An Estimated 11,000 Shasta County Ballot “A Cards” Remain to be Counted.

On Friday, November 22, around 6:30 pm, the Shasta County Elections Office released new vote totals from ballots processed so far. Out of about 89,000 ballots cast across Shasta County this election, about 11,000 remain to be counted. That means about 3,000 ballots have been counted since Tuesday, November 19.

The 11,000 remaining ballots to be counted refers only to A cards, or the first card of each ballot. An additional approximately 11,000 B cards, or the second card of each ballot, also still remain to be counted. The A and B cards would normally be counted at the same time, but an ink overspray issue this election has affected more B cards than A cards, which is why results are coming out more slowly for the latter.

The Elections Office is duplicating each of the ballot cards that’s affected by the ink overspray, a staff-intensive process. Today, duplication was scheduled to occur from 6 am to 10 pm. Elections staff are also currently conducting the 1% manual tally, or hand count, of ballots. Hand counting a 1% sampling of ballots is a state requirement during each election.

According to Registrar of Voters Tom Toller, the next round of election results will be released on Wednesday, November 27 at 6 pm. Final certified results from the election are expected to be released on December 3.

The next vote update is scheduled to be released Friday, November 22 at 7 pm.

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Election Results: Shasta County Board District 3

In District 3 Corkey Harmon is leading with 54.94% of the vote. Harmon has 1,472 more votes than Rickert.

Election Results: Shasta County Board of Education Area 1 & 2

SCOE Board Area 1: – 1 Will Win

Michael Orlicky’s lead over Michelle Renee Tyson is holding steady. He continues to have just over 52% of the vote, or 1,157 votes more than Tyson.

SCOE Board Area 2 – Top 2 Will Win

Jackie LaBarbera continues to lead with 24.86% of the vote, followed by Jessica French with 18.94% and Richard Gallardo with 17.86%. The top two candidates will win. French’s lead over Gallardo continues to increase. She now holds the lead by 649 votes.

SCOE Board Area 2 – 1 Will Win

Teresa Roberts leads overwhelmingly with 63.41% of the vote or 9,812 votes more than her opponent, appointed incumbent Cindy Vogt.

Election Results: School District Governing Boards

Fall River Joint Unified School District – Top 2 Will Win

Megan Estes is leading with 38.58%, followed by Jack Hathaway at 25.36% and then Ignacio ‘Iggy’ Venegas with 20.9%. The top two candidates will win. Hathaway has a 175 vote lead on Venegas.

Gateway Unified School District, Trustee Area 3

Bobbie Simpson is leading the polls with 57.18% of the vote. She continues to gain on her opponent Elias Haynes, with 584 more votes.

Anderson Union High School District, Trustee Area 5

Julia Rinauro is leading the polls with 62.01%. Her lead over Alicia Ramirez is now 745 votes.

Cascade Union Elementary School District, Trustee Area 5

Tye Burgess is leading the polls with 59.21% over Jason Foster. Burgess has only 145 more votes.

Cottonwood Union School District, Trustee Area 5 – Top 2 Will Win

James O’Brien is leading with 36.41%, followed by Matthew Iles at 32.79%, then Jason Kyle Smith with 30.8%. The top two will win. Iles has only 84 more votes than Smith.

Enterprise Elementary School District, Short Term

Robin Littau is leading with 60.56% of the vote. She has a 1,920 vote lead over Renee Menefee.

Grant School District, Full Term – Top 2 Will Win

Lindsay Lamb has the most votes with 36.05%, followed by Rob Garnero with 33.01%, then Forrest Wilder with 30.94%. The top two will win. Garnero has only 40 more votes than Wilder.

Grant School District, Short Term – Top Candidate Will Win

Kathy Reschke-Steiner is leading with 41.83% followed by Raymond Witte 35.64%. Only one will win. Reschke-Steiner has only 75 more votes than Witte.

Happy Valley Union School District – Top 2 Will Win

Erin Ciapponi is the leading candidate with 23.78% followed by Josh Hancock with 18.8%, then Jacque Brousseau with 18.64%. The top two will win. Hancock still only has five more votes than Brousseau.

Junction School District – Top 2 Will Win

Sarah A. McCoy is leading with 37.34%, followed by Brooke Worden with 32.75%, then Kristen Knott with 29.91%. The top two will win. Worden has 66 more votes than Knott.

Election Results: Redding City Council Two-Year and Four-Year Seats

Two-Year Seat – Top 1 Will Win

Erin Resner is leading with 47.49% of the vote, followed by Mark Mezzano with 43.93%. Resner’s lead over Mezzano is widening. She now leads by 1,191 votes.

Four-Year Seat – Top 2 Will Win

Paul Dhanuka is leading with 39.6% of the vote, followed by Mike Littau with 20.01%, then Joshua Johnson with 18.5%. The top two will win. Littau leads over Johnson by 792 votes.

Election Results: Anderson City Council – Top 3 Will Win

The top three vote-getters will win seats on the Anderson City Council. Darin Hale leads with 27.78% of the vote, followed by Susie Baugh with 25.44%, Bonnie Simmons has 23.98%, and Stan Neutze has 22.80%. Simmons leads overs Neutze by only 74 votes.

Election Results: City of Shasta Lake Council – Top 3 Will Win

Daniel Ringwelski is winning with 23.55% of the vote, followed by Greg Watkins with 22.04%, Toni Coates with 16.3% and Janice Powell with 14.8%. The top three will win. Coates’ lead over Powell is widening. She now leads by 116 votes.

State Assembly District 1 – Districtwide Results

Heather Hadwick is leading in the polls with 60.2%, or more than 40,000 votes more than her opponent, Tenessa Audette

United States Representative Congressional District 1 – Districtwide Results

Doug LaMalfa has secured 65.2% or 91,439 more than his opponent, Rose Penelope Yee.

State Senator Senatorial District 1 – Districtwide Results

Meghan Dahle has a considerable lead over David Fennell, with 75.6% of the vote.

Election Results: Measures P&Q

Measure P, which would stop the County from being able to acquire private land for transfer to other private parties in order to be used for the public’s good, is currently failing by a margin of 326 votes.

Measure Q, which would give the Board another option for how to fill elected officials’ midterm vacancies and limit how long the Board can appoint someone to fill an empty elected seat, is also failing, with 58.63% of voters opposing it. The measure is currently failing by 8,866 votes.

See all Shasta County election results here. You can find results for all of California’s District 1 here.

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