Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Live-Blogging the Ohio Returns!
Well...here I am.....one window on the Ohio Secretary of State website, looking at results, one being used in the typing of this blog. I will post and update below, for your reading pleasure.
8:50 PM: The polls have been closed for about an hour now..they closed at 7:30 EST, and the results for the statewide items are coming in. Right now, all the issues that Michelle Malkin warned you about are being decided. Here’s what we see:
State Issue 1
Yes 81,118 53.45%
No 70,639 46.55%
Total Votes 151,757
State Issue 2
No 99,997 63.06%
Yes 58,583 36.94%
Total Votes 158,580
State Issue 3
No 103,346 66.10%
Yes 53,009 33.90%
Total Votes 156,355
State Issue 4
No 108,985 70.92%
Yes 44,690 29.08%
Total Votes 153,675
Votes % Of Votes
State Issue 5
No 107,708 70.44%
Yes 45,192 29.56%
Total Votes 152,900
Note that turnout was expected to be around 40%, or roundabouts 2,500,000-3,000,000 voters, so we are just 3% into the count.
9:00: I’ll try to post every 5-10 minutes or so. update on the State Issues:
State Issue 1
Yes 115,609 53.89%
No 98,928 46.11%
Total Votes 214,537
State Issue 2
No 141,888 63.32%
Yes 82,208 36.68%
Total Votes 224,096
***SORRY! CORRUPTED SOME DATA HERE****
State Issue 3
No 147,432 66.67%
Yes 73,701 33.33%
Total Votes 221,133
State Issue 4
No 155,586 71.17%
Yes 63,039 28.83%
Total Votes 218,625
State Issue 5
No 153,532 70.70%
Yes 63,624 29.30%
Total Votes 217,156
Locally to me, the Columbus City Council (Name, votes, percentage, and Party):
MARYELLEN OSHAUGHNESSY—33228 23.90 D
KEVIN L. BOYCE—32867 23.64 D
MARY JO HUDSON—29280 21.06 D
ALISIA CLARK—16945 12.19 D
PHIL HARMON—14719 10.59 R
EDDIE PAULINE—11938 8.59 R
Write-In —56 0.04
Ugh....need a beer.
9:10: Real quick..I voted “No” for 2,3, and 5, but “Yes” for 1 and 4....my reasons are that there is nothing wrong with the use of bonds....it is better than mandating a new tax that one cannot avoid paying. Also, paying taxes cannot get you interest. Issue 4? Well, I’m all for uniform districting, and getting the political parties out of it. Period.
The State of the election:
State Issue 1
Yes 206,976 54.95%
No 169,665 45.05%
Total Votes 376,641
State Issue 2
No 235,744 61.51%
Yes 147,513 38.49%
Total Votes 383,257
State Issue 3
No 243,933 64.21%
Yes 135,949 35.79%
Total Votes 379,882
State Issue 4
No 255,828 67.88%
Yes 121,032 32.12%
Total Votes 376,860
State Issue 5
No 253,546 67.58%
Yes 121,625 32.42%
Total Votes 375,171
9:20: In Franklin County, we are having an election for the Munincipal Clerk of Courts. One candidate, Mike Pirik, is actually under a criminal investigation for actions involving timesheets and alledged payroll fraud. He’s the Republican candidate for the position, and this came up just in the past couple months. The tally for this contest:
LORI TYACK-- 73952 59.39 D
MIKE PIRIK—50558 40.61 R
Statewide info:
State Issue 1
Yes 324,521 54.72%
No 268,558 45.28%
Total Votes 593,079
State Issue 2
No 379,443 62.40%
Yes 228,633 37.60%
Total Votes 608,076
State Issue 3
No 396,865 65.75%
Yes 206,692 34.25%
Total Votes 603,557
State Issue 4
No 413,731 68.94%
Yes 186,404 31.06%
Total Votes 600,135
State Issue 5
No 409,998 69.18%
Yes 182,619 30.82%
Total Votes 592,617
9:30: Statewide Issues:
State Issue 1
Yes 363,369 54.10%
No 308,341 45.90%
Total Votes 671,710
State Issue 2
No 441,540 63.25%
Yes 256,502 36.75%
Total Votes 698,042
State Issue 3
No 461,099 66.59%
Yes 231,356 33.41%
Total Votes 692,455
State Issue 4
No 479,501 69.76%
Yes 207,875 30.24%
Total Votes 687,376
State Issue 5
No 479,393 70.06%
Yes 204,874 29.94%
Total Votes 684,267
Columbus City Council is going for the democrats this evening....Name, Votes, Percentage, Party
MARYELLEN OSHAUGHNESSY—47908 23.90 D
KEVIN L. BOYCE—47504 23.70 D
MARY JO HUDSON—42219 21.07 D
ALISIA CLARK—24367 12.16 D
PHIL HARMON—21252 10.60 R
EDDIE PAULINE—17078 8.52 R
Write-In —91 0.05
I’m guessing that we’re seeing Issues 2-5 fail pretty big. Even in Cuyahoga County (Cleveland, heavily Democrat), Issue 2, for example, is getting less than half the votes (Yes 31,005, or 48.63% No 32,758, or 51.37%) Issue One is still winning, though, and that looks like it’s going to go into the Yes column.
9:45 PM: Franklin County, which is the home of Columbus, is voting as such:
STATE ISSUE 1
YES—98302 58.50
NO—69724 41.50
STATE ISSUE 2
NO—94963 55.60
YES—75837 44.40
STATE ISSUE 3
NO—97600 57.30
YES—72728 42.70
STATE ISSUE 4
NO—100400 59.35
YES—68778 40.65
STATE ISSUE 5
NO—100828 59.42
YES—68872 40.58
PRECINCTS: 689/816
FRANKLIN COUNTY ADAMH TAX LEVY (REPLACEMENT) (ISSUE 7)
CANDIDATE PARTY VOTE PERCENTAGE
FOR THE TAX LEVY—106080 62.50
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY—63641 37.50
Issue 7 is a replacement levy for the ADAMH tax....disabled and mentally handicapped. I voted for it.
Columbus, and Franklin County, is pretty reflective of the state in general. Actually, it leans more Democratic these days. With 689 of 816 precincts reporting in, it’s almost a done deal.
9:58: I was scanning the county Issue 1 vote, and did some rough figuring. Several of the big Democratic countries, like Cuyahoga, are only 15-20% counted. Frankllin is 85% counted, and Hamilton (more Republican than Democrat) and their surrounding conservative counties are almost done being counted at this point. I’m going to say that Issue 1 is a winner at this point.
Here’s your 10:00 totals for the Ohio Statewide issues:
State Issue 1
Yes 649,486 54.70%
No 537,806 45.30%
Total Votes 1,187,292
State Issue 2
No 777,726 62.90%
Yes 458,659 37.10%
Total Votes 1,236,385
State Issue 3
No 818,959 66.84%
Yes 406,208 33.16%
Total Votes 1,225,167
State Issue 4
No 851,831 69.74%
Yes 369,636 30.26%
Total Votes 1,221,467
State Issue 5
No 859,076 70.24%
Yes 363,909 29.76%
Total Votes 1,222,985
10:07: Franklin County results:
MARYELLEN OSHAUGHNESSY—56396 24.03 D
KEVIN L. BOYCE—55622 23.70 D
MARY JO HUDSON—50035 21.32 D
ALISIA CLARK—28006 11.93 D
PHIL HARMON—24502 10.44 R
EDDIE PAULINE—20033 8.54 R
Write-In —99 0.04
90% of precincts have been counted in Franklin County. 185,000 votes or so.
10:15: HEY, HELO!!!
Statewide Results at 10:15:
State Issue 1
Yes 689,628 54.52%
No 575,221 45.48%
Total Votes 1,264,849
State Issue 2
No 835,989 63.34%
Yes 483,943 36.66%
Total Votes 1,319,932
State Issue 3
No 879,442 67.24%
Yes 428,457 32.76%
Total Votes 1,307,899
State Issue 4
No 915,422 70.15%
Yes 389,580 29.85%
Total Votes 1,305,002
State Issue 5
No 920,859 70.62%
Yes 383,170 29.38%
Total Votes 1,304,029
Any commentary, feel free to comment..I’ll post what I can. I figure we’ll have a pretty solid picture of tonight by 11:00 or so.
10:30 PM.....Statewide First:
State Issue 1
Yes 848,047 53.64%
No 732,903 46.36%
Total Votes 1,580,950
State Issue 2
No 1,060,257 64.27%
Yes 589,442 35.73%
Total Votes 1,649,699
State Issue 3
No 1,111,223 67.95%
Yes 524,149 32.05%
Total Votes 1,635,372
State Issue 4
No 1,158,573 70.93%
Yes 474,819 29.07%
Total Votes 1,633,392
State Issue 5
No 1,156,621 71.17%
Yes 468,622 28.83%
Total Votes 1,625,243
These numbers are starting to become rather firm. Polipundit’s Alexander K. McClure is not happy about the outcome in Virginia....but I think these numbers are too early to use in 2008....or even 2006.
10:45 PM: My Home County Results (Franklin):
FRANKLIN COUNTY CLERK OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT (With Party Affiliation)
LORI M. TYACK—100810 59.40 D
MIKE PIRIK—68918 40.60 R
PRECINCTS: 807/818
CITY OF COLUMBUS MEMBER OF COUNCIL (with Party Affiliation)
MARYELLEN OSHAUGHNESSY—58367 23.97 D
KEVIN L. BOYCE—57325 23.55 D
MARY JO HUDSON—51735 21.25 D
ALISIA CLARK—29128 11.96 D
PHIL HARMON—25748 10.58 R
EDDIE PAULINE—21057 8.65 R
Write-In —108 0.04
PRECINCTS: 494/502
COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT MEMBER OF BOARD OF EDUCATION
BETTY M. DRUMMOND—37887 24.68
ANDREW GINTHER—34512 22.48
W. CARLTON WEDDINGTON—28083 18.29
BARBARA L. BRYSON—22812 14.86
MICHAEL D. WILES—16009 10.43
BILL BUCKEL—14224 9.26
10:55 PM: (Last post for the evening)
Looks like everything has settled into their final slots: Here’s what the current count is:
State Issue 1
Yes 979,491 53.88%
No 838,362 46.12%
Total Votes 1,817,853
State Issue 2
No 1,209,046 63.86%
Yes 684,346 36.14%
Total Votes 1,893,392
State Issue 3
No 1,270,535 67.70%
Yes 606,236 32.30%
Total Votes 1,876,771
State Issue 4
No 1,324,056 70.63%
Yes 550,452 29.37%
Total Votes 1,874,508
State Issue 5
No 1,317,251 70.84%
Yes 542,342 29.16%
Total Votes 1,859,593
The closest issue os Issue 1, and the spred on that is 149,131 votes. Even if 2,500,000 voters turn out (and I don’t know if we’re going to make it that high at this point), that means that the “No” people would have to win 500,000 of the next 700,000 voted in order to have a chance. That works out to be more than 71% of the remaining vote, and with a lot of the expected ‘No” votes in already-counted conservative counties, that isn’t going to happen.
So, I’m off to bed. Hope you all enjoyed the live-blogging. Comment freely. Thanks to the Ohio Secretary of State for the State numbers, and the Franklin County Board of Elections. for the local numbers.
The Next Day.....9:43 am:
Final Count for Ohio:
39.7% of the registered voters turned out for the election this year....sucks, doesn’t it? Well, it is reflective of the way this election was set up....most of the state-wide issues had little to do with Ohioans in general, and more to do with the “Boo-Hoo-Whah!” factor from 2000 and 2004. Issues 2-5 were funded by people outside the state, and mostly by Democrats trying to insure a win where they can’t find enough voters.
The final tally for each issue:
Yes 1,488,292 54.06%
No 1,264,809 45.94%
Total Votes 2,753,101
No 1,816,716 63.47%
Yes 1,045,400 36.53%
Total Votes 2,862,116
No 1,901,772 66.96%
Yes 938,272 33.04%
Total Votes 2,840,044
No 1,978,283 69.78%
Yes 856,803 30.22%
Total Votes 2,835,086
No 1,974,994 70.17%
Yes 839,593 29.83%
Total Votes 2,814,587
For my county (Franklin):Name-- votes, Percentage, and Party (if listed/known)
FRANKLIN COUNTY CLERK OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT
LORI M. TYACK—107972 59.43% D
MIKE PIRIK—73707 40.57% R
PRECINCTS: 818/818
CITY OF COLUMBUS AUDITOR
HUGH J. DORRIAN—62589 68.21% D
LYNN SAUTTER—29115 31.73% R
Write-In —58 0.06
PRECINCTS: 502/502
CITY OF COLUMBUS MEMBER OF COUNCIL
MARYELLEN OSHAUGHNESSY—63707 24.05% D
KEVIN L. BOYCE—62017 23.42% D
MARY JO HUDSON—56159 21.20% D
ALISIA CLARK—31590 11.93% D
PHIL HARMON—28209 10.65% R
EDDIE PAULINE—23041 8.70% R
Write-In —127 0.05
PRECINCTS: 502/502
COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT MEMBER OF BOARD OF EDUCATION
BETTY M. DRUMMOND—40961 24.67% D
ANDREW GINTHER—37459 22.56% D
W. CARLTON WEDDINGTON—30089 18.12% UNK
BARBARA L. BRYSON—24636 14.84% UNK
MICHAEL D. WILES—17285 10.41%UNK
BILL BUCKEL—15610 9.40% UNK
PRECINCTS: 419/419
STATE ISSUE 1 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
YES—119088 58.67
NO—83907 41.33
PRECINCTS: 816/816
STATE ISSUE 2 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NO—114179 55.33
YES—92180 44.67
PRECINCTS: 816/816
STATE ISSUE 3 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NO—117355 57.05
YES—88347 42.95
PRECINCTS: 816/816
STATE ISSUE 4 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NO—121119 59.28
YES—83192 40.72
PRECINCTS: 816/816
STATE ISSUE 5 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NO—121742 59.39
YES—83236 40.61
PRECINCTS: 816/816
There you go. WELCOME TO ALL MICHELLE MALKIN READERS! Thanks for stopping by...make it a habit!!
Leave some comments about the election. At least in Ohio (in general), it looks like there is no problem with the conservative base statewide. The urban centers are waxing left, but with the percentages reflected in Issues 2-5, it appears as if Ohio retains it’s deep conservative roots.
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