Proposition 8. The curtain has risen but the conductor's baton hasn't moved yet.

[icarus]

A few people have posted that Proposition 8 has passed (which is bad, bad, bad).

No.

That's not what's in the news. The news says it has a "comfortable margin." Mmm... sort of. It would be comfortable if the conservative/liberal votes were evenly distributed across the state.

It's only ahead by 300,000 votes, 53% 51.9% for banning gay marriage, 47% 48.1% against the ban.

However, the conservative inland counties have reported 100% of their votes. They're done. It's those votes that have it passing at this point. Meanwhile, less than half of LA's massive far-more-liberal precincts have been counted. The Bay area counties have only reported roughly a third of their precincts.

The fat lady hasn't sung on this one, folks.

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[september1967.livejournal.com]

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/ballot.measures/

CNN has said elsewhere that according to exit polls, it will be narrowly defeated.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Exit polls tend to lean Democratic, according to fivethirtyeight.com. 95% of the precincts have reported and Proposition 8 looks like it has passed, 52% to 48%.

[september1967.livejournal.com]

CNN said its not been decided, too close to call and is waiting for absentee ballots.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh... good!

I will wait.