Election night report from City Hall
updated: Nov 03, 2009, 8:46 PM

by Edhat staff

The Edhat staff came down to City Hall to check out how things are shaping up in the city of Santa Barbara's first ever vote-by-mail-only election. We learned earlier this evening from city staff that there would be two rounds of returns tonight.

When we arrived at City Hall at 8 p.m., the atmosphere was convivial. Many of the candidates, their volunteers and staff are here and everyone was anxiously awaiting for the first round of results. Things really filled up in the city hall chambers, where the votes are actually being counted, just after 8 p.m. A few last voters were trickling out downstairs as the reporters and spectators wandered in. City officials estimated there will be at least 21,000 votes in this election, a big increase in turnout from 2 years ago.

The earliest available returns, which show voter tallies through Nov. 2, are:

FOR MAYOR
Schneider 7706
Francisco 6278
Cushman 2755
Hansen 320
Garrett 365

FOR COUNCIL
House 6702
White 6316
Self 5716
Hotchkiss 5668
Channing 4787
Pritchett 3869
McCammon 2975
Thyne 2570
Tevis 2020
Cruz 1400
Gibbs 1492
Anderson 933
Raisin 638

MEASURE B
Yes 8475
No 8942

Voter turnout: Ballots counted to date: 17,802. Citywide registration: 46,718.

You can see all of the photos taken by the Edhat staff on Election Night at this link; link to election photos

Edhat election night City Hall first round returns

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