Combined ballot

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(Elections Office, local League of Women Voters, links to other county election sites)

President/Vice President of the United States

• Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Democratic
  8,063,473 votes 61.1%
• John McCain/Sarah Palin, Republican
  4,902,278 votes 37.1%
• Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzales, Peace and Freedom
  105,375 votes 0.8%
• Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root, Libertarian
  65,654 votes 0.5%
• Alan Keyes/Wiley S. Drake, Sr., American Independent
  39,620 votes 0.3%
• Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente, Green
  37,432 votes 0.2%
• James Harris/Alyson Kennedy (Write-in)
• Ron Paul/Gail Lightfoot (Write-in)
• Frank Moore/Susan Block (Write-in)
• Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Write-in)

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 1

• Mike Thompson, Democratic
  181,766 votes 68.4%
• Zane Starkewolf, Republican
  61,833 votes 23.2%
• Carol Wolman, Green
  22,430 votes 8.4%
• Pamela Elizondo (Write-in)

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 1

• Wesley Chesbro, Democratic
  118,623 votes 70.9%
• Jim Pell, Republican
  48,755 votes 29.1%

County

Supervisor; Mendocino County; Supervisorial District 1

• Carre Brown
  4582 votes 60.01%
• Mike Delbar
  3020 votes 39.55%
• (34 Total Write-In Votes 0.45%)

Supervisor; Mendocino County; Supervisorial District 2

• John McCowen
  3335 votes 53.69%
• Estelle Palley Clifton
  2858 votes 46.01%
• (19 Total Write-In Votes 0.31%)

Council Member; City of Point Arena (3 Elected)

• Laura Ann Smith
  123 votes 29.43%
• David P. Ingham
  102 votes 24.40%
• Jane Jarlsberg
  90 votes 21.53%
• Joseph W. Riboli
  89 votes 21.29%
• (14 Total Write-In Votes 3.35%)

Council Member; City of Willits (3 Elected)

• Bruce Burton
  945 votes 22.29%
• Holly Madrigal
  802 votes 18.92%
• Victor Z. Hanson
  687 votes 16.20%
• Tami Jorgensen
  639 votes 15.07%
• David Partch
  566 votes 13.35%
• Jacob McFadden
  304 votes 7.17%
• Ashley Sherf
  281 votes 6.63%
• (16 Total Write-In Votes 0.38%)

Special District

Director; Mendocino Coast Health Care District

• Patricia Jauregui-Darland
  5236 votes 56.11%
• William Rohr
  4054 votes 43.45%
• (41 Total Write-In Votes 0.44%)

Director; Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District (2 Elected)

• Nancy R. Wilson
  1,535 votes 28.8%
• Ed Smith
  1,175 votes 22.0%
• David Kirby
  1,129 votes 21.2%
• Judith Gonzales
  990 votes 18.6%
• Chloe Bear
  490 votes 9.2%
• (12 Total Write-In Votes 0.2%)

Director; Ukiah Valley Sanitation District (5 Elected)

• Michael Pallesen
  1952 votes 20.46%
• Theresa M. McNerlin
  1644 votes 17.23%
• Clifford Paulin
  1468 votes 15.38%
• James-John Ronco
  1352 votes 14.17%
• Jason Hooper
  1265 votes 13.26%
• David Malarich
  1215 votes 12.73%
• Jimmy Rickel
  602 votes 6.31%
• (44 Total Write-In Votes 0.46%)

Proposition 1A Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train
Pass: 6,512,189 / 52.5% Yes votes ...... 5,887,181 / 47.5% No votes

To provide Californians a safe, convenient, affordable, and reliable alternative to driving and high gas prices; to provide good-paying jobs and improve California's economy while reducing air pollution, global warming greenhouse gases, and our dependence on foreign oil, shall $9.95 billion in bonds be issued to establish a clean, efficient high-speed train service linking Southern California, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area, with at least 90 percent of bond funds spent for specific projects, with federal and private matching funds required, all bond funds subject to an independent audit?

Proposition 2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals
Pass: 8,009,556 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 4,622,352 / 36.6% No votes

Shall certain farm animals be allowed, for the majority of every day, to fully extend their limbs or wings, lie down, stand up and turn around?

Proposition 3 Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program
Pass: 6,805,649 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 5,536,987 / 44.9% No votes

Shall $980,000,000 in general obligation bonds be authorized for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of eligible children's hospitals?

Proposition 4 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy
Fail: 6,071,863 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 6,570,777 / 52.0% No votes

Shall the California Constitution be changed to prohibit abortion for an unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor's parent, legal guardian, or, in limited cases, substitute adult relative?

Proposition 5 Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
Fail: 5,015,080 / 40.4% Yes votes ...... 7,407,454 / 59.6% No votes

Shall $460,000,000 be allocated annually to improve and expand treatment programs?

Proposition 6 Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws
Fail: 3,728,495 / 30.8% Yes votes ...... 8,365,052 / 69.2% No votes

Shall of minimum of $965,000,000 of state funding be required each year for police and local law enforcement?

Proposition 7 Renewable Energy Generation
Fail: 4,376,814 / 35.4% Yes votes ...... 7,984,617 / 64.6% No votes

Shall government-owned utilities be required to generate 20% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable to private electrical corporations? Shall all utilities be required to generate 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025?

Proposition 8 Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry
Pass: 6,838,107 / 52.3% Yes votes ...... 6,246,463 / 47.7% No votes

Shall the California Constitution be changed to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry providing that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California?

Proposition 9 Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole
Pass: 6,518,511 / 53.8% Yes votes ...... 5,602,596 / 46.2% No votes

Shall notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole be required? Shall victim safety be a consideration for bail or parole?

Proposition 10 Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds
Fail: 4,966,867 / 40.5% Yes votes ...... 7,303,418 / 59.5% No votes

Shall $5 billion in bonds paid from state's General Fund be authorized to help consumers and others purchase certain vehicles, and to help research in renewable energy and alternative fuel vehicles?

Proposition 11 Redistricting
Pass: 5,957,057 / 50.8% Yes votes ...... 5,759,932 / 49.2% No votes

Shall the authority for establishing state office boundaries be changed from elected representatives to a commission comprised of Democrats, Republicans, and representatives of neither party selected from the registered voter pool in a multilevel process?

Proposition 12 Veteran's Bond Act of 2008
Pass: 7,618,136 / 63.5% Yes votes ...... 4,385,715 / 36.5% No votes

Shall a nine hundred million dollar ($900,000,000) bond be issued to provide farm and home aid for California veterans?