The Humboldt County Elections Office just released a new tally, and contrary to what we reported on Wednesday, more than 6,600 ballots have been counted with still a few more to come!

You might remember, a couple of days ago, that the Elections Office said that it only had a little more than 4,000 ballots left to process. But they’ve since processed many more than that. What gives?

Juan Pablo Cervantes, the county’s registrar of voters, tells the Outpost that the votes-left-to-count numbers, which they provide to the California Secretary of State, are just estimates. They’re not to be taken as gospel. So this time, it turns out, they estimated low.

Currently, the office estimates that there are in the neighborhood of 1,632 ballots left. More or less.

That said, what’s new in the current report? 

Not much.

Up in Arcata, Genevieve Serna maintains a more-healthy-by-the-day lead over Abigail Strickland for the second City Council seat up for vote:

Blue Lake’s second seat is still a humdinger, with three votes separating incumbent Elise Scafani from challenger Verda Pitts:

And Fortuna’s Measure D, the essential services sales-tax measure trails by 40 votes.

Check out the full report below.