Proposition 8 Vote Certified (Margin in LA County Down to 2385 Votes)
by: Mad Professah
Sun Dec 14, 2008 at 16:23:19 PM EST
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=67B1C9E43DC61F79BD3F873D0F8B8B44?diaryId=8621MadProfessah has been following the final tallies of the 2008 election results very carefully. In Los Angeles County according to the Secretary of State, Proposition 8 is leading 50.046%-49.954%, a margin of 2,904 votes out of 3,185,172 votes (0.09%).
However, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder the Proposition 8 margin is even smaller, 2,385 votes out of 3,246,959 (0.07%) which is a lead of 50.04% to 49.96%. In Los Angeles there are 4,111,642 registered voters, so voter turnout was an astonishing 79%, although this is less than the turnout in the presidential race which nearly reached 81%!