Proposition 8: tight race, still not to the finish line.

[icarus]

Email from the Human Rights Campaign this evening, about an hour ago:

Media outlets have begun to report bad news for marriage equality in California. However, the Human Rights Campaign just participated in a conference call with our coalition partners and we firmly believe that all votes should be counted before calling the race. Several million votes in California have yet to be counted. Now is not the time to speculate on somebody’s fundamental rights. So we are waiting to see the final results from those ballots and will be issuing a statement after the race has been called. Please stay tuned.

Proposition 8 is ahead right now by only half a million votes. We still have several million votes yet to be counted.

It hasn't been called yet. It doesn't look good, but we're not done yet. This is a very tight race.

Also, from ithiliana the roughly 18,000 gay couples who got married in California this year will still be married even if Proposition 8 passes, according the state attorney general.

Comments

[whimseywisp.livejournal.com]

I got the email, too... it made me cry a little.

[winterthunder.livejournal.com]

I got the e-mail too, but I have to ask- where are these several million votes coming from? Provisional ballots? Early voters, absentee? Is there some policy I'm missing here? I just don't see how the numbers add up.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Absentee votes.

[darklock.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. It's good to know that they can't 'take away' a marriage.

[amalthia]

This kind of gives me some hope but at the same time WTF...and I'm really hoping that the absentee votes fix this.