REAL-TIME RESULTS: Banning's Mining Tax, Measure J

Measure J in Banning has been at the center of controversy in that city, as voters are being asked to weigh in on a new tax for miners in the area. The only one currently in town is Robertson’s Ready Mix.

Last week, a court ruled that the city must stop their actions in promoting the passage of the measure, according to the Press Enterprise.

Measure J would create an entirely new fee targeting mining operations. According to backers, the quarries where excavation has been occurring since 1925 have taken a toll on the local environment and curbed residential development -- without adequate compensation to residents.

The measure calls for an 80-cent levy on each ton of rock, sand and gravel hauled out of the mines.

Here’s a tentative schedule for ballot results on Election Night and beyond:

• Polls close Tuesday at 8 p.m.
• Approximately 8:30 p.m., vote-by-mail results will be released.
• Approximately 9 p.m. early voting results will be released. This will result only in minimal change to vote totals.
• Approximately 10 p.m., first polling place results will be released as workers continue transporting ballots from around the county to Riverside for counting. This update will include polling place ballots arriving to the registrar’s office for tabulation prior to 9:30 p.m.
• Hourly polling place results will be updated until 1 a.m.
• After 1 a.m. updated polling place results will be released every 90 minutes.
• Depending on voter turnout, polling place ballot counts will likely continue until 5 a.m. on Wednesday.

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