LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Registrar of Voters Office will conduct a public manual tally of a minimum 1-percent of randomly selected precincts for the Nov. 4 General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 18.

The tally will begin at 9 a.m. at the Registrar of Voters Office, located in Room 209 on the second floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.

During the official canvass, the Registrar of Voters Office is required to conduct a public manual tally of the ballots tabulated by the department’s ballot counting system to determine if there are any discrepancies between the machine count and the manual tally.

The selection of the precinct(s) to be included in the manual tally will be randomly chosen on the
same date prior to the manual tally.

Observers are invited to view the manual tally of the ballots, but shall not interfere with the election process.