Posted on 06/22/2010 9:41:03 PM PDT by rhinohunter
Ballots were still being counted late Tuesday in a high-stakes election along the Central Coast that could swing the balance of power in the state Senate.
John Laird, a former Democratic assemblyman from Santa Cruz, and Sam Blakeslee, a Republican assemblyman from San Luis Obispo, continued to campaign as the polls closed Tuesday night, each capping a hard-fought bid that would strengthen their party's foothold in the state Legislature...
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
The early vote tends to be absentee which at least in the past trends more conservative.
But more of the illegals, felons, farm and domestic animals, plus dead people vote absentee.
We are having the special election to decide this Central Coast race today. Very low turnout in my multiple precinct polling place. I was one of two voters there at about 5:00. I was surprised that the LP, P&F, and some other candidates were on the ballot. I was expecting just the two highest total vote getters.
Was the election today is SLO county???
I didn’t even know about it...
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