A Pasadena Unified School District bond measure held a strong lead, while a separate parcel tax measure narrowly held on to the threshold for passage, according to a Wednesday afternoon’s update from the Los Angeles County registrar’s office. Measure R, a general obligatio bond, has firmly surpassed the required 55% approval threshold, but Measure EE, the parcel tax, was hovering around the two-thirds (68%) majority needed for passage, according to the first post-election night results released by the registrar at 4:30 p.m.
, on Wednesday, Nov. 6. The latest update followed the semi-official results released by the registrar’s early Wednesday, which included all of the ballots cast at vote centers on Election Day.
After that, the registrar’s office must tally vote-by-mail ballots that were cast by Election Day but had not yet arrived, as well as conditional and provisional ballots, before confirming the election results. Voters within the Pasadena Unified School District boundaries casted their ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 5, on two funding measures with direct implications for property-owners.
Here’s where the two measures stood, as of Wednesday afternoon. LIVE ELECTION RESULTS: See a chart of the latest vote counts Measure R Measure R received nearly 63.88% of “yes” votes, while 36.
12% voted no. If approved, Measure R would raise $900 million for PUSD through levies on property owners. The measure proposes a rate of up to $60 per $100,000 of assessed property value.
