New election report released! Here is the new tally in the county’s three major closely contested races:

Full post-election night report here.

There are still upwards of 20,000 votes left to count, more or less, but in these three races, with 10,446 more votes tallied after the election night final report, we see the usual trend holding: the left-leaning Juan Pablo Cervantes’ lead has significantly increased since election night, while the right-leaning John Fullerton’s lead has decreased slightly.

Are there enough votes left in the hopper for G. Mario Fernandez to pull ahead? That’s an open question. But supporters of Cervantes have every reason to feel good about that race.

Press release from the Humboldt County Elections Office:

The Humboldt County Office of Elections will continue to post the results of the Nov. 8 General Election every Friday starting Friday, Nov. 18 and leading up to the certification of the election prior to Thursday, Dec. 8.

The Elections Office has approximately 20,175 unprocessed ballots as of today, Thursday, Nov. 10.

Unprocessed Ballots

• Provisional: 1,173
• Vote-By-Mail: 19,002

All valid vote-by-mail ballots will be counted regardless of the outcome or closeness of any race if they are postmarked by Tuesday, Nov. 8 and arrive by Tuesday, Nov.15.

Voters may subscribe to WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov to track their ballots, receive personalized text messages, emails or voicemails letting them know when their ballot is mailed, received, and counted by the Registrar of Voters. 

 For more information on the results of the election, please visit the Elections Results web page or call (707) 445-7481.