Live Thread - California Primary Election - 6 June 2006

Live Election Returns (vote.ss.ca.gov/index.html) ^

[CounterCounterCulture]

Welcome to the live thread for the California Primary Election. Polls are open until 8pm tonight. If you are a registered voter, it is your duty to vote and defend your rights and civil liberties, protect your pocketbook, and vote the bums out where applicable.

Feel free to discuss issues key to your local area that others may be interested in. Post your polling place experiences if you like. And post numbers as they come in later tonight.

[calcowgirl]

My sincere apologies. (It looks great to me!) :-)

[b9]

Thanks very much!

[tubebender]

My guess is The Big A will announce taxpayer help for our beleaguered commercial fishing fleet...

[mystery-ak]

Any word yet?

[calcowgirl]

Something for everybody, huh?

[newzjunkey]

If the absentee vote was returned before election day they're counted first while the registrar waits for the precincts to return their ballot boxes. If they were returned on election day, they're delayed until they can be verified.

[clawrence3]

You're welcome - 1/2 hour until polls close.

[newzjunkey]

The polls don't close in CA for 30 minutes.

[b9]

Oh thanks ~ that's exactly what I was wondering.

[JulieRNR21]

Thanks...if you hear anything about that initiative or the CA 50 race will you please ping me.....

[mystery-ak]

Thanks...I guess I'll read about it in the morning...

[Galtoid]

Staying up way past my bedtime for the results, so please keep us informed over here in the Eastern Time Zone.

[Torie]

I just did a look at the Busby vote in the April election. She gained 1.74% from the first drop of absentees at 8:15 pm to the final. If that pattern holds this time, a dead even race would be Bilbray ahead in the first absentee drop by 3.84%. Of course, the pattern might not hold this time, but as the vote totals came in, they were pretty stable. So we should have a good idea of the lay of the land in 35 minutes, if the first absentee drop is reported as promptly as in April.

[Third Order]

I would have thought it illegal to campaign outside a polling place... or using tax funded vehicles... but as I walked into my polling place this morning, a fire truck with Cortese for Mayor signs all over it drove right by.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Winner faces Richard "Dick" Mountjoy (R)

Just on name recognition alone, ole Dick should at least do well in San Fran. :D

[JulieRNR21]

Please ping me after you check those results.

[tubebender]

It may may not have been a city firetruck?

[ThomasThomas]

The sign on the door at my polling place stated to campaigning with in 100ft. My neighbor's house is with in 100 ft of the polling place. Could they make him remove yards sign?

[StAnDeliver]

Going on 8 PT, polls about to close; move to Breaking News?

[tubebender]

Only if he was advertising for a Pubbie...