Saturday, May 12, 2007

10:12 p.m. Well the results are final. About 2/3rd of those voting rejected the bonds; all bonds, one thru six.

Time to make some new plans...
6:30 p.m. The election is winding down. Turnout appears to be light. We'll see what difference that makes. Early results will be available shortly after 7:00 p.m.

6:41 p.m. The Dallas County Election result web site offers results in several formats. The comma separated value is quick but does not report precinct level detail. On the other hand, for early voting -- who cares? Let's just get totals and analyze as we go.

7:00 p.m. Morris over Dixon, King over Vick, Prop one Y 468 N 904 Prop 2 Y 442 N 920 Prop 3 Y 432 N N 936 Prop 4 Y 460 N 910 Prop 5 390 N 978 and Prop 6 Y 517 and N 845

7:10 p.m. I have to say I'm especially pleased and surprised to see King taking an early lead over Vick. The Trustee seats are very minor races, and a few dozen vote "surge" may change things. But the hard core electorate seems to have totally repudiated the current LISD oversight and direction.

7:31 p.m. Let's reformat the early results for easier viewing.



LISD place 3 Carolyn Ann Morris Barbara Ann Dixon
123 59.71% 83 40.29%
LISD place 6 Marjorie Ann King Nannette Vick
137 59.83% 92 40.17%
AGAINST / FOR
Lancaster ISD Bond 1 904 65.89% / 468 34.11%
Lancaster ISD Bond 2 920 67.55% / 442 32.45%
Lancaster ISD Bond 3 936 68.47% / 431 31.53%
Lancaster ISD Bond 4 910 66.42% / 460 33.58%
Lancaster ISD Bond 5 978 71.49% / 390 28.51%
Lancaster ISD Bond 6 845 62.04% / 517 37.96%

09:10 p.m. Another Dallas County update posted at nine. No update on the Morris / Dixon race. King has slipped one percentage point against Vick, and now the challenger is "only" leading 58.8% to 41.1%.

The bond results look like this:


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -AGAINST / FOR

Lancaster ISD Bond 1 1248 64% / 676 35%
Lancaster ISD Bond 2 1278 67% / 633 33%
Lancaster ISD Bond 3 1305 68% / 609 32%
Lancaster ISD Bond 4 1258 66% / 657 34%
Lancaster ISD Bond 5 1357 71% / 565 29%
Lancaster ISD Bond 6 1172 61% / 736 39%

9:40 p.m. Another update to the Dallas County Elections website posted. Sadly, no additional news about Lancaster was included.

I think it extremely unlikely a 2/3rd landslide will be reversed at this point.

From a taxpayer's and activist's viewpoint, I am, of course, thrilled. But from a blogger's perspective this runaway result is almost disappointing. No analysis of the new voters in new neighborhoods versus the old power structure in historic downtown. No nuances of the "straight party" voters who might, or might not, have noticed the down-ballot decisions ... This looks like an out-and-out rout.

10:oo p.m. As near as I can tell from the Dallas County Elections site, the south side voting (all done at the Elsie Robertson Middle School) has all been reported. That leaves the north side of Lancaster -- voting at the Recreation Center -- uncounted, as yet.

The Cedardale site for the new elementary school may sway a number of voters in these precincts. Maybe. But not, I think, enough to swing the entire election. Not at this point.

There. Some analysis, after all.