How to resolve AdBlock issue? LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Ballots continue to be counted locally and across the state in order to finalize the count for the statewide special election on Proposition 50.
The proposition will implement a plan for congressional redistricting that’s expected to result in several additional seats for Democrats in Congress.
An initial count for the proposition was issued on Election Day last week, but election officials remind the public that those initial numbers were part of a preliminary, not a final, count.
The Lake County Registrar of Voters said it has 6,221 ballots remaining to be processed, about 4,000 less than it had remaining after the first count on election night.
That includes 5,575 vote-by-mail ballots, 386 provisional/conditional ballots and 260 vote-by-mail ballots still under review.
On the state level, support for the measure appears to be increasing as the ballot count continues.
The preliminary statewide results showed the measure initially leading with a 63.9% to 36.1% margin.
The Secretary of State’s Office said that, as of Wednesday, the ballots counted included 7,197,232, or 64.4%, voting yes, and 3,976,978, or 35.6%, voting no.
That count includes updated percentages for Lake County, showing support for the measure continuing to lead.
As of the Wednesday numbers, Lake County’s preliminary results show 7,975 yes votes, accounting for 52%, and 7,368 no votes, or 48%.
To date, the secretary of State’s Office said 11,111,939 ballots have been processed, with 422,331 still to be counted.
The elections office expects to issue another update on the count on Nov. 18.
The official canvass for the election on Proposition 50 must be completed by Dec. 4, with 29 days left for the county. The Secretary of State’s Office said it will certify results on Dec. 12.
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