LAKEPORT, Calif. – Late on a busy election night the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office released the first election ballot count, this one for a portion of the absentee ballots.

Registrar of Voters Diane Fridley and her team began counting absentees turned into her office early on Oct. 20, as Lake County News has reported.

The early count was released shortly before 11 p.m. Fridley said the delay was due, in large part, to difficulties in processing the absentee ballots because of conditions such as creasing or tears.

The results for local city council, school board, supervisorial races and ballot measures is shown below.

District 1 Supervisorial race

Monica Rosenthal: 716, 52.2 percent
Jose “Moke” Simon III: 653, 47.6 percent

District 4 Supervisorial race

Martin Scheel: 774, 37.7 percent
Tina Scott: 1,261, 61.5 percent

Clearlake City Council

Stanley “Nick” Bennett: 744, 24.2 percent
Phil Harris: 583, 19 percent
Joey Luiz: 425, 13.8 percent
Jeremy Mayfield: 187, 6.1 percent
Joyce Overton: 699, 22.7 percent
William Shields: 431, 14 percent

Lakeport City Council

Timothy “Cheese” Barnes: 311, 18.5 percent
Michael S. Green: 198, 11.8 percent
Ted Mandrones: 300, 17.8 percent
Nathan Maxman: 180, 10.7 percent
Kenneth “Kenny” Parlet: 383, 22.8 percent
George Spurr: 305, 18.1 percent

Middletown Unified School District Board

Misha Grothe: 454, 33.6 percent
Sean Millerick: 270, 20 percent
Sandy Tucker: 523, 38.7 percent
Helena Walsh: 100, 7.4 percent

Measure A: Lucerne Elementary School Bond

Yes: No returns yet
No: No returns yet

Measure B: South Lake County Fire Protection District appropriations limit

Yes: 699, 72.7 percent
No: 262, 27.3 percent

Measure C: County of Lake cannabis cultivation tax

Yes: 3,089, 67.8 percent
No: 1,464, 32.2 percent

Measure Q: Yuba Community College School Bond

Yes: 1,465, 58.8 percent
No: 1,026, 41.2 percent

Measure V: 1-percent sales tax for roads in Clearlake

Yes: 954, 67.5 percent
No: 460, 32.5 percent

Measure W: Appointment of the Clearlake city clerk

Yes: 687, 50.8 percent
No: 666, 49.2 percent

Measure X: Appointment of the Clearlake city treasurer

Yes: 678, 49.7 percent
No: 687, 50.3 percent

Measure Y: Konocti Unified School Bond

Yes: 1,076, 69 percent
No: 483, 31 percent

Measure Z: 1-cent sales tax in the city of Lakeport

Yes: 473, 63.9 percent
No: 267, 36.1 percent

Lake County News will post updates as they're released by Fridley and her staff.

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