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Prop. 98 On Life Support - UPDATE: 98 Loses, 99 Wins

by: David Dayen

Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 20:35:44 PM PDT


With 7% reporting:

98 N Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority. 357,626 43.3% 467,116 56.7%

99 Y Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition. 536,649 65.5% 282,737 34.5%

It's a bigger problem for 98 than just winning.  Because the props are related, 98 has to do better than 99 to become law.  I can't see how that could possibly happen, even though these are early numbers.

UPDATE: CBS2 in LA has called a victory for Prop. 99.  Good news.

UPDATE: And 98 is going to lose outright, and lose big.  Fantastic.  Right now some idiot Prop. 98 supporter is on my teevee talking about how they'll "keep fighting."  We're going to fight until nobody has rent control!!!!

David Dayen :: Prop. 98 On Life Support - UPDATE: 98 Loses, 99 Wins
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I am impressed (0.00 / 0)
with these numbers and they generally make me happy.  I wouldn't cry if 99 went down, but maybe just maybe that will shut them up for a little while about taking people's homes.

As noted below (0.00 / 0)
even where 98 is winning, 99 is winning bigger.

It's very confusing what numbers are which. (0.00 / 0)
Is 98 winning?  You don't list which votes are yes and which are no.

Both confused me (0.00 / 0)
So I ended up voting no on both. I'm not a big fan of ballot initiatives anyways. Glad to see 98 going down in flames.

98 is losing (0.00 / 0)
with 43%

99 is curentl winning with 65%

That means overall 99 is currently vastly ahead.  Too early to tell, however.  Give the Bay area tmie to come in, that should really put the nail in 98's coffin.  


Woohoo! (8.00 / 2)
I'm really pumped about these numbers. They are a repudiation to the deceptive ballot measures that we see out of the right-wing.

I think?

early absentees from san diego county (0.00 / 0)
had 98 failing.

if early absentees (which often lean conservative) from san diego (ditto) show 98 failing, it hasn't a chance.


Californians like rent control (8.00 / 1)
I am enjoying these particular results.

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