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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 2016
CONTACT:
Sam Mahood (916) 653-6575
Vote Count Update
California’s county elections officials have processed and counted approximately 7.9 million ballots from the June 7, 2016 Presidential Primary Election. County elections officials estimate approximately 665,000 additional unprocessed ballots remain.
Click here for the Unprocessed Ballots Report
Click here for the reporting status from each county
NOTE: The Secretary of State’s office does not issue, receive, or count ballots. Elections officials in each of California’s 58 counties process and count ballots, and transmit results to the Secretary of State’s office. The Secretary of State’s office compiles all of these results in the official Statement of Vote.
“Elections officials are working hard to ensure that every ballot is properly counted,” Secretary of State Alex Padilla said. “Voting by mail has increased significantly in recent years, and many vote-by-mail ballots arrive on or after Election Day. Vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day and received by county elections officials no later than 3 days after Election Day must be processed. County elections officials are also responsible for hand checking and counting provisional ballots. These ballots may take longer to process, but ensure that more Californians have their votes counted.”
“Ensuring the integrity of the vote and accounting for every ballot is a critical job. State law gives county elections officials up to 30 days after Election Day to complete vote counting, auditing, and certification. It is important that county elections officials take the time to get this right,” Padilla added.
Provisional Ballots
In California, provisional ballots serve as a fail-safe method of ensuring all voters who show up to the polls can cast a ballot.
All provisional ballots are carefully checked by county elections officials to confirm that the person who voted provisionally is both registered and that they did not cast a ballot by mail or at another polling location on Election Day.
Canvass Deadlines
County elections officials have up to 30 days after Election Day to complete their extensive tallying, auditing, and certification work (known as the "official canvass"). The frequency of updated results varies by county.
County elections officials must report their final results of the presidential primary contests to the Secretary of State by July 5, 2016, and of all other offices by July 8, 2016.
The Secretary of State will compile the results of the presidential primary contests by July 9, 2016, and will certify the results of all other offices by July 15, 2016.
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Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office workers continue to process provisional ballots.
Photo via the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
