Monthly Archives: November 2008

The Elections Office has an explanation for the apparent undercount in precinct 3626 which I wrote about in an earlier post. Apparently, they merged two precincts — 3626 and 3631 — into one “temporary” precinct for this particular election. Precinct … Continue reading →

So, after sharing such information as is currently available on what happened, and writing about some odd things that took place on Election Day, it’s time for the main event: trying to answer the question “Why did Measure S fail?” … Continue reading →

I mentioned in an earlier post on voting patterns that one precinct, 3626, had an unusually low level of voter turnout compared to the rest of the precincts that voted on Measure S. This is the precinct that covers most … Continue reading →

While the election hasn’t been officially certified yet, it looks likely Measure S will end up failing. It didn’t miss by much — the latest count shows it getting 65.5% of the vote — but there are probably so few … Continue reading →