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Uploaded: Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 5:58 AM
Updated: Thursday, November 8, 2012, 7:49 AM
Voter turnout lower than in 2008 presidential election
78% of registered voters cast ballots in 2008 in Alameda County, with only 50% Tuesday, though that could change
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 | Although many vote-by-mail and provisional ballots have yet to be counted, Bay Area counties are projecting strong voter turnout for Tuesday's presidential election, however numbers are expected to be below those from the 2008 race.
In Alameda County, 78 percent of voters cast their ballots in 2008 when President Obama faced Arizona Sen. John McCain.
As of mid-afternoon today, voter turnout for this year's presidential race in that county was almost at 50 percent, but election officials anticipated that number to jump to about 70 percent.
The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters has yet to release completed voter turnout information, but as of this afternoon the county counted 53 percent of registered voters had marked a ballot.
The 2008 election saw more than 85 percent voter turnout in that county.
With more than 35,000 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots left to count, Solano County was at a 56.9 percent turnout for this year's election.
Voters came out in droves in 2008, reaching nearly 85 percent turnout.
Marin County election officials said they are expecting anywhere from 80 to 85 percent turnout after all the vote-by-mail and provisional ballots are accounted for.
As of mid-afternoon, an election official said there about 46,000 more of those types of ballots to process with voter turnout standing at just more than 55 percent.
Voter turnout was high in 2008 at more than 90 percent, which a Sonoma County election official said this afternoon was a number unlikely to be reached in this election.
Sonoma County voters had high voter participation in the 2008 election with 93.4 percent casting a ballot. Unofficial results for this year have turnout at 68.2 percent.
San Mateo County election officials expected turnout to be slightly below 2008's nearly 79 percent participation.
Today, 56.5 percent voter turnout was recorded, however officials expected the number of voters to jump up to more than 70 percent.
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said in a statement today that ballots would be processed for about the next month, with official results, including turnout, pending.
"It's understandable some people want election returns immediately, but it's more important than ever to get results right rather than get results fast," Bowen said.
The chief elections official also noted an increase of vote-by-mail ballots, which require more time to be processed.
For more information about election results visit vote.sos.ca.gov.Sasha Lekach, Bay City News Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by Larry, a resident of Livermore, on Nov 6, 2012 at 9:44 am Make sure everyone votes today, here is a guide to help you.
Forget about the Presidential Campaign, we are a socialist, so we are in the bag for the democrats. Next is the prepositions, look first to see if they want more money, if they do, no matter what it is, vote no. The only reason they need money is because of the pensions they gave out for votes. So no on anything asking for money such as 30. When you vote, think of the load your laying on your children and grand children. They will end up paying for all your decisions.
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Posted by Daniel Bradford, a member of the Foothill High School community, on Nov 7, 2012 at 6:14 am Despite the predictions of the ideologically-tainted Pleasanton Weekly, Proposition 30 (saving our schools) and Proposition 32 (saving our unions) have both passed by convincing margins.
Yet the Pleasanton Weekly, in an editorial masquerading as a "news story", assured its readers just a few days ago that Proposition 30 was "failing".
Prop 30 passed with 54% of the vote.
I'll take that kind of "fail" any old day of the week you want to name.
Now back to the mangled syntax of the anonymous we-hate-Obama brigade in 3, 2, 1....
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Posted by mittens, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Nov 7, 2012 at 8:56 am Your unions never needed 'saving', they need to be reigned in or eliminated to protect the other 85% of our populace. But, you're not a selfish bastard, much.
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Posted by Arnold, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Nov 7, 2012 at 11:03 am Trump is right. Democracy is a travasty. We need to demasculate unions and put corporations in their rightful place as leaders of the populace, because corporations know how to make money, just like Romney who was our last best hope for a America driven by genuine corporate values. Look at Greece. Yes, they're going the austerity route, and it isn't working. But look at it just the same. Get my drift?
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