Measure R election results update

Election results for Measure R will be updated later today by the Los Angeles County registrar. The proposed half-cent sales-tax increase for transportation in Los Angeles County has so far received 67.22% of the vote, which translates into a lead of about 13,200 votes. Measure R proponents are confident that will hold up.

As of Monday afternoon, there were about 160,000 absentee ballots and 250,000 provisional ballots still to be counted, said Marcia Ventura, a spokeswoman for the registrar. The ballots are being counted each day, but the results are only being updated twice a week -- on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. It takes longer to count these ballots because the registrar has to check that each absentee ballot was signed and that each provisional ballot came from a registered voter, Ventura said.

It's not likely that all 410,000 ballots will all count toward Measure R. About 91% of the voters in L.A. County who cast a vote in the presidential race also voted in the Measure R race. And, in the February primary of this year, 87% of the provisional ballots were eligible to be counted, an increase from 82% in the 2004 presidential race.

Ventura said that today's tally will likely add another 160,000 ballots or so to the countywide results. I'll update later when the results are posted.

--Steve Hymon

Comments

[Jonathan]

I can believe this measure is going to pass... in percentage terms its going to be a 6% increase in sales tax. In a recession this is irresponsible. We wouldn't need this measure if the city, county and state actually would spend money on the important things first like public safety, transportation, and education. I have never been more disgusted with our government then now. Our goverment has a spending problem.

[Rubber Toe]

The 11-11 update is now in. The lead has increased from 67.22% to 67.23%. Not a whole lot, but still leading.

My take on the current numbers:
Yes: 1,806,657
No: 880,564
2/3 of the total is 1,791,480

So, to be 2/3 Yes we need 1,791,480 and we have 1,806,657 which shows a lead of 15,177.

Total new votes added since the last update is 121,700. Of those 121,700 new votes 82,225 were yes and 39,458 were no. That works out to about 67.56% yes. If that trend continues it looks like it will pass.

[Dan W.]

As of 4:49 today, November 11th, here are the latest Measure R results:

YES 1,806,657 (67.23 %)
NO 880,564 (32.77 %)

Woo hoo!