We just got this update in from FR reader Eric Linder:
A representative from the Riverside County Registrar of Voters office informed me that there are still over 100,000 ballots from last Tuesday’s election that have yet to be counted throughout Riverside County, and that as of this morning they have begun counting them.
In the election for Western Municipal Water District, Div 1 alone, there are still 4,000 outstanding ballots, which means that this race, as well as many others, are still being decided.
The Registrar’s office confirms that there are 14,400 absentee provisional ballots, 5,000 absentee ballots that were brought to the polls, and 1,000 provisional ballots, that have not been tallied.
Other races within 350 votes include:
Coachella Valley USD TA 1 – 7 votes separate winning and losing candidate
Hemet USD – 140 votes separate
Jurupa USD TA 3 – 165 vote difference
Jurupa USD TA 5 – 10 vote difference
Val Verde USD – 198 votes separate
Menifee Union SD – 4 votes separate
Eastern Municipal Water District – 74 vote difference
Western Municipal Water District Div 1 – 154 vote difference
Thanks, Eric!
November 17th, 2006 at 12:00 am
So perhaps your attack on Democratic Assembly candidate Steve Clute for not conceding victory in an Assembly race where 1,000 votes are the difference was a bit premature? Clute carried Riverside County.