LIVE THREAD - California special election (props 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)

California Secretary of State- Special Statewide Election ^ | Tuesday evening November 8th

[ajolympian2004]

TODAY, Californians are heading to the polls to vote on several major propositions that shall dramatically affect both the political and economic future of our state.

We are following the activity and will report the results.

California Propositions

2.8% of precincts reporting as of Nov 08 08:13 PM PST

Results: http://www.sfgate.com/election/

[ruthles]

I have a couple of Canadians across the street too. They here for the lower taxes and the opportunity, but all they do is bash our country. They have no sense of morality either. "They stand for nothing, so they fall for everything."

[jwalsh07]

Evidently, it's a sacrament in California.

[Simmy2.5]

Sadly, given how close it was running, I was expecting it.

Hopefully, Prop. 73 and 75 will squeak through. San Francisco for example, still only 2.6 percent of the precients counted.

[Torie]

Well all the absentees are in, in Orange County, about 40% of its vote, and heavily conservative, as per usual.

[TheBigB]

Naturally. We'll see. :)

[NormsRevenge]

73 is treading water now with 27.0% in

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Am I reading these stats right? 9.2% turnout in San Fransisco? 9.1% in LA?

That's before the bussed-in DNC dead vote.

[JWojack]

Maybe Prop. 77 will switches sides. It's not what I want to see, but it's an improvement. Re-districting is basically rigging it so that you can win, IMHO. Although in California, you have lots of Republicans, but the State government is dominated by Democrats. I really think a computer program or some other non-human way of re-districting is best. As we all know, incumbents rarely lose, even if they are total idiots. Tom Daschle was a rare and welcome exception, though...

[bybybill]

They report the precincts only after all the votes in the precinct are counted, I think. Or, somebody is trying drive me a little goofier.

[furquhart]

The big jump - San Fransisco just jumped from 2.9% in to 67% in.

It looks like, at a minimum, 75 is going to pass. 73 and 74 are still in the game.

[TeleStraightShooter]

That is not the driving issue on prop 73, even the anti-73 camp conceeds that. At issue is the abortion extremists not giving any ground in their war to defend the Right to Take Life.

[Simmy2.5]

Did I say 2.6? I meant 65%! This could allow Prop. 75 to squeak through if that many have reported in!

[nicmarlo]

According to the returns posted at the California Secretary of State, they have knocked out union dues from yes to no

[Torie]

This is a quite interesting election in California for me.

[Bush gal in LA]

73 - Little girls 13 on to 17 can't leave school and get abortions without there parents being notified. This one looks like it is going in the right direction!

[California74]

My sister just moved to Idaho (suburb of Boise) last year. maybe i'll move out there. seems i have more in common with those folks.

[ruthles]

Don't forget Gary Condidit.

[Crackingham]

Here's the link telling which counties have begun reporting, and if so, how many returns are in from those counties.

http://vote2005.ss.ca.gov/Returns/status.htm

[goldstategop]

I think now 74 will lose narrowly. 73 will pass narrowly and 75 will pass by a decent margin. A split victory is what the GOP needed. The Democrats and their union allies face an empty warchest going into the mid-terms. This was the night they were supposed to bury Arnold and annoint Phil Angelides heir to the throne.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Bobibutu]

"I live in Santa Cruz County which is also solid NO's.
I'm such a misfit! "

Ahhhnnnt! Used to live in Aptos - you are not alone.