
In a Maine ballot measure, the votes against gay marriage have taken the lead, with 51 percent of the vote.
With 28 percent of precincts reporting, it's still too soon to call. But it's worth noting that the numbers have flipped in favor of abolishing Maine's gay marriage law. From the time the polls closed at 8 p.m. until just recently, the numbers had shown more votes to uphold gay marriage.
Votes for Question 1 would abolish the law, and votes against it would uphold gay marriage.
The high turnout -- the city clerk in Bangor, for example, saw more voters than at a gubernatorial election -- does, however, bode well for gay marriage.
midnight rambler
November 3, 2009 11:11 PM
This definitely won't be over until the final count. Lots of the major cities aren't in yet, and the small towns will take a while as well.
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Scoopernicus
November 4, 2009 12:25 AM
The results in York County are very disappointing. The city of Portland where I live however is handily telling the 'yes' people to go fuck themselves.
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geofu54
November 4, 2009 12:27 AM
I'm getting a little nervous about this one.
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PeachesNYC
November 4, 2009 1:03 AM
Civil rights should not be decided at the ballot. The idea that minority rights have to be won through majority rule is ridiculous and I hate that these idiotic initiatives so easily get on the ballot. The broken ballot initiative process is what has destroyed California.
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geofu54
November 4, 2009 1:15 AM
And now it's defeated... I'm speechless.
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