Early count:  Alum Rock school tax and bond ahead; Cambrian and Orchard parcel taxes short of two-thirds

Two money measures for the Alum Rock Union School District in East San Jose are passing in the first count of Tuesday's election, while parcel taxes for the Cambrian and Orchard school districts are short of the two-thirds vote they need, according to unofficial results from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters.

The results were posted at 11:22 p.m. Tuesday and are not final.  Countywide, 306,898 ballots had been counted, 28.4% of the county's 1,080,711 registered voters.  Mail ballots postmarked by Election Day count if they arrive by Nov. 10, under state rules.  The registrar said its next update would come Wednesday by 5 p.m.

• Measure O, Alum Rock parcel tax ($310 per property a year for seven years):  72.4% yes (9,055 votes), 27.6% no (3,454).  Needs two-thirds.
• Measure P, Alum Rock $100 million school construction bond:  73.7% yes (9,122), 26.3% no (3,261).  Needs 55%.
• Measure Q, Cambrian parcel tax ($148 per property a year for eight years):  64.5% yes (3,516), 35.5% no (1,939).  Needs two-thirds.
• Measure R, Orchard parcel tax (4 cents per square foot, capped at $89 a year for a home):  64.5% yes (1,160), 35.5% no (639).  Needs two-thirds.

A parcel tax is a flat yearly charge on each piece of property.  A bond lets a district borrow money for buildings and repay it through property taxes.  Cambrian serves part of southwest San Jose, and Orchard serves part of North San Jose.

Source:  Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, unofficial results; California Secretary of State, mail ballot rules.