Yes, The Fat Lady Is Singing...(Amended)
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DONE
The Orange County Registrar of Voters, Neal Kelley, and his hardworking staff apparently have completed their task and the final ballots have been counted. What you see below is what we get. There is no indication of any subsequent reporting to be made. Now we await him to send out the notices to the individual districts and cities regarding the results. However, the fat lady, she is a'singing... Speaking of which, click on the image below and sing along as you read the results.
ASTOUNDING TURNOUT!
According to the ROV page, HERE, there are 1,535,967 registered voters in Orange County. of those, 1,239,405 (80.7%) of them actually cast ballots - an astounding number!
THIS SHOULD BE IT!
So, dear readers, here are what should be the FINAL numbers for this 2016 General Election for races that are important to us Costa Mesans.
COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL
Only a couple votes were added to these numbers today. Sandy Genis continues to lead John Stephens - now by 222 votes. Stephens leads Allan Mansoor by 2,682 votes. Mansoor leads Mayor Steve Mensinger by 525 votes for the final seat. Mensinger has surpassed Jay Humphrey by 190 votes. Lee Ramos and Al Melone are far, far behind.
COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
Both incumbents, Jim Ferryman and Art Perry, have been re-elected. Perry has defeated Gary Monahan for the second seat available by 4,707 votes. Jim Fitzpatrick and Christopher Luntsford trail the field.
MESA WATER DISTRICT
Incumbent Jim Fisler has soundly defeated challenger Alex Reich.
GROWTH ISSUES
Measure Y, the citizen-generated Smart Growth Initiative, has passed with 68.4% of the votes - a more than 2-1 margin. Measure Z, the City-generated measure designed to fool the voters, has also passed, but by a much smaller margin.
FAIRVIEW PARK ISSUES
Measure AA, the citizen-generated initiative created to protect Fairview Park from development, is passing by much more than a 2-1 margin - almost 71% of the votes cast. Measure BB, the City-generated measure designed to fool the voters, has failed.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ISSUES
Both citizen-generated Medical Marijuana issues, Measures V and W, have failed at the ballot box by significant margins. Measure X, the City-generated measure that has no retail sales element, only manufacturing, testing, distribution in a small section of the city, has passed.
VOTE-BY-DISTRICTS
This measure, hijacked by Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer to ignore the will of the people and add 6 districts and a directly-elected mayor to the mix, has passed. Shame on Righeimer for diluting the potential Latino vote by this deception.
HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF CMSD BY MESA WATER
This meaningless advisory measure, placed on the ballot to fool the rate-payer of Mesa Water and the Costa Mesa Sanitary District into thinking the combination of those two organizations is a good idea, has "passed". It means nothing and was, once again, a waste of rate-payer dollars by the Mesa Water Board. No wonder they want to get their hands on the CMSD cash!
COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
All incumbents in these races won - handily.
NEWPORT MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
All incumbents in these three races won, too.
74TH STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
Matt Harper has defeated Karina Onofre.
37TH STATE SENATE DISTRICT
John Moorlach has defeated Ari Grayson.
48TH UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE
Dana Rohrabacher has defeated Dr. Suzanne Savary.
WHAT'S LEFT TO COUNT? (AMENDED)
The Registrar of Voters page has not updated these numbers, and show no counter as to when the next report will be made, so we're assuming that ALL votes have been counted. There were only 152 left to count at the beginning of this day. Now we wait for Kelley to post that "Final Results" note on his page and certify the races.
(AMENDED)
Kelley's mininons finally got this segment updated, so I'll post the individual entries here so you can archive the results. Indeed, there are NO MORE BALLOTS LEFT TO COUNT:
Total estimated number of ballots counted (After Election Day): 416,994
Total vote-by-mail ballots counted: 98,806
Total provisionals counted: 130,300
Total Vote-by-mail ballots returned at the polls counted: 146,674
Total election day paper ballots counted: 27,014
Total Eligible Vote-by-Mail Ballots received after Election Day: 14,200
NEW COUNCIL TO BE SWORN-IN ON DECEMBER 13TH.
So, that's it for this cycle. The new members of the Costa Mesa City Council will be sworn-in at a special meeting on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 and new leaders - Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem - will be selected. Here's something for all of us to contemplate as we think back on this election.
The Orange County Registrar of Voters, Neal Kelley, and his hardworking staff apparently have completed their task and the final ballots have been counted. What you see below is what we get. There is no indication of any subsequent reporting to be made. Now we await him to send out the notices to the individual districts and cities regarding the results. However, the fat lady, she is a'singing... Speaking of which, click on the image below and sing along as you read the results.
ASTOUNDING TURNOUT!
According to the ROV page, HERE, there are 1,535,967 registered voters in Orange County. of those, 1,239,405 (80.7%) of them actually cast ballots - an astounding number!
THIS SHOULD BE IT!
So, dear readers, here are what should be the FINAL numbers for this 2016 General Election for races that are important to us Costa Mesans.
COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL
Only a couple votes were added to these numbers today. Sandy Genis continues to lead John Stephens - now by 222 votes. Stephens leads Allan Mansoor by 2,682 votes. Mansoor leads Mayor Steve Mensinger by 525 votes for the final seat. Mensinger has surpassed Jay Humphrey by 190 votes. Lee Ramos and Al Melone are far, far behind.
Both incumbents, Jim Ferryman and Art Perry, have been re-elected. Perry has defeated Gary Monahan for the second seat available by 4,707 votes. Jim Fitzpatrick and Christopher Luntsford trail the field.
Incumbent Jim Fisler has soundly defeated challenger Alex Reich.
Measure Y, the citizen-generated Smart Growth Initiative, has passed with 68.4% of the votes - a more than 2-1 margin. Measure Z, the City-generated measure designed to fool the voters, has also passed, but by a much smaller margin.
Measure AA, the citizen-generated initiative created to protect Fairview Park from development, is passing by much more than a 2-1 margin - almost 71% of the votes cast. Measure BB, the City-generated measure designed to fool the voters, has failed.
Both citizen-generated Medical Marijuana issues, Measures V and W, have failed at the ballot box by significant margins. Measure X, the City-generated measure that has no retail sales element, only manufacturing, testing, distribution in a small section of the city, has passed.
This measure, hijacked by Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer to ignore the will of the people and add 6 districts and a directly-elected mayor to the mix, has passed. Shame on Righeimer for diluting the potential Latino vote by this deception.
This meaningless advisory measure, placed on the ballot to fool the rate-payer of Mesa Water and the Costa Mesa Sanitary District into thinking the combination of those two organizations is a good idea, has "passed". It means nothing and was, once again, a waste of rate-payer dollars by the Mesa Water Board. No wonder they want to get their hands on the CMSD cash!
All incumbents in these races won - handily.
All incumbents in these three races won, too.
Matt Harper has defeated Karina Onofre.
John Moorlach has defeated Ari Grayson.
Dana Rohrabacher has defeated Dr. Suzanne Savary.
The Registrar of Voters page has not updated these numbers, and show no counter as to when the next report will be made, so we're assuming that ALL votes have been counted. There were only 152 left to count at the beginning of this day. Now we wait for Kelley to post that "Final Results" note on his page and certify the races.
(AMENDED)
Kelley's mininons finally got this segment updated, so I'll post the individual entries here so you can archive the results. Indeed, there are NO MORE BALLOTS LEFT TO COUNT:
Total estimated number of ballots counted (After Election Day): 416,994
Total vote-by-mail ballots counted: 98,806
Total provisionals counted: 130,300
Total Vote-by-mail ballots returned at the polls counted: 146,674
Total election day paper ballots counted: 27,014
Total Eligible Vote-by-Mail Ballots received after Election Day: 14,200
NEW COUNCIL TO BE SWORN-IN ON DECEMBER 13TH.
So, that's it for this cycle. The new members of the Costa Mesa City Council will be sworn-in at a special meeting on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 and new leaders - Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem - will be selected. Here's something for all of us to contemplate as we think back on this election.
Labels: 2016 Election, Kate Smith, Neal Kelley, Red Skelton
posted by The Pot Stirrer at 12/05/2016 05:51:00 PM
4 Comments:
Precinct 52219 had 100% turnout, which was a drop from 2008, when the turnout was over 100% - 450 votes in a precinct with 391 registered voters. Precinct 52219 includes city hall.
As a volunteer poll worker in Mesa Verde for the last 10 elections, I wholeheartedly confirm your observation: ASTOUNDING TURNOUT! At our precinct, the flow of voters never stopped all day, and the morning, lunchtime and evening spikes were much heavier than I'd experienced in previous elections. I arrived home at 10:00 PM on election night hoarse, and really tired from a long day that began at 6:00 AM. Based on personal memory, turnout at our precinct in this 2016 presidential election was almost twice what we experienced in the 2012 presidential election. Good to see people so energized, regardless of what motivated them.
Excellent. The residents have spoken, and this time they were not ignored. Nor will they be again, as long as we can keep that bunch out of office. Congratulations, Costa Mesa, for regaining your voice.
Repeat after me "Jim Righeimer is a court certified liar." Now repeat it again. And again. Keep repeating it until the November 2018 election because I believe he will run for Mayor. It was great to see voters engaged in the process during this election, but they cannot go to sleep in 2018.
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