Tuesday, November 4, 2008

UPDATE: Hebron Election Results

The official numbers are in for Hebron!

Obama: 2954 (55%)
McCain: 2285 (43%)
Nader: 78 (1%)
Blank: 10

Sen. John McCain had a stronger showing than both Connecticut's track record and early exit polls suggested, but Sen. Obama edged him out by a solid margin. Connecticut has, as of this writing, forecast to vote solidly for Sen. Obama. Nevertheless, Hebron seems to be a little redder than its neighbors.

Other results:

Congress:
Blank: 273
Sean Sullivan (Republican): 1860
Joe Courtney: 3058
G. Scott DeSheffy (Green Party): 52

State Senator: Edith Prague
State Representative: Pamela Sawyer
Republican Registrar of Voters: James Derby
Democratic Registrar of Voters: Elizabeth Fitzgerald

“Shall there be a Constitutional Convention to amend or revise the
Constitution of the State?”
Blank: 424
Yes: 1730
No: 3122

“Shall the constitution of the state be amended to permit any person
who will have attained the age of eighteen years on or before the day
of a regular election to vote in the primary for such regular election?”
Blank: 441
Yes: 3096
No: 1739


There was a minor problem with the tabulation when Hebron's polls closed at 8:00. One of the sealed bags that was to be used to store ballots ripped, and there were no replacement bags available. After some confusion, the moderators sealed the ballots within one of the ballot boxes. There was a brief delay in the tallying, but no problems otherwise.

Special thanks to Shelby and Derek for help in gathering polling data.

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