[a fool in paradise]

The election results reported Thursday evening did not include any of the 10,000 paper ballots cast county wide Tuesday, said Hector de Leon, spokesman for the county clerk's office.

How can this be?

I know that it would not have changed the outcome of this referendum vote, the opposition may have been even greater than stated.

I figured that surely they had to count all of the 10,000 paper ballots to determine the outcome of the referendum vote to tax churches, schools, businesses etc. That referendum was decided by 6,000 vote difference.

So if you are already tallying referendums, you can't note both?

[Jaded]

I have such a problem with this. Even if it doesn’t change the vote, ALL votes should be counted before a formal declaration is made.