Freddie Oakley is telling me the turnout is very low.
Absentees show an early commanding lead by Lovenburg with 38.55 and Harris 31.9%, Schelen third with 15,71, Spector with 13.8.
Measure P with 67.17 and Measure Q with 66.63%, both right on the bubble, it looks like a nailbiter for the parcel tax.
The word seems to be that the early lead should hold, Lovenburg already with almost 3500 votes and a 2000 vote lead over the third place finisher.
Absentees in Davis may top ballot votes.
Calm and quiet here, the ballots from precincts have not arrived as of yet. Just going over procedures before things get hot and heavy.
Our reporters are out in Davis tonight...
From Spector's party at the graduate:
Julie Cuetara - "I'm very sad about the two top candidates and very worried about the what the district is going to be like."
Others have said, "We're holding on to our towels...we're not ready to throw them in just yet..."
Dweezel's wondering about her votes. She heard she was a write in.
Another attendee, "We're high on optimism..."
One of the officials think P and Q will pull it out
Ballots are starting to be counted
Measure S is 51-49, that is West Sacramento's School bond. It needs 55% to pass. Desperately need the money there.
Back to the field:
Harris Camp at Sudwerk's in a cheery atmosphere in a dinner party way. Richard Harris: "We'll wait and see what happens. We're hopeful."
Stuff here from Woodland but not Davis so far. Davis stuff is usually last. They have to consolidate on sight and match their take with their records. Then bring it up here, so that takes some time and it tends to be larger than other parts of the county.
Davis ballots just now coming into the building. Woodland is 80 percent done.
Precincts in Woodland reporting at less than 10 percent turnout--holy cow. Maybe Freddie was not kidding when she said 18%.
Reports from Schelen's party:
They are talking maybe 22% in Davis. I have faith, I said 30%.
Look for some Davis precincts coming up in the next batch. Looking through the numbers--a lot of undervotes or bullet votes amongst the absentees. About 13 Davis precincts in the next batch
Freddie gave me numbers for woodland--5.48%, 2.68%, 4.1%, etc. Wow.
They are actually sitting waiting for ballots here, they have so few ballots in the precincts. 30 precincts reporting, barely over 2000 votes in them.
Possibly more absentees than votes, that would be a first time ever if it happens. This might be an historic night--in a bad way.
Lots of hardware failures tonight at the election office, fortunately it doesn't matter tonight.
19 from Davis here.
P & Q now both at 69 percent.
Candidates are unchanged.
Lovenburg with 4340, Harris 3525, Schelen 1849 and Spector 1572 with 20 of 39 reporting
Wow some amazing figures. 9 people on Olive Drive voted. 6 people at the Coffee House. 17 a the other student precinct.
So far turnout with half reporting is 18.85 percent in Davis, that figure will go up, not sure by how much.
So we're expecting another report around 11 pm and a final report at 11:30 PM. Blogger is supposedly down at 11 PM for ten minutes, but we'll see.
Back online, P and Q now up over 70 percent with two-thirds precincts reporting.
Officially calling it for the school board races, Susan Lovenburg and Richard Harris are the winners there.
Looks like they are celebrating at the P and Q party:
Helen Thomson: "Exciting! I'm glad to see the community cares about schools and libraries.
Mariko Yamada: "I'm glad we minded our Ps and Qs!"
Ballots are all in, final tallies are pending.
Final vote in Woodland--10.5% turnout.
Total Davis turnout 22.39%
All precincts are in
72.9 YES ON Q
73% Measure P
6806 Lovenburg 38.47%
5412 Harris 30.59
3066 Schelen 17.33%
2406 Spector 13.6%
That's all for tonight.
P and Q win easily, Lovenburg and Harris do as well.
Schelen second in the Valley Oak are fwiw
---Doug Paul Davis reporting
Joe Spector: "I'm very excited that many people have voted to support me and the issues that I have advocated for. In particular, it is my belief that I have gotten solid support from the Valley Oak community. In about 1/2 an hour I will be going to DCTV along with everybody's favorite Valley Oak representative (Dweezel)."
One of the officials think P and Q will pull it out
Ballots are starting to be counted
Measure S is 51-49, that is West Sacramento's School bond. It needs 55% to pass. Desperately need the money there.
Back to the field:
Harris Camp at Sudwerk's in a cheery atmosphere in a dinner party way. Richard Harris: "We'll wait and see what happens. We're hopeful."
Stuff here from Woodland but not Davis so far. Davis stuff is usually last. They have to consolidate on sight and match their take with their records. Then bring it up here, so that takes some time and it tends to be larger than other parts of the county.
Davis ballots just now coming into the building. Woodland is 80 percent done.
Precincts in Woodland reporting at less than 10 percent turnout--holy cow. Maybe Freddie was not kidding when she said 18%.
Reports from Schelen's party:
One supporter: "Early returns are always a heartbreak. Stay tuned."
Bob Schelen: "It's been 7 out of 39 precints in the first two hours. There are still many more precints to report. We'll hang tight all night. We may not know the final results until the morning, but at least we can trust that every vote will be counted thanks to Freddie Oakley."
Maybe Woodland should consider changing their election dates--5% turnout average. One polling place two votes. Matt Rexroad will have to weigh in on this one...
Maybe Woodland should consider changing their election dates--5% turnout average. One polling place two votes. Matt Rexroad will have to weigh in on this one...
They are talking maybe 22% in Davis. I have faith, I said 30%.
Look for some Davis precincts coming up in the next batch. Looking through the numbers--a lot of undervotes or bullet votes amongst the absentees. About 13 Davis precincts in the next batch
Freddie gave me numbers for woodland--5.48%, 2.68%, 4.1%, etc. Wow.
They are actually sitting waiting for ballots here, they have so few ballots in the precincts. 30 precincts reporting, barely over 2000 votes in them.
Possibly more absentees than votes, that would be a first time ever if it happens. This might be an historic night--in a bad way.
Lots of hardware failures tonight at the election office, fortunately it doesn't matter tonight.
19 from Davis here.
P & Q now both at 69 percent.
Candidates are unchanged.
Lovenburg with 4340, Harris 3525, Schelen 1849 and Spector 1572 with 20 of 39 reporting
Wow some amazing figures. 9 people on Olive Drive voted. 6 people at the Coffee House. 17 a the other student precinct.
So far turnout with half reporting is 18.85 percent in Davis, that figure will go up, not sure by how much.
So we're expecting another report around 11 pm and a final report at 11:30 PM. Blogger is supposedly down at 11 PM for ten minutes, but we'll see.
Back online, P and Q now up over 70 percent with two-thirds precincts reporting.
Officially calling it for the school board races, Susan Lovenburg and Richard Harris are the winners there.
Looks like they are celebrating at the P and Q party:
Helen Thomson: "Exciting! I'm glad to see the community cares about schools and libraries.
Mariko Yamada: "I'm glad we minded our Ps and Qs!"
Ballots are all in, final tallies are pending.
Final vote in Woodland--10.5% turnout.
Total Davis turnout 22.39%
All precincts are in
72.9 YES ON Q
73% Measure P
6806 Lovenburg 38.47%
5412 Harris 30.59
3066 Schelen 17.33%
2406 Spector 13.6%
That's all for tonight.
P and Q win easily, Lovenburg and Harris do as well.
Schelen second in the Valley Oak are fwiw
---Doug Paul Davis reporting
