LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — On Friday, the Registrar of Voters Office issued an update on its work to complete the final count for Tuesday’s special statewide election.

The official canvass for the Proposition 50 election has been underway since Wednesday.

The elections office said the ballots remaining to be counted as of Friday totaled 8,585, about 2,000 fewer than the previous day. 

That total count includes 8,049 vote-by-mail ballots; 386 provisional or conditional ballots; and 160 vote-by-mail ballots under further review.

Until Nov. 12, the registrar’s office also is accepting ballots postmarked on or before Election Day.

The next report is expected on Wednesday, the elections office said.

Statewide, the Secretary of State’s Office said 9,830,003 ballots from 18,399 precincts have been processed and 1,683,596 ballots remain to be counted.

The preliminary statewide results show a 64.1% “yes” vote, or 6,422,621 ballots, to a 35.9% “no” vote, totaling 3,596,569 ballots.

County elections officials must complete final official results on Dec. 4, and the Secretary of State will certify results on Dec. 12.

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