Colorado's C and D results

Denver Post:

The decision by Colorado voters to give back a projected $3.7 billion in Taxpayer's Bill of Rights refunds over the next five years to fund schools, roads and health was a close issue today, with Referendum C looking like it will pass and Referendum D edging slightly toward approval, with less than a percentage point advantage.

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If approved, Referendum C would let the state keep an estimated $3.7 billion in TABOR refunds, averaging out to about $500 for each individual over the five years.

Referendum D allows the state to borrow up to $2.1 billion for 55 road projects, for school repairs in poor districts as required by a legal settlement, and for mandatory payments to pensions for firefighters and police officers.

*UPDATE* The Rocky Mountain News seems to have more up-to-date numbers, so I'll be going with them:

Referendum C (3108 reporting/3219 total)
Yes 52.0
No 48.0

Referendum D (3108 / 3219)
Yes 49.4
No 50.6

(9:56 pm Pacific time)The Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post are both reporting that Referendum C has passed. It will be interesting to see the political fallout for Republican Governor Bill Owens as he was forced to align himself with mostly Democrats as he campaigned for it.

(10:50 pm Pacific time) The Rocky Mountain News projects Ref D to fail. The Denver Post's numbers show Ref D passing 51-49 with 93.5% of the precincts counted. I certainly do not understand Colorado politics.

(11:01 pm) The Denver Post's numbers now show Ref D failing as well, with 94.1% of the vote in. I'm sure Colorado Democrats are very happy that C passed even if D does go on to failure. And this also shows that Coloradans seem to trust Democrats with their money, but would rather not go into debt. Seems a sound fiscal strategy to me. Congrats Colorado Dems on pushing C to victory!

(11:27 pm) I'm calling it a night, I think.

Here's something I don't understand. The Denver Post site reports there are 3,086 precincts in the state. The Rocky Mountain News says there are 3,219. Both sites have different vote totals, too. Anyone from Colorado help a brother out here.?

(I've dropped the Wal-Mart confusion. If you care, Westminster appears to have voted to approve a Wal-Mart building in their city. I'm going to leave it at that.)