Five out of 11 state propositions were passed by voters on Tuesday, including a sales and income tax hike proposed to pay for education.
The vote count also showed the possibility that Democrats could take several congressional seats out of California's delegation of five. In addition, the count appears to show the Democrats winning a supermajority in the Assembly and Senate, according to the Los Angeles Times. That would give them the ability to pass tax increases, which requires a two-thirds vote.
In Congressional District 7, Ami Bera, the Democratic challenger from Elk Grove, led Rep. Dan Lungren by a small margin with all returns counted. But the incumbent has yet to concede and more ballots need to be counted.
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Proposition 30, the tax measure, narrowly passed with almost 54 percent voting in support. Also passed were Proposition 35, the human trafficking proposition, Proposition 36, the three-strikes law amendment, Proposition 39, a business tax measure and Proposition 40, an affirmation of a state redistricting process.
The following propositions lost: Proposition 31, a state and local government reform measure; Proposition 32, a campaign reform measure; Proposition 33, an insurance rule change measure; Proposition 34, a repeal of the death penalty and Proposition 38, a second education tax measure.
Proposition 37, the labeling of genetically modified foods also failed, though narrowly, with almost 54 percent voting against it.
The latest results posted on the Los Angeles Times interactive map site showed Democrats poised to possibly gain as many as four congressional seats, while maintaining large majorities in the state Assembly and Senate. Several of the races were extremely close Wednesday morning, and the vote totals have not yet been officially certified.
There were no widespread reports of voter problems, though there were a few minor issues reported throughout the state: in Sonoma County, the election clerk found more than 400 ballots cast from voters who registered online where signatures on the ballot did not appear to match with signatures on file.
In Westwood in Los Angeles County, voting machines did not arrive until nearly mid-day at one polling place. Voters at one precinct in Monterey County had their polling place evacuated because of a wildfire.
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Yes, post election Calif. has now become the proud state where JFK's legendary adage "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country" can be found emblazened on toilet paper adorning the Sacto State Capitol bathrooms. Now that it has become a game of Political Solitaire for the Dems, full responsibility for the impending bankruptcy of the state falls completely on their shoulders. Can't wait to see the "blame Bush" crowd swallow that pill.
As for voter fraud, we once again found someone using our address in order to "vote absentee." This has happened several times as "John H. Mifflin" registered at our address. Once again, the Registrar of Voters and the DA's office aren't interested - the Registrar's office informs us that well, the initial affadavit was kind of blurry, and they can't remove him because he probably lives down the street, and I'm not supposed to know about other voters registrations, and so on - and the DA's office says that they don't get "involved" in false registrations. So, for obvious reasons I don't believe that the election "results" had much to do with how people voted. From ballot box lids from SF found floating in the Bay in past elections, to the guy down the street who bragged about how many times he voted (the registrar wasn't interested in that, either), and the fact that no identification is required for either registration or voting, I suspect that the crookedest side will always win. At least in California. And don't get me started on the redistricting plan where the "citizen committee" illegally took into consideration factors that they were supposedly *specifically barred* from considering during redistricting. Note that was allowed to stand.
So you can TAX them and brainwash them for the rest of their lives -
So you can TAX them and scare them for the rest of their lives -
Reverse NDAA NOW
prop. 30 was the continuation of a prior tax that was about to expire..to extend it needed only a majority.. 50% plus 1.. doug
doesn't your galloping paranoia get hard to live with after a while?.. i think that lead shield hat is a little too tight on your head.. oh, and by the way..ask all your paranoid friends why there wasn't whisper of dissent among them wshen george bush signed the SAME national defense authorization act..three times in a row.. it is, after all that piece of paper that keeps the military operating every year.. doug
I guess that means confiscation, where a bunch of Chinese money lenders come over and receive California by Obama decree. That would make Ca. just a wee bit closer to the "new California dream: that 60% of the voters want.
The complete filth thrown out at Republicans and white people would be a hate crime if you referred to anyone else.......Are you the ones who voted in thios election, or just mouth pieces without common sense? Most of us good Americans got over race a couple of generations ago. You can't. There is no place for people like you in our society. You, whoever you are, are the filth that weigh us down. You have no moral ground to stand on. We don't want you here.
Remember what Ben Franklin wrote.. "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic".
in fact, USC, otherwise known as the university of spoiled children, is actually owned and operated by the methodist church.. as is, by the way, university of the pacific up in stockton.. just f.y.i... doug