Alameda Polls Open for Measure A Vote
By Janet Levaux
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 at 10:03 am in Uncategorized.
Today is the day to vote in Alameda’s special election over Measure A, a new parcel tax that aims to support the Island school district.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8.
There are very heated arguments about the measure, as has been the case recently with other parcel-tax proposals.
The League of Women Voters of Alameda had to cancel its February 3 forum on the measure, as controversies arose over the format and content of the public discussion.
The league has posted the pros and cons it gathered Measure A online, though.
Each and every vote counts, since the Measure A parcel tax needs to pass with 66.6% or more of the votes.
Last summer’s Measure E votes were: 14, 415, or 65.62%, yes; 7,551, or 34.38%, no.
Today’s parcel tax vote should be another close one.
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March 8th, 2011 at 10:30 am
Today’s Measure A is the 4th school parcel tax election since June 2005. There seems to be an electoral progression.
On June 7, 2005 a school parcel tax, also known as Measure A won. If an additional 98 people had turned out and voted no it would have lost.
On June 3, 2008 Measure H won. If an additional 60 people had turned out and voted no it would have lost.
On June 22, 2010 Measure E lost. If an additional 687 people had turned out and voted yes it would have won.
If history is predictive, and it is not always predictive but it usually is, then today’s Measure A will lose with a larger margin than Measure E. We will (probably) find out tonight after the polls close at 8pm.
March 8th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
I just came from the YES on Measure A victory party at Tucker’s Ice Cream. The latest results, with 28/28 precincts reporting:
Measure A – Alameda USD
Unofficial Final Results
YES – 68.43%
NO – 31.57%
And the percentage of YES votes is certain to climb as the absentee votes are counted….
Thank you to all those who worked for and voted for Measure A!