Election returns

Posted on September 14, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Our overburdened state constitution is now 22 amendments longer, which sadly means that the evil Prop 12 also passed, though by a narrower margin and in heavier voting than what was originally expected. I look forward to better access to health care for all Texans and lower insurance rates in the near future. That is what this amendment was about, right?

Proof that Alabama isn’t the only state where voters can be convinced to vote against their own economic self-interest:

The measure lost in Harris and Dallas counties, but won in South Texas, where doctors last year closed their offices for a day to protest high insurance rates.

We all know how interested Governor Perry is in the plight of South Texas residents. I’m sure he’ll do everything in his power to help them out now.

UPDATE: Byron has an excellent analysis of the Prop 12 vote.

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6 Responses to Election returns

  1. Burnt Orange Report says:
    September 14, 2003 at 2:31 pm

    Prop 12 Analysis

    I’m having trouble getting the final results over on the Secretary of State site. Over 98% of the vote has been counted, yet the site (for me) has flipped back to when 32% of the results were in on the…

  2. Greg Greene says:
    September 14, 2003 at 4:19 pm

    Well, that makes it official: Texas truly, officially sucks. Get out now while you have the chance.

    Sincerely,
    Greg Greene, former Alabama resident 😉

  3. Emilie Metzger says:
    September 14, 2003 at 4:41 pm

    A true conservative would have voted against 12, and our family did. I’m saddened that it passed, too. Our local election judge told me that I could either vote FOR the Dr’s, or FOR the Attorneys (with a menacing look) when he said Attorneys.

  4. Emilie Metzger says:
    September 14, 2003 at 4:41 pm

    A true conservative would have voted against 12, and our family did. I’m saddened that it passed, too. Our local election judge told me that I could either vote FOR the Dr’s, or FOR the Attorneys (with a menacing look when he said Attorneys.)

  5. ByronUT says:
    September 14, 2003 at 5:36 pm

    Jim did a full county-by-county analysis of the Prop 12 returns as compared to the DPI/RPI of the Cornyn/Kirk race in 2002. It’s here.

  6. Michael says:
    September 14, 2003 at 7:15 pm

    Emilie,

    One of the disadvantages of this being a “special” election was that there were fewer election watchers, so no one was there to report this official misconduct. I wonder if the TX Secretary of State takes complaints…

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