How many primary ballots remain uncounted in the Sacramento region and California?
Three days after California’s primary election, roughly 230,000 ballots still needed to be counted in the capital region’s four counties – Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo – leaving the outcome of some races undecided.
Many of those uncounted ballots, some election officials said, were vote-by-mail ballots left at voting centers and postmarked on Tuesday, the day of the election.
Sacramento County still had about 164,000 ballots to count as of Friday afternoon, but county elections office spokeswoman Janna Haynes told The Sacramento Bee Friday afternoon that about 40,000 to 50,000 more ballots should be counted by Friday evening.
On Friday, Placer County had about 42,000 ballots that remained uncounted. Officials at the Placer County Registrar of Voters’ Office said some ballots were still trickling in by mail. El Dorado County had fewer than 1,000 ballots to be counted as of Friday afternoon, officials said.
Yolo County had about about 24,000 ballots uncounted as of Thursday afternoon, and that number was expected to be updated by early next week. Katharine Campos, a spokeswoman for the Yolo County elections office, said they were still receiving mailed ballots on Friday.
Campos said ballots mailed by election day within Yolo County could still be counted if they arrived by Friday. She said Yolo County ballots mailed from outside the county will still be counted if they arrive by Wednesday of next week.
About 3.4 millions remained uncounted throughout the state on Friday afternoon, according to the California Secretary of State’s Office. More than 2.7 million were mailed ballots.
UPDATED ELECTION RESULTS
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For Sacramento-area local election results, go here.
This story was originally published March 6, 2020 at 3:53 PM.
