 11 (and all the propositions), keep an eye on the Secretary of State’s election page. Currently, with less than 9% of results in, Proposition 11 has a significant lead. Early results, however, tend to be absentee ballots, so we’ll have to wait to get a better sense of election… Continue Reading