...But even as we went to press last night the gap between Yes votes and No votes was narrowing. We were delightfully surprised this morning to see that with 100 percent of the votes counted, Prop. 29 had gone down in defeat, albeit narrowly so.
Cheers are appropriate, but celebration might be tempered just a tad. This morning Sacramento Bee reminds that the $1-per-pack tobacco tax increase trails only by a slim margin with more votes still to be counted...
“.........the $1-per-pack tobacco tax increase trails only by a slim margin with more votes still to be counted...”
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Correction: .....more votes still to be MANUFACTURED.