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California still ballot counting, but results on all propositions appear clear
Election workers sort through unprocessed vote-by-mail ballots at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters office.
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California still ballot counting, but results on all propositions appear clear
UPDATE: As of Nov. 25, L.A. County has processed 319,443 ballots since election night, according to Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan. That includes consisting of Vote by Mail and provisional ballots. The total election results count is now just over 3.2 million, which is 62.96% of eligible Los Angeles County voters. For specific tallies, visit lavote.net or follow @LACountyRRCC on Twitter.
California election officials are still busy counting general election votes, but it appears results are now clear for all 17 statewide ballot measures.
The Associated Press has called the last remaining ballot measure listed as a close contest by the Secretary of State’s office.
Voters have narrowly rejected Proposition 53, thus allowing large statewide revenue bonds of $2 billion and over to be issued without voter approval as they are now. Gov. Jerry Brown had called on voters to reject the proposition, which political observers say could have impacted two of his key projects — high-speed rail and Delta water project.
AP also reports Proposition 66 has passed. The measure will speed up death penalty procedures in the state. A competing proposal to abolish California’s death penalty failed.
The Secretary of State's office does not "call" races, but does note contests where the results are close.
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Across the state nearly 1.5 million votes remain to be counted as of 3:20 p.m. Wednesday. No further updates are expected until Monday due to the holiday weekend.
Here's an update on the results on statewide ballot measures as of Wednesday afternoon based on the Secretary of State's website:
- 51 K-12 and Community College Facilities YES
- 52 Medi-Cal Hospital Fee Program YES
- 53 Voter Approval of Revenue Bonds NO
- 54 Legislative Procedure Requirements YES
- 55 Tax Extension for Education and Healthcare YES
- 56 Cigarette Tax YES
- 57 Criminal Sentences & Juvenile Crime Proceedings YES
- 58 English Proficiency. Multilingual Education YES
- 59 Corporate Political Spending Advisory Question YES
- 60 Adult Film Condom Requirements NO
- 61 State Prescription Drug Purchase Standards NO
- 62 Repeal of Death Penalty NO
- 63 Firearms and Ammunition Sales YES
- 64 Marijuana Legalization YES
- 65 Carryout Bag Charges NO
- 66 Death Penalty Procedure Time Limits YES
- 67 Ban on Single-use Plastic Bags YES
Counties have until Dec. 9 to report their final results to the state.
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