Combined ballot

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Board Member; Las Virgenes Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Cindy Iser
  9,169 votes 29.7%
• Gordon Whitehead
  8,373 votes 27.1%
• Dave Moorman
  7,260 votes 23.5%
• Joann Melancon
  6,036 votes 19.6%
• (3 Total Write-In Votes 0.0%)

Board Member; Ventura Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Mary Haffner
  20,497 votes 26.2%
• Velma L. Lomax
  17,248 votes 22.0%
• John B. Walker
  16,657 votes 21.3%
• John Hecht
  13,822 votes 17.7%
• Victor Allen Nguyen
  8,133 votes 10.4%
• David L. Norrdin
  1,666 votes 2.1%
• (271 Total Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Board Member; Santa Paula Union High School District

• Doug Jackson
  3,100 votes 53.9%
• Eric Barragan
  2,599 votes 45.2%
• (49 Total Write-In Votes 0.9%)

Council Member; City of San Buenaventura (4 Elected)

• Jim Monahan
  17,138 votes 18.0%
• Brian Brennan
  15,648 votes 16.5%
• Neal Andrews
  12,779 votes 13.4%
• Ed Summers
  12,319 votes 13.0%
• Jerry D. Martin
  8,059 votes 8.5%
• Irene V. Henry
  7,736 votes 8.1%
• Brian Lee Rencher
  7,685 votes 8.1%
• Melody Joy Baker
  4,653 votes 4.9%
• Carroll "Cd" Williams
  4,592 votes 4.8%
• Donald G. Gloisten, Sr.
  4,354 votes 4.6%
• (81 Total Write-In Votes 0.1%)

Special District

Board Member; Ventura River County Water District (2 Elected)

• John R. "Jack" Curtis
  1,214 votes 34.0%
• Ed Lee
  1,088 votes 30.5%
• George Galgas
  583 votes 16.3%
• Lon B. Kirkgaard
  414 votes 11.6%
• Jeff Ketelsen
  234 votes 6.6%
• (35 Total Write-In Votes 1.0%)

Proposition 73 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy
Fail: 3,610,475 / 47.3% Yes votes ...... 4,023,840 / 52.7% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to require notification of the parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated, pregnant minor at least 48 hours before performing an abortion on the minor?

Proposition 74 Public School Teachers. Waiting Period for Permanent Status. Dismissal
Fail: 3,450,331 / 44.9% Yes votes ...... 4,241,972 / 55.1% No votes

Should the probationary period for public school teachers be increased from two to five years, and should the process by which school boards can dismiss a permanent certificated employee be modified?

Proposition 75 Public Employee Union Dues. Restrictions on Political Contributions. Employee Consent Requirement
Fail: 3,575,521 / 46.5% Yes votes ...... 4,106,481 / 53.5% No votes

Should public employee unions be required to obtain annual written consent from each member in order to use a portion of that member's dues for political activity?

Proposition 76 State Spending and School Funding Limits
Fail: 2,898,836 / 37.8% Yes votes ...... 4,775,219 / 62.2% No votes

Should Californians make major Constitutional changes to create an additional state spending limit, grant the governor substantial new power to unilaterally reduce state spending, and revise key provisions relating to Proposition 98, school and community college funding, and transportation funding authorized by Proposition 42?

Proposition 77 Redistricting. Initiative Constitutional Amendment
Fail: 3,073,346 / 40.3% Yes votes ...... 4,548,276 / 59.7% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to change the process of redistricting California's State Senate, State Assembly, Congressional and Board of Equalization districts, transferring the implementation of redistricting from the Legislature to a panel of three retired judges, selected by legislative leaders?

Proposition 78 Discounts on Prescription Drugs
Fail: 3,137,858 / 41.5% Yes votes ...... 4,421,298 / 58.5% No votes

Should the state adopt a new state drug discount program to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for Californians at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty level?

Proposition 79 Prescription Drug Discounts. State-Negotiated Rebates
Fail: 2,940,106 / 39.3% Yes votes ...... 4,541,256 / 60.7% No votes

Should the state of California create a new prescription drug discount program for residents at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty level, and change state law to make it illegal to engage in profiteering from the sale of prescription drugs?

Proposition 80 Electric Service Providers. Regulation
Fail: 2,532,094 / 34.4% Yes votes ...... 4,825,010 / 65.6% No votes

Should the state expand its regulation of the electric industry?

Measure E Bond -- El Tejon Unified School District
1,260 / 56.0% Yes votes ...... 989 / 44.0% No votes
   1209 (56.13%) Yes / 945 (43.87%) No in Kern County
   51 (53.7%) Yes / 44 (46.3%) No in Ventura County

To relieve school over crowding, improve school safety and provide facilities that best serve the students and community, shall the El Tejon Unified School District replace portable class rooms that are currently 57%, or 39 instructional class rooms, of the school district with equipped permanent class rooms, and build a multipurpose facility at Frazier Park Elementary School, construct and equip a new elementary school by issuing $7.120 million of bonds at interest rates below the legal limit?

Measure B5 Swimming Pool Tax -- City of Fillmore
2,098 / 67.4% Yes votes ...... 1,013 / 32.6% No votes

Shall the ordinance proposing a special tax of $15 per parcel per year, to be used only for maintenance and operations of a community swimming pool be adopted?

Measure C5 Low Income Rental Housing -- City of Fillmore
1,327 / 43.3% Yes votes ...... 1,739 / 56.7% No votes

Shall the City of Fillmore allow the development and construction, with local or state assistance, of very low to moderate income rental housing not to exceed in the aggregate 100 dwelling units?

Measure D5 Cardroom Tax -- City of San Buenaventura
16,267 / 69.6% Yes votes ...... 7,092 / 30.4% No votes

Should the San Buenaventura Municipal Code be amended to impose a tax on the privilege of lawfully operating a cardroom pursuant to a city cardroom license in an amount equal to 15% of the gross revenues received by the license holder from card play, all as more particularly set forth in the proposed ordinance attached as an exhibit to City Council Resolution No. 2005-068 on file in the City Clerk’s Office?