Posted on 12/01/2004 7:12:43 AM PST by So Cal Rocket
Late ballots appear to make measure requiring health insurance coverage a winner. But a clerical error may be responsible, officials say.
SACRAMENTO The fate of a statewide proposition mandating health insurance coverage assumed to have been defeated in the Nov. 2 election was thrown into confusion Tuesday night after the secretary of state's office reported that late-counted ballots had given Proposition 72 a narrow margin of victory.
But state elections officials, who had posted the results on the secretary of state's website after the close of business Tuesday, removed them a few hours later, fearing that a clerical error was responsible for the surprising turnaround.
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Election night reports had the measure narrowly losing, but counties had until Tuesday night to tally all their absentee and provisional ballots. As of Sunday, the proposition was losing with 49.2%, a margin of 157,462 votes.
But late Tuesday, as 17 counties submitted results many electronically to meet the deadline, the number suddenly shifted, and the proposition was listed as winning with 50.5% of the vote.
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This Proposition is the death knell for small business in California.
The $50 pizza is finally here.
If that proposition does pass you will see a mass of employers abandoning California and moving across the border to Nevada or maybe New Mexico.
Maybe even 'south' of the border.
CA will be a great place to retire (bag groceries)! Here I come.
Yeah!
As long as you have a retirement fund the size of Fort Knox!
VERY expensive place to live.
And even more expensive if this thing has actually passed. Small businesses will pass on their extra expenses to pay for their employees' health plan premiums on to you... Dry Cleaners, Video Stores, Fast Food Restaurants, Car Washes, Hallmark Card Shops, etc... Get ready to pay $5.00 to get your shirt drycleaned.
AH-H-H-H-nold, where the heck are you?
Congratulations, California! Thanks to your Liberals, you'll never have to worry about an economic recovery...EVER.
Don't bother him. Can't you see he's busy whoring himself out to become President? And his merry band of Kool-Aid drinkers are following closely behind...like errant ducklings who've imprinted on a weasel.
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