LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Registrar of Voters Office reported that it has made significant progress in counting thousands of more ballots as part of finalizing the county for the Nov. 4 Statewide Special Election to decide on the congressional redistricting measure, Proposition 50.

On Tuesday, the elections office issued its fourth report on the estimated number of unprocessed ballots still to count during the official canvass period, which ends early in December.

Since its report last week, the elections office has counted more than 5,500 additional ballots, some of which were ballots postmarked on or before Election Day that arrived up until Nov. 12.

As of Tuesday, the Registrar’s Office said it had 658 ballots still to count, including 12 vote-by-mail ballots, 386 provisional/conditional ballots, and 260 vote-by-mail ballots under further review.

The Registrar of Voters Office did not give an indication of how its vote count has changed, however, ballot counts are being reported by the California Secretary of State’s Office.

On Tuesday, the state said the Proposition 50 count showed 7,408,128 “yes” votes, or 64.4%, to 4,095,372 “no” votes, or 35.6%. While the number of ballots is up by several hundred thousand since last week, the percentages of yes and no votes remain the same.

Notably, Lake County’s Proposition 50 count has flipped from the yes votes leading to now the no votes edging out in front by 26 votes. On Tuesday, the no votes were up to 10,184, or 50.1%, with yes votes totaling 10,158, or 49.9%.

The registrar asked voters who received a “signature verification statement” or an “unsigned ballot envelope statement” to submit the completed statements to its office by 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30.

Statements may be returned by fax, 707-263-2742; by email, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; and in person at the elections office, 325 N. Forbes St. in Lakeport.

The Registrar of Voters Office will be closed on Nov. 27 and 28 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. However, a drop box for after-hours and weekend use will be available at the elections office until 5 p.m. Nov. 30.

Replacement forms can be found on the Registrar of Voters’ current election webpage under “Voter Forms.”

For more information, call the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office at 707-263-2372 or toll-free at 888-235-6730, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

The county elections office plans to certify the final results on Dec. 2, two days ahead of the deadline that the state reported. 

The Secretary of State’s Office plans to certify the final results on Dec. 12.

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