The excitement may have died down a bit now, so let's see what results I can grab from the Secretary of State's website.
Actually, it's still taking forever to load, so this may be a partial result again.
Propositions:
State Ballot Measures 44.2% ( 11248 of 25423 ) precincts
reporting as of Nov. 4, 2008, at 11:38 p.m.
Statewide Results
Name Yes Votes % No Votes %
1A Y Safe, Reliable High-Speed Train Bond Act 2,568,349 51.2% 2,455,053 48.8%
2 Y Standards for Confining Farm Animals 3,206,326 62.4% 1,939,703 37.6%
3 Y Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program. 2,601,736 51.7% 2,439,382 48.3%
4 N Parent Notif. Before Terminating Minor's Pregnancy 2,479,862 48.2% 2,659,922 51.8%
5 N Nonviolent Drug Offense. Sentencing, Parole, Rehab 1,959,455 38.6% 3,109,518 61.4%
6 N Police, Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Laws. 1,504,654 30.3% 3,449,262 69.7%
7 N Renewable Energy Generation 1,728,642 34.1% 3,338,358 65.9%
8 Y Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry 2,831,351 53.3% 2,482,161 46.7%
9 Y Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole. 2,673,364 53.9% 2,294,093 46.1%
10 N Altern. Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy Bonds 1,912,788 38.4% 3,065,080 61.6%
11 Y Redistricting 2,507,124 52.0% 2,320,337 48.0%
12 Y Veterans' Bond 3,086,809 62.5% 1,852,589 37.5%
With less than 45% of the vote, some of these (including MSNBC's hot buttons, 4 and 8) are probably too close to call. But some of these are probably pretty well decided.
2: It looks like farm animals will roam free...until they go to the slaughterhouse.
5: No change for non-violent drug offenses.
6: No dedicated police/law enforcement funding.
7/10: We ain't gonna do the government green thingie.
12: Veterans are cool.
Thrown for a (school) loop
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