Live from The Sacramento Bee, It's Election Night.

Imagine an Election Day without long lines, polling places or voting machines – one where there aren't any precinct workers to hand out those little "I voted" stickers.

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Get "yes" and "no" vote totals for every county on Tuesday's six ballot propositions.
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California voters gave an emphatic thumbs-down Tuesday to five ballot measures that elected leaders were banking on to help plug a gaping hole in the state budget.
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In an election that highlighted America's fluid racial landscape, an Asian-American candidate emerged as the leading contender to fill a U.S. House seat in an overwhelmingly Hispanic district.
An election eve e-mail from a reader in Oxnard perfectly captured the tone of Tuesday's voting, to wit:

Election Results

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Prop 1A
(spending caps, taxes)
Yes 34.2%
No 65.8%
Prop 1B
(payments to schools)
Yes 37.5%
No 62.5%
Prop 1C
(lottery borrowing)
Yes 35.4%
No 64.6%
Prop 1D
(diverting child development funds)
Yes 34.3%
No 65.7%
Prop 1E
(reallocating mental health funds)
Yes 33.6%
No 66.4%
Prop 1F
(elected official pay)
Yes 74.0%
No 26.0%

100.0% of precincts reporting

Source: the California Secretary of State's office

Proposition 1A

Voters will decide whether to place long-term spending restrictions on state government and extend already-approved taxes up to two years.

Proposition 1B

Voters will decide whether the state should pay schools $9.3 billion education advocates believe is owed.

Proposition 1C

Voters will decide whether to make changes to lottery games and allow the state to borrow $5 billion or more against projected future earnings.

Proposition 1D

Voters will decide whether to shift a portion of voter-approved funds for certain early childhood development programs administered by First 5 to pay for other programs instead.

Proposition 1E

Voters would decide whether to temporarily transfer voter-approved funds for mental health programs collected under Proposition 63 to cover other mental health services supported by the state's general fund.

Proposition 1F

Voters are asked to decide whether, in certain cases, to eliminate salary hikes for legislators, the governor and other elected state officials when the state's general fund is expected to end the year with a deficit.
The Sacramento Bee's editorial board offers its opinions on the statewide propositions.

Proposition 1A

Proposition 1B

Proposition 1C

Proposition 1D

Proposition 1E

Proposition 1F

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