UPDATE: As of 10:30 a,m. May 18, YES 50.48%, NO 49,52% Check updates here.
Prop 123 holds narrow lead, but possibly no final results until Friday
By Jeremy Duda | Arizona Capitol Times
Years of litigation over K-12 education funding hangs in the balance, as Arizona voters in a special election are closely divided on Proposition 123, a plan aimed at ending a long-running lawsuit.
Voters narrowly back the ballot measure 51 percent to 49 percent with slightly less than 900,000 votes counted. The amendment to the Arizona Constitution settles a six-year-old lawsuit challenging the legality of cuts to K-12 education.
Matt Roberts, a spokesman for Secretary of State Michele Reagan, said he was unsure how many ballots were left to be counted. Coconino, Graham, La Paz, Santa Cruz and Yuma counties had finished counting ballots, but other counties still had uncounted ballots, primarily provisional ballots and early ballots that were dropped off at polling places, Roberts said. A more complete tally was expected Wednesday.
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