[BoBToMatoE]

You wont hear about this tomorrow. I remember the national media saying that this would be a "very close" contest.

[1066AD]

75/25 Dallas county.
Pitiful turnout, 58,000 out of 1.1mill registered. 0.02%

[TexasTransplant]

Not News, just affimation

[Diddle E. Squat]

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.

Did the AP ever mention this in a story BEFORE the election was over?

[tickmeister]

I wish people would quit talking about gay marriage. The ban is on same sex marriage, it doesn't matter the sexual orientation of the two people. Thus, these bans do not in fact discriminate against gays at all. Gays have the same marriage rights as everybody else, they can marry one person of the opposite sex.

[Peanut Gallery]

I quikly read the headline, and didn't initially see the word "ban." I yelled out, "What!?!" Then I reread it... Whew! What a relief.

BTW, tonight I saw more voter turnout than I have EVER seen in all the elections in which I have voted.

[txroadkill]

http://204.65.107.70/enr3race1.htm?x=0&y=0&id=461
on-line results

[Irish Rose]

"...who argued in recorded phone calls to voters that the measure is so poorly worded that it could jeopardize traditional man-woman marriages."

Right. The government would ban marriage between men and women. At least we know that even those who advocate gay marriage aren't deluded enough to think it popular.

The news about the ban is nice to hear, but it doesn't surprise me.

[Paloma_55]

Start your timer... how long till the supreme court rules it unconstitutional??

[COEXERJ145]

The Texas SOS website really sucks tonight. Seems to hardly update at all.

[clintonh8r]

Nice going, Lone Star staters!!

[zbigreddogz]

It's funny because the libs actually thought it had a chance of losing.

[nightowl]

I went and voted for this ONE amendment. Actually there were nine amendments on the ballot.

[Non-Sequitur]

I could have called that race 30 seconds after the polls opened.

[philsfan24]

how many states have officially banned this now?

[deport]

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

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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%
				---------------		---------------
		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%
				---------------		---------------
		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%
				---------------		---------------
		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%
				---------------		---------------
		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%
				---------------		---------------
		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%
				---------------		---------------
		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

[Past Your Eyes]

Good job, Texans!

[ElPatriota]

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 - :)

[Liberty Valance]

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

[txroadkill]

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