LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Registrar of Voters Office reported Friday that the official canvass for the Lake County Fire Protection District’s Measure D parcel tax is under way.
A special election on the tax was held on Tuesday, as Lake County News has reported.
The preliminary results Registrar of Voters Diane Fridley released Tuesday night indicated that the measure narrowly failed. It requires 66.7 percent of the vote to pass.
However, Fridley said 303 ballots still remain to be counted and the Tuesday results are not final.
The breakdown of ballots still to be counted is as follows:
– Vote-by-mail (or absentee) ballots dropped off at the polls on Election Day: 135.
– Vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before March 7 and received by March 10: 87.
– Vote-by-mail ballots that require further review for various reasons: 49.
– Provisional ballots: 32.
Fridley said provisional ballots and vote-by-mail ballots requiring further review may be entirely
counted, partially counted or not counted.
The process of certifying election results, also known as the official canvass, is mandated by state law to make sure the public can have confidence in the integrity of the final results, Fridley said.
The official canvass period lasts 30 days. Fridley said there are many checks and balances when certifying the election results.
She said her office does not update results between the unofficial Election Night results and the final certified results of the Election. “We do not interrupt the careful steps that we take during the canvass to release interim unofficial results.”
Fridley said interim unofficial results have no bearing on the final outcome of Measure D. Only final certified results will impact the district measure as to whether it receives the required percentage of the vote to pass.
Registrar of Voters Office issues update on Measure D ballot count, official canvass
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