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Texas Voters Approve Ban on Gay Marriage
AP ^ | 11/08/05 | David Crary

Posted on 11/08/2005 6:16:27 PM PST by AlaninSA

Texas voters Tuesday overwhelming approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, making their state the 19th to take that step. In Maine, however, a proposal to repeal a new gay-rights law was trailing in early returns.

The contest in Texas was decided quickly _ the ban was receiving more than 74 percent of the votes in early returns. Like every other state except Massachusetts, Texas didn't permit same-sex marriages previously, but the constitutional amendment was touted as an extra guard against future court rulings.

The campaign had been enlivened over the past week because of a controversial tactic by the amendment's opponents, who argued in recorded phone calls to voters that the measure is so poorly worded that it could jeopardize traditional man-woman marriages. Amendment supporters denounced the effort as misleading.

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To: AlaninSA
Texas SOS Election returns


Texas Secretary of State

2005 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION

Unofficial Election Results As Of : November 08, 2005 08:27 PM

Our election night returns are updated every five minutes.
This page refreshes every three minutes, or you may click on the "Refresh" or "Reload" button in order to get the current results.


* Turnout is based on the percentage of total votes cast to total registered voters and does not include numbers reported provisionally.


PROP1|PROP2|PROP3|PROP4|PROP5|PROP6|PROP7|PROP8|PROP9



RACE NAME EARLY VOTES PERCENT TOTAL VOTES PERCENT
Ballot Language for Prop. 1 Texas rail facilities funding created

IN FAVOR 248,625 51.85% 276,750 51.97%

AGAINST 230,901 48.15% 255,789 48.03%
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Total Votes Cast 479,526 532,539

Early Provisional Ballots Reported 627

Total Provisional Ballots Reported 57,216

Precincts Reported 668 of 7,429 Precincts 8.99%

* Statewide Turnout 4.23% 12,577,545 Registered Voters
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RACE NAME EARLY VOTES PERCENT TOTAL VOTES PERCENT
Ballot Language for Prop. 2 Same sex marriage denied legal status

IN FAVOR 388,393 75.18% 437,486 76.01%

AGAINST 128,199 24.82% 138,104 23.99%
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Total Votes Cast 516,592 575,590

Early Provisional Ballots Reported 627

Total Provisional Ballots Reported 57,216

Precincts Reported 668 of 7,429 Precincts 8.99%

* Statewide Turnout 4.58% 12,577,545 Registered Voters
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RACE NAME EARLY VOTES PERCENT TOTAL VOTES PERCENT
Ballot Language for Prop. 3 Economic development programs do not constitute debt

IN FAVOR 235,190 51.00% 263,865 51.51%

AGAINST 226,006 49.00% 248,392 48.49%
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Total Votes Cast 461,196 512,257

Early Provisional Ballots Reported 627

Total Provisional Ballots Reported 57,216

Precincts Reported 668 of 7,429 Precincts 8.99%

* Statewide Turnout 4.07% 12,577,545 Registered Voters
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RACE NAME EARLY VOTES PERCENT TOTAL VOTES PERCENT
Ballot Language for Prop. 4 Bail denied for pre-trial release violations

IN FAVOR 417,207 84.77% 463,999 84.81%

AGAINST 74,944 15.23% 83,129 15.19%
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Total Votes Cast 492,151 547,128

Early Provisional Ballots Reported 627

Total Provisional Ballots Reported 57,216

Precincts Reported 668 of 7,429 Precincts 8.99%

* Statewide Turnout 4.35% 12,577,545 Registered Voters
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RACE NAME EARLY VOTES PERCENT TOTAL VOTES PERCENT
Ballot Language for Prop. 5 Commercial loan interest rates defined by Legislature

IN FAVOR 209,010 44.39% 230,881 44.16%

AGAINST 261,795 55.61% 292,003 55.84%
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Total Votes Cast 470,805 522,884

Early Provisional Ballots Reported 627

Total Provisional Ballots Reported 57,216

Precincts Reported 668 of 7,429 Precincts 8.99%

* Statewide Turnout 4.16% 12,577,545 Registered Voters
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RACE NAME EARLY VOTES PERCENT TOTAL VOTES PERCENT
Ballot Language for Prop. 6 Members added to State Commission on Judicial Conduct

IN FAVOR 281,578 60.58% 313,113 60.70%

AGAINST 183,200 39.42% 202,735 39.30%
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Total Votes Cast 464,778 515,848

Early Provisional Ballots Reported 627

Total Provisional Ballots Reported 57,216

Precincts Reported 668 of 7,429 Precincts 8.99%

* Statewide Turnout 4.10% 12,577,545 Registered Voters
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RACE NAME EARLY VOTES PERCENT TOTAL VOTES PERCENT
Ballot Language for Prop. 7 Line of credit advances under reverse mortgage

IN FAVOR 277,238 59.13% 307,087 59.02%

AGAINST 191,649 40.87% 213,243 40.98%
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Total Votes Cast 468,887 520,330

Early Provisional Ballots Reported 627

Total Provisional Ballots Reported 57,216

Precincts Reported 668 of 7,429 Precincts 8.99%

* Statewide Turnout 4.14% 12,577,545 Registered Voters
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RACE NAME EARLY VOTES PERCENT TOTAL VOTES PERCENT

41 posted on 11/08/2005 6:39:54 PM PST by deport
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To: Paleo Conservative

LOL

Travis is the ONLY County currently against statewide.


42 posted on 11/08/2005 6:40:32 PM PST by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: JFC

Our vote counted today .... polls were wrong again. WTG fellow Texans.


43 posted on 11/08/2005 6:42:37 PM PST by GregoTX (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: AlaninSA

Good job, Texans!


44 posted on 11/08/2005 6:43:27 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (I'm just sitting here on the Group W bench.)
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To: AlaninSA
There you see? :) Here is something that cheers me up. Althoug I am sorry Kilgore lost, this proposition 2 in Texas, I dare to say is WAY MORE IMPORTANT than Kilgore's lost, because after all Kilgore is just politician that lost an office. But the defeat of proposition 2 in Texas, it was actually a victory of morality over inmorality. The DEVIL has lost another one, inspite of all the 'trickey' of its slaves... and I am also very pleased that it was defeated by sizeable margin!...

You win some and you lose some... and if I would have had the chance to make a choice, I would have wanted this win more than Kilgore's lost (I mean it, although I am not sure about the grammar there - LOL - :)

45 posted on 11/08/2005 6:45:13 PM PST by ElPatriota (Let's not forget we are all still friends despite our differences :))
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To: Diddle E. Squat

Minus the "controversial tactic" and "misleading" parts, I have no doubt.


46 posted on 11/08/2005 6:45:16 PM PST by Sofa King (A wise man uses compromise as an alternative to defeat. A fool uses it as an alternative to victory.)
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To: AlaninSA; nightowl
Yes, as a non-native Texan I really was puzzled by the presence of an item related to Smith County. As if I, a Bexar County resident, really should be determining how the people of Smith County (I don't even know where it is!) should spend their money.

The current Texas constitution was adopted after the post-Civil War Reconstruction, and it reflects the distrust of government at all levels of Texans and other southerners at that time. It goes into quite a bit of detail about how local governments must be organized. It puts lots of restrictions what the state and local governments can do. The reason there have been over 400 amendments made is to give more power to governments at various levels. Without that particular amendment local officials don't have the power to act at all.

47 posted on 11/08/2005 6:46:12 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Hey hey ho ho Andy Heyward's got to go!)
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To: AlaninSA

I love Texas.
http://www.turbophoto.com/products/dfw/9.jpg


48 posted on 11/08/2005 6:48:44 PM PST by Liberty Valance (MR. STICK FIGURE FOR PRESIDENT '08)
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To: AlaninSA

Now all we have to is :
http://www.setlovefree.com/


49 posted on 11/08/2005 6:50:42 PM PST by txroadkill
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To: weegee

"Bless their hearts"...


50 posted on 11/08/2005 6:51:01 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: ElPatriota
But the defeat of proposition 2 in Texas

Um... it has passed. "Same sex marriage denied legal status"

51 posted on 11/08/2005 6:51:39 PM PST by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: tickmeister
I pointed that out several years ago. But nobody listens...

Same sex marriages could not be "restricted" to practicing homosexuals, that would be discrimination on the basis of sexual preferences.

All that BS about not allowing a "significant other" legal access to their partners death bed, is easily resolved with a signed power of attorney.

I have held and been given "powers of attorney" that curdle the soul of some lawyers, at various times in my life, for different reasons.

I even had one drawn up for my husband, that essentially allowed him to act in every capacity as myself, including the ability to re-enlist me, and swear my oath for me, should I become declared MIA, presumed dead.

I have also held a medical POA on a married woman, who judged her husband incompetent to follow her medical related decisions, should she become incompetent.(I never understood why she married him in the first place, but we all signed it)
52 posted on 11/08/2005 6:53:13 PM PST by sarasmom ("The French are revolting." Some phrases are true on so many levels, it's mystical!)
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To: txroadkill
There is one county in Texas that came out in opposition to this amendment.....

Travis Co. where you'll find the People's Republic of Austin.

53 posted on 11/08/2005 6:58:57 PM PST by zeugma (Warning: Self-referential object does not reference itself.)
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To: AlaninSA

It will be really telling about FNC to see how they treat this.

Will they report the LIES told by the homosexuals? (will shepard smith report with zeal or just ignore it?)

It makes you wonder who is running behind the cameras there.


54 posted on 11/08/2005 7:00:51 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: AlaninSA

Bad timing. They should have voted on this in the 2006 general election.


55 posted on 11/08/2005 7:01:27 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (Sam Alito Deserves To Be Confirmed)
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To: AlaninSA

Well, we'll have to thy the knoth somewhere elsh, Broosh!


56 posted on 11/08/2005 7:02:30 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Well,that's the death of the thread1)
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To: AlaninSA

Congratulations Texans!


57 posted on 11/08/2005 7:02:32 PM PST by Soul Seeker
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To: Halls

Prop 2 is at 77% statewide - including Austin! - and more like 82% - 85% everywhere else.

Not close.
AND this doesn't merely define marriage, but it is also "... prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage."

Means even Austin cannot recognize gay marriage NOR provide for "partner benefits."


58 posted on 11/08/2005 7:04:40 PM PST by Redbob
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To: AlaninSA

God Bless Texas

Not sure why I haven't moved there yet


59 posted on 11/08/2005 7:07:50 PM PST by Vision ("When you trust in yourself, you're trusting in the same wisdom that created you")
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To: txroadkill

"Now all we have to do is setlovefree"

Indeed
it'll be hard to do with so many of our congresscritters to so firmly in American Airlines' backpockets.
e.g. Kay Bailey Clueless
e.g. Rep. Mike Burgess


60 posted on 11/08/2005 7:12:21 PM PST by Redbob
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