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Update Of California Proposition Election Results – Measures 8 - 12
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(Best Syndication News) Counting votes can be a long process and as of midnight over half of the precincts in California have reported in. Here are the results for propositions 8-12 with 59 percent reporting (see updated results below).
Prop 8
Proposition 8 would repeal a state court decision that allowed for same sex marriage. A yes vote would ban gay marriage. So far with 59 percent of the precincts reporting the measure is passing with 53 percent YES and 47 percent NO.
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Prop 9
The Victim’s Rights Proposition 9 may be passing. According to the registrar of voters the measure is passing with 53.6 percent of the voters saying YES and 46.4 saying NO.
Prop 10
Proposition 10 would allow for the sale of bonds to be used for renewable energy and alternative fuels. This measure is going down to defeat with just 38.9 percent saying YES and 61.1 percent saying NO.
Prop 11
The redistricting measure is passing by a margin of 51.6 percent to 48.4 percent.
Prop 12
California voters support the final measure on the ballot. Proposition 12 is passing with 62.7 percent of the voters saying YES and just 37.3 saying NO. This was the Veterans bond initiative.
See the rest of the proposition results - click here
By Dan Wilson
Best Syndication News Writer
| State Ballot Measures | 100.0% ( 25423 of 25423 ) precincts reporting as of Nov. 7, 2008, at 4:04 a.m. |
| Statewide Results |
| Name | Yes Votes |
% | No Votes |
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| 1A | Y | Safe, Reliable High-Speed Train Bond Act | 5,098,711 | 52.2% | 4,683,825 | 47.8% |
| 2 | Y | Standards for Confining Farm Animals | 6,290,767 | 63.2% | 3,676,855 | 36.8% |
| 3 | Y | Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program. | 5,340,184 | 54.8% | 4,407,752 | 45.2% |
| 4 | N | Parent Notif. Before Terminating Minor's Pregnancy | 4,788,032 | 48.0% | 5,182,918 | 52.0% |
| 5 | N | Nonviolent Drug Offense. Sentencing, Parole, Rehab | 3,928,976 | 40.0% | 5,876,068 | 60.0% |
| 6 | N | Police, Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Laws. | 2,941,385 | 30.7% | 6,617,443 | 69.3% |
| 7 | N | Renewable Energy Generation | 3,435,712 | 35.1% | 6,342,396 | 64.9% |
| 8 | Y | Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry | 5,417,748 | 52.5% | 4,907,867 | 47.5% |
| 9 | Y | Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole. | 5,127,984 | 53.5% | 4,461,987 | 46.5% |
| 10 | N | Altern. Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy Bonds | 3,908,250 | 40.2% | 5,795,889 | 59.8% |
| 11 | Y | Redistricting | 4,692,302 | 50.6% | 4,590,292 | 49.4% |
| 12 | Y | Veterans' Bond | 6,027,232 | 63.5% | 3,474,036 | 36.5% |
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