8 propositions go to voters on Tuesday 8 propositions go to voters on Tuesday (November 04, 2005)

Low turnout projected in Pleasanton with no other issues on ballot
by Jeb Bing

Voters will go to the polls Tuesday in a special statewide election on eight propositions that would change state laws. Each of them is an initiative which means that it will take a simple majority of votes to approve or defeat any of them.

Projections are for a light voter turnout in Pleasanton, where the propositions are the only ballot issues. In neighboring cities, voters will decide council races and other local issues, including Livermore, where Measure D and a development proposal by Pardee homes is hotly contested.

Pleasanton City Clerk Dawn Abrahamson said 36,619 adults 18 or older have registered to vote, with 14,115 of them having requested absentee ballots. She said voters should check their voter information sheets and sample ballots to determine the location of their voting places, since some have been consolidated for this special election.

In early voting during a two-week period on voting machines in Abrahamson's office, 92 voters cast ballots, a much smaller number than in previous elections.

The Pleasanton Weekly has taken a position on four of the propositions. See Editorial, page 14.

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