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Video: A finalized report on election results released at the end of November provides a breakdown of votes on local measures and state propositions in precincts with large numbers of students.
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The number of formal complaints of election law violations filed by city residents was more in this year’s election compared to those filed in previous years.
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With the final poll numbers showing that Measure S, Berkeley’s controversial Sit-Lie ordinance, narrowly failed in this year’s election, dismayed proponents of the ballot measure are in a time of reflection.
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ASUC External Affairs Vice President Shahryar Abbasi spent the week leading up to last week’s election working from 7 a.m. to midnight to make sure UC Berkeley students were informed on Election Day. One of the pieces of legislation on which Abbasi worked tirelessly to educate students was Proposition 30,
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Despite the hopes harbored by some candidates that the implementation of ranked-choice would be a game changer in this year’s mayoral race, the new voting system had little impact in last Tuesday’s election.
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UC Berkeley students and city residents turned out at the polls en mass Tuesday night to cast their vote, while just under half of Alameda County’s mail-in and provisional ballots continue to be tabulated.
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While the focus Tuesday was on the national election and some statewide measures, voters also made decisions with local implications. Alameda County Measure A1 Measure A1, which would have established a 25-year tax to raise money for the Oakland Zoo, did not receive the two-thirds supermajority it needed to pass.
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In the aftermath of the Berkeley City Council election, candidate Denisha Delane did not wake up feeling angry or upset over her loss.
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Update as of Wednesday 2:51 p.m.: Although tentative predictions are being made based on the votes that have been processed, the election is not over until every single ballot is counted, according to Alameda County Registrar of Voters Dave Mcdonald. Accordingly, the fate of some local measures including Measure T
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Four contested seats on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board are likely to go mostly to candidates from the Progressive Affordable Housing Slate, data shows as of press time. As of Wednesday afternoon, with all voting precincts reported, the lead candidates are Judy Shelton, Asa Dodsworth and Alejandro Soto-Vigil from the
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