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November 01, 2005
C WINS! Waiting on D...
The Rocky Mtn News has just declared that Referendum C has passed.
Referendum C, which would allow the state to keep an estimated $3.7 billion it otherwise would have to refund to taxpayers, won a narrow victory Tuesday evening.
A lot of things led to this victory for Democrats, and we'll probably spend the next few days analyzing how things turned out the way they did.
We can already tell a few things. First of all, the vote in Douglas County was quite close - Douglas County Dems joined with business leaders in the county to really turn the tide in our favor. Kudos to the Douglas County Dems for their work there.
But there were these stories all over the state. Arapahoe Dems really nailed this election, as did Larimer Dems.
We're still waiting to see what is going on with Ref. D. Hopefully, we'll be able to pull that out as well.
In any event, this election puts Dems in a great position for the 2006 cycle. Dems proved to Coloradans that we could craft an acceptable compromise to deal with Colorado's budget crisis.
The big winners here were House and Senate Dems, led by Speaker Romanoff and Sen. President Fitz-Gerald. The losers have to be Marc Holtzman and Bob Beauprez, who both pinned their electoral hopes on a big win by the "No" side.
UPDATE: 9 News has just declared Yes on C a winner.
UPDATE 2: The Post has declared C a winner.
Posted by dslater at November 1, 2005 10:03 PM
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And hopefully the Independence Institute will now fade into obscurity and John Andrews will finally take his place amongst the retirees.
Posted by: Michael Ditto at November 1, 2005 10:37 PM
Hey, can someone explain to me why the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News have two different precinct counts, and therefore two different voting outcomes for Ref D?
Thanks.
Posted by: Scott at November 1, 2005 11:25 PM
Scott, often counties set up special "dummy" precincts to hold the counts for early voting locations, absentee votes, provisional votes, foreign residents, etc. Some media outlets include these dummy precincts in the precinct count, and some include only real geographic precincts. It shouldn't have any effect on the vote count, however. Also, in counties with mail-in-only voting and voting centers the precinct counts aren't a meaningful way to track progress in counting the votes, since the ballots all come in together and are never separated by precinct.
Posted by: pdt at November 2, 2005 07:32 AM
Got it. Thanks so much for the help.
Posted by: Scoot at November 2, 2005 10:55 AM
Cool. Thanks for the help.
Posted by: Scott at November 2, 2005 10:57 AM