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California is still counting upward of four million absentee and provisional ballots to determine the outcome of Proposition 8, but marriages performed over the past five months may still be honored if it passes, according to California Attorney General Jerry Brown.

With somewhere between 3 million and 4 million provisional and absentee ballots yet to be counted, No on 8 and Equality California say it's too soon to concede and announced on a press call Wednesday morning the campaign will wait to hear from the secretary of state to make any decisions.

Equality California -- the group that spearheaded the No on 8 campaign -- has conceded defeat on Proposition 8. The proposition, which constitutionally bans same-sex marriage in the state of California, passed with 52.5% of the electorate. No on 8 said despite the millions of absentee and provisional ballots that have yet to be counted, a change in tide seems unlikely.

Triangle Square, Hollywood's LGBT senior living center, was abuzz Tuesday morning with all things election. Volunteers shuttled a few groups of residents who had not already voted with an absentee ballot down to the nearest polling place. Today, now that the votes have been tallied, check out what some of our community's seniors think are the biggest issues facing the gay community -- and how far gays and lesbians have really come.

California's Proposition 8 is ahead 52% to 48% with 95.4% of precincts reporting, the Los Angeles Times reports this morning. The measure to ban same-sex marriage has collected 5,163,908 votes so far, with 4,760,336 votes cast against it.