/ Modified nov 4, 2015 5 p.m.

Decisiveness Prevails: Most Election Outcomes Not Close

Pima County voters reject debt and taxes; Tucson, Oro Valley voters like incumbents.

It was a night of absolutes in Pima County election results.

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Voters absolutely rejected taking on and paying for more debt for county-directed public and nonprofit projects.

They absolutely agreed that Democrats running the city of Tucson should continue doing so.

And they absolutely thought a slate of Oro Valley Town Council members did right in purchasing a country club for the town's use.

How absolute were the results? No Tucson or Pima County voting margin was less than 5.5 percentage points. One Town Council race in Oro Valley had a margin of 1 percent, but otherwise, winners cruised to victory, and vote margins on propositions were, well, absolute.

Voters also absolutely reaffirmed their affinity for voting early. Of the 155,000 votes that were cast, 81 percent were turned in early, meaning just 28,500 voters went to the polls on Election Day.

Perhaps most absolute were the people who didn't bother with the election. Fewer than three in 10 of the county's half-million registered voters cast ballots.

The county's vote-counting system was its consistent self, starting fast and then bogging down as it ran on new software. One three-hour stretch ending about 11:15 p.m. produced only 4,600 counted votes.

Early ballots were counted first, and because there were so many of them, the outcome of almost every race had been decided before the snafu.

 YourVote 2015
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