SAN DIEGO – “I think that in past elections when I didn’t vote, the results weren’t favorable, so I believe that’s enough — I want my vote to count and benefit us Californians,” said Amayrami Flores with evident conviction as she dropped off her ballot Tuesday afternoon at City Hall.
The young voter explained that she made her decision based on conversations with people she trusted about why to vote one way or another. “This time it wasn’t about candidates, but about congressional district boundaries — and to me, it just sounded like it was time to take part,” she said.
Flores is a relatively new voter, noting that she has gone to the polls only two or three times before.
According to data published by the Secretary of State, San Diego County set up 1,754 voting centers for the election, serving a total of 2,019,776 registered voters. Across California’s 58 counties, there were 18,309 polling places and 23,093,274 registered voters.
As Californians awaited the results of one of the most significant and historic elections since the state’s founding in the summer of 1850, the decision on Proposition 50 was being determined Tuesday at the polls.
From early morning, voters demonstrated their civic awareness by responding to the question of whether to authorize temporary changes “in Congressional District Maps in Response to Texas Partisan Redistricting,” essentially a Legislative Amendment to the State Constitution.
Preliminary unofficial results were expected to begin posting at 8 p.m. on election night and continue to update overnight. In the following days, updates will be posted daily at 5 p.m. as counties continue to count remaining ballots.
Official certified election results are expected to be released on December 12. For updates, visit ellatinoonline.com.