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Member; Mendocino County Board of Education; Area 5

• Nice Alterman
  2,703 votes 55.5%
• Michael Schaeffer
  2,165 votes 44.5%
• (3 Total Write-In Votes 0.1%)

Member; Mendocino County Board of Education; Area 6

• Diane Zucker
  11,756 votes 55.2%
• Jack Daniels
  7,556 votes 35.5%
• Cindy Swan
  1,995 votes 9.4%
• (4 Total Write-In Votes 0.0%)

Board Member; Shoreline Joint Unified School District; Area 1 (2 Elected)

• Timothy John Kehoe
  1,412 votes 34.5%
• Madeline Nieto Hope
  1,284 votes 31.4%
• Jeffery James Kellogg
  693 votes 17.0%
• Phillip Joaquin Torres
  468 votes 11.4%
• Christian Bramswig
  231 votes 5.7%
• (9 Total Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Board Member, 4 Year; Monte Rio Recreation and Park District (2 Elected)

• Suzi Schaffert
  305 votes 31.3%
• Jim Kokalis
  235 votes 24.1%
• Jay Steele
  220 votes 22.6%
• Richard G. Davis
  214 votes 22.0%

Board Member; Monte Rio Recreation and Park District (2 Elected)

• Cynthia "T" Thomas
  325 votes 39.6%
• Gretchen L. Mino
  277 votes 33.7%
• Arthur "Wolfgang" Huttick
  219 votes 26.7%

Proposition 73 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy
Fail: 3,610,475 / 47.3% Yes votes ...... 4,023,840 / 52.7% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to require notification of the parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated, pregnant minor at least 48 hours before performing an abortion on the minor?

Proposition 74 Public School Teachers. Waiting Period for Permanent Status. Dismissal
Fail: 3,450,331 / 44.9% Yes votes ...... 4,241,972 / 55.1% No votes

Should the probationary period for public school teachers be increased from two to five years, and should the process by which school boards can dismiss a permanent certificated employee be modified?

Proposition 75 Public Employee Union Dues. Restrictions on Political Contributions. Employee Consent Requirement
Fail: 3,575,521 / 46.5% Yes votes ...... 4,106,481 / 53.5% No votes

Should public employee unions be required to obtain annual written consent from each member in order to use a portion of that member's dues for political activity?

Proposition 76 State Spending and School Funding Limits
Fail: 2,898,836 / 37.8% Yes votes ...... 4,775,219 / 62.2% No votes

Should Californians make major Constitutional changes to create an additional state spending limit, grant the governor substantial new power to unilaterally reduce state spending, and revise key provisions relating to Proposition 98, school and community college funding, and transportation funding authorized by Proposition 42?

Proposition 77 Redistricting. Initiative Constitutional Amendment
Fail: 3,073,346 / 40.3% Yes votes ...... 4,548,276 / 59.7% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to change the process of redistricting California's State Senate, State Assembly, Congressional and Board of Equalization districts, transferring the implementation of redistricting from the Legislature to a panel of three retired judges, selected by legislative leaders?

Proposition 78 Discounts on Prescription Drugs
Fail: 3,137,858 / 41.5% Yes votes ...... 4,421,298 / 58.5% No votes

Should the state adopt a new state drug discount program to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for Californians at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty level?

Proposition 79 Prescription Drug Discounts. State-Negotiated Rebates
Fail: 2,940,106 / 39.3% Yes votes ...... 4,541,256 / 60.7% No votes

Should the state of California create a new prescription drug discount program for residents at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty level, and change state law to make it illegal to engage in profiteering from the sale of prescription drugs?

Proposition 80 Electric Service Providers. Regulation
Fail: 2,532,094 / 34.4% Yes votes ...... 4,825,010 / 65.6% No votes

Should the state expand its regulation of the electric industry?

Measure M Genetically Engineered Organism Nuisance Abatement Ordinance -- County of Sonoma (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 73,670 / 44.8% Yes votes ...... 90,658 / 55.2% No votes

Shall the "Sonoma County Genetically Engineered Organism Nuisance Abatement Ordinance" which would, for at least the next ten years: (1) prohibit the raising, growing, propagation, cultivation, sale, or distribution of most genetically engineered organisms; (2) require the Sonoma County Agricultural Commissioner to enforce the ordinance by, after a hearing, confiscating and destroying the genetically engineered organisms; and (3) provide for fines and fees for each violation, be adopted?