Propositions and Measures: statewide as of 9:56 pm

Ballot Measures

Total precincts 24,845

Reporting Precincts 4,753

Name Yes Votes No Votes %Yes %No

20 Redistricting of Congressional Districts 1,612,439 854,533 65.4% 34.6%

21 State Park Funding. Vehicle License Surcharge. 1,003,986 1,563,178 39.1% 60.9%

22 Prohibit State From Taking Some Local Funds 1,597,393 887,110 64.3% 35.7%

23 Suspend Air Pollution Control Law (AB 32) 1,077,437 1,463,405 42.4% 57.6%

24 Repeal Allowance of Lower Business Tax Liability 968,110 1,510,725 39.0% 61.0%

25 Simple Majority Vote to Pass Budget 1,343,488 1,177,619 53.3% 46.7%

26 2/3 Vote for Some State/Local Fees 1,384,888 1,086,849 56.1% 43.9%

27 Eliminate State Redistricting Commission 947,840 1,485,964 38.9% 61.1%

19 Legalize Marijuana in CA, Regulate and Tax 1,129,899 1,466,223 43.5% 56.5%

Propositions and Measures

Preliminary county results on the propositions are shown below. So far RiversideCounty opposes legalization of marijuana, the vehicle license tax to fund state parks, the majority requirement to pass a state budget and abolishing the state commission for redistricting.

We support the citizens commission to redraw congressional district lines.

And in an interesting demostration of voter confusion, both Measures L and M are winning, although M is ahead by a much larger margin.

See below:

19 - Legalizes Marijuana - CA not Federal

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
YES	79,966	40.98%
NO	115,182	59.02%
Total	195,148	100.00%

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20 - Redist. Congressional Dist. - Const.Amend

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
YES	125,701	66.81%
NO	62,444	33.19%
Total	188,145	100.00%

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21 - Vehicle License Surcharge - Parks

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
YES	60,432	31.22%
NO	133,166	68.78%
Total	193,598	100.00%

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22 - Prohibits State Borrowing - Const. Amend.

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
YES	133,573	70.34%
NO	56,330	29.66%
Total	189,903	100.00%

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23 - Suspend Air Pollution Law - AB 32

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
YES	96,457	50.47%
NO	94,659	49.53%
Total	191,116	100.00%

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24 - Repeals Lower Business Tax

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
YES	66,488	35.32%
NO	121,775	64.68%
Total	188,263	100.00%

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25 - Budget - Simple Majority - Const. Amend.

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
YES	91,047	47.81%
NO	99,393	52.19%
Total	190,440	100.00%

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26 - Fees, Two-Thirds Vote - Const. Amend.

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
YES	122,768	65.00%
NO	66,093	35.00%
Total	188,861	100.00%

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27 - Elim Redistricting Comm - Const. Amend.

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
YES	76,022	41.26%
NO	108,216	58.74%
Total	184,238	100.00%

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K - RCTC Transportation Projects

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
YES	113,663	62.72%
NO	67,550	37.28%
Total	181,213	100.00%

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L - Voter Approval - Pub. Safety Retirement

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
YES	92,333	50.99%
NO	88,737	49.01%
Total	181,070	100.00%

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M - Voter Approval - Pub. Safety Retirement

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
YES	112,665	63.23%
NO	65,522	36.77%
Total	178,187	100.00%

Governor Senator, statewide races

In the statewide races, Riverside County is giving initial support to the Republican candidates. Whitman for governor, Fiorina for Senator and Cooley for Attorney General all have outpolled the Democratic candidate at this point.

Statewide I believe there is a difference.

Governor

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
GRN - LAURA WELLS	2,284	1.16%
REP - MEG WHITMAN	105,280	53.69%
LIB - DALE F. OGDEN	4,102	2.09%
DEM - JERRY BROWN	77,876	39.71%
AIP - CHELENE NIGHTINGALE	4,855	2.48%
PF - CARLOS ALVAREZ	1,695	0.86%
Total	196,092	100.00%

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Lieutenant Governor

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
GRN - JAMES ''JIMI'' CASTILLO	2,180	1.13%
PF - C.T. WEBER	2,322	1.21%
AIP - JIM KING	6,422	3.34%
LIB - PAMELA J. BROWN	13,452	6.99%
DEM - GAVIN NEWSOM	73,872	38.40%
REP - ABEL MALDONADO	94,149	48.93%
Total	192,397	100.00%

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Secretary of State

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
LIB - CHRISTINA TOBIN	3,709	1.93%
PF - MARYLOU CABRAL	2,443	1.27%
DEM - DEBRA BOWEN	78,839	41.06%
AIP - MERTON D. SHORT	4,288	2.23%
GRN - ANN MENASCHE	3,814	1.99%
REP - DAMON DUNN	98,929	51.52%
Total	192,022	100.00%

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Controller

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
DEM - JOHN CHIANG	79,781	41.52%
AIP - LAWRENCE G. BELIZ	4,292	2.23%
GRN - ROSS D. FRANKEL	2,492	1.30%
LIB - ANDREW ''ANDY'' FAVOR	6,600	3.44%
REP - TONY STRICKLAND	95,544	49.73%
PF - KAREN MARTINEZ	3,430	1.79%
Total	192,139	100.00%

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Treasurer

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
PF - DEBRA L. REIGER	2,005	1.04%
LIB - EDWARD M. TEYSSIER	3,889	2.02%
GRN - CHARLES ''KIT'' CRITTENDEN	2,912	1.51%
REP - MIMI WALTERS	92,129	47.85%
DEM - BILL LOCKYER	88,175	45.79%
AIP - ROBERT LAUTEN	3,435	1.78%
Total	192,545	100.00%

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Attorney General

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
AIP - DIANE BEALL TEMPLIN	4,838	2.52%
REP - STEVE COOLEY	109,852	57.21%
PF - ROBERT J. EVANS	2,761	1.44%
GRN - PETER ALLEN	3,378	1.76%
DEM - KAMALA D. HARRIS	66,663	34.72%
LIB - TIMOTHY J. HANNAN	4,512	2.35%
Total	192,004	100.00%

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Insurance Commissioner

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
LIB - RICHARD S. BRONSTEIN	8,555	4.51%
GRN - WILLIAM BALDERSTON	3,071	1.62%
DEM - DAVE JONES	75,022	39.55%
REP - MIKE VILLINES	91,316	48.14%
AIP - CLAY PEDERSEN	6,592	3.47%
PF - DINA JOSEPHINE PADILLA	5,143	2.71%
Total	189,699	100.00%

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United States Senator

0/1492 0.00%

	Vote Count	Percent
GRN - DUANE ROBERTS	2,342	1.20%
DEM - BARBARA BOXER	73,268	37.45%
LIB - GAIL K. LIGHTFOOT	3,540	1.81%
PF - MARSHA FEINLAND	2,909	1.49%
REP - CARLY FIORINA	109,926	56.19%
AIP - EDWARD C. NOONAN	3,636	1.86%
Total	195,621	100.00%

First returns 2010

Okay, the first returns are posted. In the local races, Congresswoman Mary bono Mack leads challenger Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet,

	Vote Count	Percent
REP - MARY BONO MACK	49,583	53.32%
AIP - BILL LUSSENHEIDE	6,340	6.82%
DEM - STEVE POUGNET	37,066	39.86%
Total	92,989	100.00%

In 2008, more than 266,000 votes were cast for this office and in 2006, the total was about 166,000.

In the Hemet School Board race, incumbent Joe Wojcik is leading, but Anza incumbent Phyllis Petri is trailing her challenger, Paul Bakkom

	Vote Count	Percent
PAUL BAKKOM	9,859	66.43%
PHYLLIS L. PETRI	4,983	33.57%
Total	14,842	100.00%

Idyllwild vote estimate

Well about 660 people cast ballots at the Town Hall precinct today. And about 75 more brought their ballots into the poll. So revised estimates of turnout are now down to 1,000 or less. We'll see.

Hope you voted.

Actual County returns are held up until the final voter leaves the Registrars' office. Preliminary results should be posted soon.

voter enthusiasm

Through Friday, nearly 47.4 percent of registered Riverside county voters requested a ballot through the mail. And as of Friday evening, still four days before the election, nearly 42.4 percent of those had already returned their ballots.

But Republicans were more assiduously returning their ballots early. Of the total ballot requests, Democrats had requested about 35 percent of the issued ballots and Republicans represented nearly 45.5 percent of the requested ballots.

As of Friday, 42 percent of the Democrats had already returned their ballot which represent 35.5 percent of all returned ballots. But Republicans had requested 45.6 percent of the ballots and already 48.8 percent had returned their votes.

Keep in mind that mail ballots voters represented 58.5 percent of all ballots cast in the June primary. For the 2008 election, vote by mail was only 41.5 percent of ballots cast.

voter turnout estimates

Voter turnout won’t be know for another few hours. But The Field Poll’s latest pre-election poll suggest the total Californai turnout will be about 9.5 milllion voters.

If this many people actually cast a ballot, that represents 55 percent of the registered voters. That would be the third lowest turnout this decade as well as the last four decades.

Turnout in the 2005 state special election (recall of former Gov. Grey Davis) was the lowest when only 50.1 percent of registered voters cast a ballot. The next lowest occurred in the 2002 off-year election. Again barely 50 percent of registered voters came to the polls.

So what does this imply for Idyllwild?

At 1:30 nearly 350 voters had come into Town Hall to cast a ballot. This does not include those who merely dropped off their mail ballot. For the June primary, 1,634 people were registered voters in Idyllwild. They cast about 734 ballots for a turnout of about 44.9 percent. Turnout for all of Riverside County was only 31.0 percent.

In the last non-presidential election, 2006, the county turnout was 51.8; But the Idyllwild precinct saw more 1,200 voters (walk-in and mail) for a 72.1 percent turnout.

Nearly 400,000 county residents requested a mail ballot and through yesterday, nearly half or 196,000 had already cast their ballots. If the Hill is somewhat like the whole county, we should expect that about 400 mail ballots have already been returned. If the walk-in voters at 1:30 were half the total, we can estimate 700 voters plus 400 mail ballots and maybe another 150 turned in today for a total of 1,250 ballots cast.

If the statewide turnout is close to 55 percent, then based on the past two elections, an Idyllwild turnout of approximately 75 percent is reasonable.