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Democracy in Action to be Televised Tuesday Night
Santa Barbara voters who have been carefully following this year’s election can watch it through to the very end.
In the interest of transparency, the city will have the ballot-counting machines in City Council chambers Tuesday night and will televise Election Day results live on Channel 18.
Voters can get nearly instantaneous results and information through the city’s voter information site, city television or in person at the chambers. Click here for the city’s Election Web site.
Ballots will be organized by precinct throughout the day, so staff expects to have a count by as early as 8:15 p.m., said Marcelo Lopez, administrative services director. Provisional ballots will be counted later. If the vote is very close, they could change the results, he said. There were about 200 in the last election.
Usually, Santa Barbara County handles election results, so voters typically don’t get the chance to see the “backdoor operations,” he said.
Some candidates will be dropping by the chambers during the ballot-counting, and many are having private parties on election night.
Tuesday is the last day to drop off ballots, and the City Clerk’s Office must have them by 8 p.m. Voters who have not yet mailed in ballots, should drop off their ballots instead.
Up for grabs this election is Santa Barbara mayor and at least three City Council seats, as well as decisions on four measures.
Click here for Noozhawk’s complete election coverage.
— Noozhawk staff writer Giana Magnoli can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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» on 11.01.09 @ 09:56 PM
Schneider
House
Hotchkiss
Self (in that order)
Pritchett/McCammon/White too close to call.
B fails may be too close to call on election night.
C/D/E all pass
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» on 11.02.09 @ 07:06 AM
Predictions:
Schneider
White
Channing
Self/Pritchett/McCammon/House close
B easy
CDE mixed bag
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» on 11.02.09 @ 08:42 AM
SBVote.org links to VoteSanBernadino.org. Is this the correct URL?
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» on 11.02.09 @ 09:32 AM
Dale Francisco for integrity and fiscal responsibility.
NO on B for sanity’s sake.
NO to all democratic redistribute the wealth wonks.
Kinda narrows it down, doesn’t it?
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» on 11.02.09 @ 10:44 AM
@error
Sorry about that! The link has been fixed.
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» on 11.02.09 @ 12:54 PM
This election is going to be full of surprises. I am calling it that Grant House gets knocked off by a newcomer.
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» on 11.02.09 @ 02:48 PM
Schneider
Pritchett
White
Channing
NO on B
C&D pass
E fails
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» on 11.03.09 @ 01:30 AM
D.F
F.H
M.S
J.T
Tevis??
The wacky -tax and spend liberals need to go..
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» on 11.03.09 @ 08:53 AM
I think there might be some surprises tonight. This has been a crazy election season and the folks who seem to be the most reliable voters are definitely anti-incumbent.
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» on 11.03.09 @ 11:30 AM
vote tevis!
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» on 11.03.09 @ 07:38 PM
God? Are you listening? Please don’t let Pritchett win.
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