There were 1,931 ballots, which include mail-in and provisional ballots, yet to be counted the day after two City Council races and numerous school district board seats were up for election.
The ballots could make a difference in one of the seats of the El Centro City Council race, where challenger Jason Jackson is leading incumbent Jon Edney by only 83 votes.
Yet these are just the raw numbers, county elections coordinator Debra Porter said Wednesday. Poll workers still have to verify signatures and reconcile the number of signatures to the number of ballots, she said. So the number of ballots “will definitely drop,” Porter said, but “not a whole lot.”
Out of the 1,931, ballots, 1,098 were mail-in ballots turned in at the polls, 252 are provisional ballots and 588 were mailed to the office, said Registrar of Voters Sylvia Bermudez.
The mailed ballots received Monday and Tuesday will be scanned today, she said, “so there will be a little update” on the count.
Also today, poll workers will sort remaining ballots through precincts and examine them so they can be counted Monday, she said.
About 34,000 registered voters were eligible for this election, Porter said, but the actual turnout can’t be determined until the official results are reached, possibly by Nov. 18.
So far the total voting turnout is 7,517, with a precinct turnout of 4,193 and a mail-in turnout of 3,324, according the county registrar’s Web site
Staff Writer Alejandro Davila can be reached at 760-337-3445 or adavila@ivpressonline.com
The ballots could make a difference in one of the seats of the El Centro City Council race, where challenger Jason Jackson is leading incumbent Jon Edney by only 83 votes.
Yet these are just the raw numbers, county elections coordinator Debra Porter said Wednesday. Poll workers still have to verify signatures and reconcile the number of signatures to the number of ballots, she said. So the number of ballots “will definitely drop,” Porter said, but “not a whole lot.”
Out of the 1,931, ballots, 1,098 were mail-in ballots turned in at the polls, 252 are provisional ballots and 588 were mailed to the office, said Registrar of Voters Sylvia Bermudez.
The mailed ballots received Monday and Tuesday will be scanned today, she said, “so there will be a little update” on the count.
Also today, poll workers will sort remaining ballots through precincts and examine them so they can be counted Monday, she said.
About 34,000 registered voters were eligible for this election, Porter said, but the actual turnout can’t be determined until the official results are reached, possibly by Nov. 18.
So far the total voting turnout is 7,517, with a precinct turnout of 4,193 and a mail-in turnout of 3,324, according the county registrar’s Web site
Staff Writer Alejandro Davila can be reached at 760-337-3445 or adavila@ivpressonline.com
