With 60 percent of the vote tallied, according the the CA Secretary of State, 53.1 percent has voted “yes” on Prop 8, while 46.9 percent has voted “no.”

Prop 8 eliminates the right of same sex couples to marry.

As earlier reported, the spending on the proposition exceeded $70 million, almost evenly split between those for and those opposed.  Of this money, 30 percent came from out-of-state.

-DM