Election 2014

Although midterm elections see relatively fewer voters than presidential elections, Berkeley residents headed to the polls Tuesday to vote for a number of high-profile measures and races, including the city’s first-ever tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.

Berkeley made history Tuesday as the first city in the nation to pass a tax on the distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages.

Polls in Berkeley closed at 8 p.m. We’ll bring you the results of Berkeley’s elections right here as they come in.

Check back right here for updates and results as the day goes on. Berkeley voters are heading to the polls Tuesday morning to select councilmembers for Districts 1, 4, 7 and 8, three school board members, five rent board members and to decided on seven city ballot initiatives.

As Berkeley voters head to the polls Tuesday to vote on a measure that dictates the boundaries of the city’s student-majority district, opponents of the measure are openly criticizing the city for what they consider exceedingly high amounts of money spent on a lawsuit over the proposed lines.

On Tuesday, voters will determine the outcome of Measure R, which would create a Civic Center zoning overlay to protect cultural resources and expand and implement regulations from the 2010 downtown “green vision” measure.

On Tuesday Berkeley citizens will decide whether the city will be the first in the nation to impose a tax on distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages. If passed, the proposed ordinance would impose a tax of one cent per ounce on the distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages.

Measure P expresses dissatisfaction with corporate personhood and campaign finance laws in the U.S. in hopes to pass a constitutional amendment abolishing corporate personhood.