Diane Fridley released the results of the official canvass this week, within the required 28 days to certify the election.
The board is expected to adopt a resolution accepting the official canvass and declaring certain county officials duly elected on its Dec. 7 consent agenda.
The final results showed that 66 percent of Lake County's 32,554 registered voters took part in the Nov. 2 election, higher that the preliminary estimate of 48.8 percent.
The Nov. 2 election's turnout was well above the June turnout of 47.5 percent, but didn't match the 73.6 percent turnout of November 2008. Still, this fall's general election got more voters to the polls than went in November 2006, when a 62.6 percent turnout rate was reported.
Fridley's final count showed that 9,124 ballots, or 28 percent, were cast at polling places, while 38 percent of the vote, or 12,363 ballots, were absentee ballots.
In the major races, only the percentages changed.
In the sheriff's race, Francisco Rivero's lead increased from 8,102 votes in the preliminary count to 11,103 in the final canvass, compared to Rod Mitchell's 9,275 votes in the final count, up from the preliminary ballot count of 6,919.
The final percentage difference between the sheriff's candidates was 54.2 percent for Rivero and 45.3 percent for Mitchell, compared to 53.9 to 46.1 percent in the initial tally.
In the district attorney's race, the final percentages – 53 percent for Don Anderson and 46.4 percent for Doug Rhoades – stayed very close to the preliminary results, which were 53.3 percent for Anderson, 46.7 percent for Rhoades.
Anderson's final vote tally was 10,276, up from 7,597 in the initial count, compared to the 9,004 ballots cast for Rhoades, who in the preliminary count received 6,663 votes.
In the cities of Clearlake and Lakeport, final voter turnout was 55.3 percent and 68.7 percent, respectively. Clearlake has 5,950 registered voters, and Lakeport 2,558.
In both cities, absentee voting also prevailed. In Clearlake, 31.5 percent of votes were cast absentee, compared to 23.8 percent at precincts. In Lakeport, absentees accounted for 41.8 percent of the vote, compared to 26.9 percent cast at polling places.
Final vote counts for the Clearlake City Council are as follows: Jeri Spittler, 20.1 percent, 1,038 ballots; Joey Luiz, 16.9 percent, 873 ballots; Bill Perkins, 14 percent, 723 ballots; Jim Scholz, 13.1 percent, 675 ballots; Frank Taylor, 11.1 percent, 572 ballots; Barbara Grier, 10.5 percent, 542 ballots; Raymond Brady, 6 percent, 310 ballots; Estella Creel, 5.7 percent, 294 ballots; Michael J. Walton, 2.3 percent, 117 ballots; write-in candidates(s), 0.2 percent, 9 ballots.
For Lakeport, the final results were: Stacey Mattina, 21.6 percent, 626 ballots; Tom Engstrom, 18 percent, 523 ballots; George Spurr, 15.8 percent, 458 ballots; Marc Spillman, 14 percent, 407 votes; Jim Irwin, 14 percent, 406 ballots; Ted Mandrones, 10.5 percent, 305 ballots; P.J. Racine, 5.9 percent, 172 ballots.
In the Konocti Unified School District, 60.2 percent of its 10,338 voters turned out to vote for board of trustees candidates. Absentees accounted for 34.5 percent of the vote, compared to 25.7 percent of precinct ballots.
Final vote counts for Konocti Unified are as follows: Anita Gordon, 24.6 percent, 2,930 ballots; Bill Diener, 23.7 percent, 2,826 ballots; Herb Gura, 18.6 percent, 2,215 ballots; Russell Kay Hunt, 12 percent, 1,426 ballots; Lynda C. Davis-Robinson, 11.3 percent, 1,344 ballots; Philip J. Tuley, 9.7 percent, 1,154 ballots; write-in candidate(s), 01. percent, 14 ballots.
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