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2004 election results
Presidential race remains unclear With all Ohio precincts reporting, Bush has a 136,221 vote lead over Kerry. More than 8 million Ohioans were registered to vote this year, and 2,794,346 cast votes for Bush, while 2,658,125 voted for Kerry. At issue are an unknown number of provisional ballots, which are ballots given to voters when poll workers can’t find a voter’s name in precinct records. While 121,000 provisional ballots were cast in the 2000 election, Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell estimated that around 175,000 may have been cast this year, according to the Associated Press. Blackwell said he did not know how long it would take to count the provisional ballots. But there’s no question about Greene County results, and with 100 percent of precincts reporting, Bush won handily countywide. More than 61 percent of Greene County voters, or 46,841, cast ballots for Bush, while 39 percent, or 29,349, voted for Kerry. But as usual, Yellow Springers marched to their own tune, and Kerry was leading the band. In Yellow Springs 2,325 voters supported Kerry, while 269 cast ballots for Bush. Kerry also won in Miami Township, 432 to 354. Presidential election, results by precinct Miami Township Precinct
Republicans win Greene county races According to unofficial results from the Greene County Board of Elections, Perales, a member of the Beavercreek City Council, defeated Yellow Springs resident and Democratic candidate Michael Gardner, 39,457–32,757, or 54.64 percent to 45.36 percent. Harper had an even easier time against his Democratic challenger, Eric Marcus, whom he defeated 41,453–27,543, or 60.08 percent to 39.92 percent. Both Harper and Perales will receive four-year terms. Perales, who will replace retiring Commissioner W. Reed Madden, will join Harper and Marilyn Reid on the Commission. The Democratic candidates did better in Yellow Springs and Miami Township. Gardner, a retired president of The Antioch Company, received 2,255 votes from Yellow Springs voters, to Perales’s 253. Miami Township voters, living outside Yellow Springs, also backed Gardner over Perales, 456–282. Marcus, the former president and CEO of a Domino’s Pizza franchise, received 2,112 votes in the village, while Harper garnered 303. Township voters supported Marcus over Harper, 379–329. Republic Recorder Mary L. Morris easily won re-election, defeating her 19-year-old challenger, Tyler Zink, 59.77 percent to 40.23 percent, or 41,520 votes to 27,950 votes. A number of Greene County Republican incumbents were unopposed on Tuesday and received four-year terms: Gene Fischer, sheriff; Robert N. Geyer, engineer; Terri A. Mazur, clerk of courts; William F. Schenck, prosecuting attorney; James W. Schmidt, treasurer; Kevin Sharrett, coroner. Commissioner race, results by precinct Miami Township precincts Commissioner race, results by precinct Miami Township Precinct County recorder race, results by precinct Miami Township Voters pass Issue 1 Greene County voters also passed Issue 26, the county Board of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities levy, and Issue 27, a levy for Greene Memorial Hospital. Issue 1 will amend the Ohio Constitution to declare marriage as between a man and a woman. It also prohibits the state and local governments and public universities from recognizing or providing benefits to unmarried couples. With 87 percent of Ohio precincts reporting early Wednesday morning, 62 percent of voters cast ballots in favor of Issue 1. Greene County voters backed Issue 1, 46,444–28,509, or 61.96 percent to 38.04 percent. In Yellow Springs, it was a different story, as villagers opposed the amendment 2,159–372. Miami Township voters, living outside Yellow Springs, also opposed the issue, 428–347. Greene County voters narrowly approved the MRDD levy, Issue 26, 50.11 percent to 49.89 percent, or 36,027 votes to 35,875 votes. Yellow Springs voters backed the levy, 1,784–596. Township voters also supported the issue, 438–291. The five-year, 3.5-mill levy will generate $10.8 million a year for the MRDD board. Greene County voters approved Issue 27, the Greene Memorial levy, 37,609–33,877, or 52.61 percent to 47.39 percent. Yellow Springs voters supported the levy, 1,797–574, while township voters backed the issue, 461–259. Issue 27, a seven-year, 0.5-mill levy, will generate approximately $1.53 million a year for the hospital system. State Issue 1, results by precinc Miami Township Issue 26, MRDD levy, results by precinct Miami Township Precinct Issue 27, GMH levy, results by precinct Miami Township Precinct Hobson, Voinovich -re-elected In Greene County, Hobson carried 68 percent of the vote, or 49,551 votes, while Anastasio garnered almost 32 percent, or 23,182 votes. But if Yellow Springs had its way, Anastasio would have won in a landslide. With more than 70 percent of registered voters casting ballots, 2,030 villagers voted for Anastasio and 484 cast ballots for Hobson. In Miami Township, with more than 80 percent of voters showing up at the polls, Hobson won in precinct 455 while Anastasio carried precinct 456. House race, results by precinct Miami Township Precinct U.S. Senate race More than 71 percent of Greene County voters preferred Voinovich, casting 53,220 ballots in his favor, while almost 29 percent supported Fingerhut, who received 21,407 votes. But Yellow Springers once again bucked the trend, with 2,042 voters supporting Fingerhut and 494 casting ballots for Voinovich. Miami Township voters came down on both sides, with precinct 455 voters preferring Voinovich and precinct 456 voters choosing Fingerhut. Senate race, results by precinct Miami Township Precinct GOP wins state races Results were similar in Greene County, where Widener received 12,131 votes, or 66 percent, more than twice Eby’s 6,330 votes, or 34 percent. As expected, the numbers in Yellow Springs were pro-Democrat, though Miami Township was more divided. Eby received nearly 85 percent of the vote in Yellow Springs, to Widener’s 15 percent. Eby won Miami Township precinct 456, but lost just as soundly in the township’s precinct 455. Widener, from Clark County, will serve his second two-year term in the Ohio House. Ohio House race, voting by precinct Miami Township Ohio Senate race Similarly in Greene County, Austria had 50,432 votes, or 69 percent, compared to Hart’s 22,374 votes, or 30 percent. Results were the opposite in Yellow Springs, which supported Hart over Austria, 2,013–438. Miami Township voters in precinct 456 also favored Hart, but in precinct 455 both candidates received 235 votes. Ohio Senate race, results by precinct Miami Township Supreme Court chief justice The race in Greene County was also close, with Moyer garnering 34,235 votes, or 57 percent, versus Connally’s 26,223 votes, or 43 percent. Again, Yellow Springs voters clearly favored Connally, while voters in Miami Township were more evenly split. Moyer has served as Ohio’s chief justice since 1987. Supreme Court chief justice results by precinct Miami Township Supreme Court justice races In Greene County, Lanzinger received 39,823 votes, or 66 percent, and Fuerst got 20,758 votes, or 34 percent. In Yellow Springs and Miami Township’s precinct 456, Fuerst was the favorite, and Lanzinger won precinct 455. Lanzinger received a six-year term. Supreme court justice results by precinct Miami Township Ohioans favored Republican incumbent Terrence O’Donnell by a wide margin over Democratic challenger William O’Neill. O’Donnell received 2,502,078 votes, or 60 percent, to O’Neill’s 1,632,977 votes, or 39 percent. In Greene County, O’Donnell received 39,798 votes, or 67 percent, while O’Neill garnered 19,771 votes, or 33 percent. The race in Yellow Springs was slightly closer, and villagers clearly favored O’Neill. The township’s precinct 455 voted overwhelmingly for O’Donnell. O’Donnell will serve on the bench until his term expires Dec. 31, 2006. Results by precinct Miami Township Voter turnout high In Yellow Springs, 75.55 percent of registered voters went to the polls Nov. 2. Out of 3,494 registered voters, 2,640 villagers cast ballots. In 2000, 69 percent of registered village voters participated in the election. Out of 970 registered voters living in Miami Township, outside Yellow Springs, 798 cast ballots this year, or 82.26 percent. Four years ago, 79 percent of registered township voters went to the polls. Local voter turnout was higher than the total turnout in Greene County, where 74.07 percent of registered voters cast ballot. Out of 105,079 registered voters, 77,830 went to the polls. Turnout in Greene County was higher this year than in 2000, when 65 percent of voters cast ballots. The Associated Press reported that in Ohio, 5.4 million voters cast ballots in the presidential election, out of more than eight million registered voters. Voter turnout by precinct Miami Township
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