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Uncounted ballots will determine community colleges parcel tax result

Original post made on Jun 10, 2010

As of election night, the $34 annual parcel tax for the San Mateo County Community College District was passing with the approval of the required two-thirds majority of voters, but the margin could hardly have been thinner, and with some 40,000 absentee ballots still to count, it may get thinner still.

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Posted by Statistician
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Jun 10, 2010 at 7:42 am

For arguments sake lets say that there are exactly 40,000 absentee ballots. For the measure to pass it will need 26,515 voters in favor of the proposition (66.2875 percent of the absentee votes). If the absenttee ballots oppsoing the proposition total more than 13,485 (or 33.7125%) then the measure will fail. These numbers are only valid for 40,000 absentee ballots.

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