‘08 ELECTION RESULT California, Los Angeles

November 5, 2008...1:55 AM

‘08 ELECTION RESULT California, Los Angeles

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November 5, 2008 Outside my polling place: I talked to a woman who was there to vote –but undecided about presidential candidate choice…. I was stunned. Made me nervous.

If non-stop news coverage –three debates –discussion 24/7, nearly one billion bucks of donations, websites and newspapers: hadn’t given her a Clue, I wondered how intelligent the ballot Proposition choices –hers, LA, Californians’ would be.

Whew! Either the Dumb stayed home –or everybody did their homework/read the Propositions BEFORE voting. Mostly: voters did very well!

Election Results

- as of 5:00 AM

Los Angeles County:

Registration	4,111,642
Precincts Reporting	4,883
Total Precincts	4,883
% Precincts Reporting	100

Federal:

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percent
BARACK OBAMA	DEM	1,845,726	69.33
JOHN MCCAIN	REP	766,164	28.78
RALPH NADER	PF	21,367	0.8
BOB BARR	LIB	13,214	0.5
CYNTHIA MCKINNEY	GR	8,697	0.33
ALAN KEYES	AI	7,085	0.27

California:

1A State Passenger Train

MAJORITY OF VOTES CAST

MEASURE	Votes	Percent
1A – PASSENGER TRAIN BOND ACT – YES	1,358,814	55.27
NO	1,099,795	44.73

2 Farm Animal Initiative

	Votes	Percent
2 – FARM ANIMALS INITIATIVE – YES	1,680,034	66.83
NO	833,724	33.17

3 “Childrens” Hospital Bond

MEASURE	Votes	Percent
3 – CHILDRENS HOSPITAL BOND – YES	1,519,939	61.82
NO	938,887	38.18

–stupid stupid stupid –costly, stupid

4 Notify Parents of Minor’s Pregnancy –or Declare Parents Abusers

	Votes	Percent
4 – PREGNANCY OF MINORS – YES	1,164,079	46.38
NO	1,345,591	53.62

5 “Non-Violent”

MEASURE	Votes	Percent
5 – NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENSES – YES	1,053,886	42.62
NO	1,419,027	57.38

MEASURE	Votes	Percent
6 – POLICE/LAW ENFORCEMENT – YES	728,935	30.45
NO	1,664,981	69.55

	Votes	Percent
7 – RENEWABLE ENERGY – YES	898,451	36.81
NO	1,542,266	63.19

8 Same Gender: Call It ”Marriage”

MEASURE	Votes	Percent
8 – SAME-SEX INITIATIVE – YES	1,317,125	50.4
NO	1,296,319	49.6

MEASURE	Votes	Percent
9 – CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM – YES	1,229,320	51.26
NO	1,168,755	48.74

MEASURE	Votes	Percent
10 – ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES – YES	1,096,022	44.86
NO	1,347,146	55.14

Yippee!

MEASURE	Votes	Percent
11 – REDISTRICTING INITIATIVE – YES	1,104,642	47.16
NO	1,237,629	52.84

Right-wing pseudo Governor –Re-draw the lines –Help Republicans –BIG stupid Mistake
dumb dumb dumb

MEASURE	Votes	Percent
12 – VETERANS BOND ACT 2008 – YES	1,583,662	66.48
NO	798,362	33.52

Los Angeles – County:

Measure R –Improve Transportation Bond
2/3 OF VOTES CAST

MEASURE	Votes	Percent
R – MTA SALES TAX – YES	1,633,442	67.41
NO	789,601	32.59

–Smart! Well done!

Measure U

MEASURE	Votes	Percent
U – UNINCORP LACO USERS TAX – YES	151,798	62.46
NO	91,230	37.54

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors – Disctrict 2

Candidate	Votes	Percent
MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS	250,198	61.4
BERNARD C PARKS	157,294	38.6

–Amen! Whew

Mostly: we have daVine Remedies…voters who paid attention, did their homework. Well done!

Another rip-off bond for the LAUSD realtors/Board of Sups: only 55% of votes have been counted; I’ll post when the results are final, and same for the community college boondoggle bond. Check back later.

ELECTION RESULT – President: I Did Not Vote for…

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Note This wedge of WordPress –loaded with bugs, probs, still –so many things impossible to correct; sorry for any sloppiness…I have zero control, but at least the stupid thing let me log-in –and now we will have new president, happiness abounds…daVine….

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