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Voting:
L.A. County officials have more uncounted ballots than they did four years ago.
Voting:
Ballots are still being counted, but early reports seem to indicate fewer voters turned out than in the 2008 general election.
Ballot Measures:
Measure J and four other races in the county were flagged as "close contests" based on the number of outstanding provisional and vote-by-mail ballots still to tally.
BallotWire:
Chief Deputy District Attorney Jackie Lacey will replace Steve Cooley and become the first black and first female district attorney in Los Angeles County.
Ballot Measures:
L.A. County ballot count may be delayed due to dense fog advisory.
Prop 34:
Proposition 34, which would replace the death penalty in California with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, was trailing with nearly a quarter of the state's precincts counted.
Prop 38:
Proposition 38, one of two measures on the ballot that would increase taxes to bolster funding for education, was defeated tonight, while the second measure, Proposition 30 trailed.
Candidates:
Rep. Brad Sherman took an early lead tonight over fellow Democrat Rep. Howard Berman in a hotly contested 30th Congressional District race.
Ballot Measures:
Here's an updated list of what propositions have passed and failed, as called by various news outlets.
Candidates:
Initial election results in California's competitive 31st District have Republican Congressman Gary Miller leading State Senator Bob Dutton by a 10 percent margin.
BallotWire:
With early ballots tabulated, voters opposed Measure A -- which asked whether voters would support changing the state constitution to make the job of county assessor an appointed post -- by 77.4 percent to 22.5 percent.
Ballot Measures:
Measure B is doing well with L.A. voters, who in early results are showing strong support for having the adult film industry require condom use for their actors.
Ballot Measures:
A proposal to accelerate public transit and highway projects by extending a half-cent sales tax increase for an additional 30 years was falling short tonight of the two-thirds majority needed to pass.
BallotWire:
Proposition 38, one of two measures on today's ballot that would increase taxes to increase funding for education, was defeated, while the second measure, Proposition 30 trailed in early returns.
Candidates:
Chief Deputy District Attorney Jackie Lacey jumped to an early lead tonight in the race to become the county's top prosecutor. Follow this post
BallotWire:
Barack Obama is projected to return to the White House for a second term as President of the United States. Multiple news sources, including CBS, CNN and MSNBC, called the race around 8:20 PST, citing a projected victory in...
Election Results:
It's election night, and shortly after 8:00 p.m., the California Secretary of State will begin releasing results for this November 6, 2012 election. Follow the results live with KCET's Ballot Brief.
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Election Results:
Like the worn-out cliché, "As goes Ohio, so goes the Nation," the next President of the United States will once again be decided by a handful of states.
Election Results:
Stay with KCET election night to get updated results throughout the night and upcoming days.
Ballot Measures:
It was prompted by the corruption probe that led to the arrest of County Assessor John Noguez.
Follow the money behind the candidates in the March 5, 2013 and May 21, 2013 Los Angeles and LAUSD elections.
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