With more than 100,000 ballots left to be counted, the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters office released an update of election results Thursday afternoon. There have been no changes in the winners from the previous update last Friday, although some races are extremely close; only 10 votes separate winner Mike Reynolds from challenger Paul Coate in the Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency, and 12 votes separate winner John Cole from challenger Karmolette O’Gilvie. In its latest update, the County Registrar also announced that 104,700 ballots have not yet been counted, including provisional and mail-in ballots; mail-in ballots without a voter signature or those for which the signatures need further review; damaged ballots; and conditional voter registration applications. It’s unknown how many of those ballots are for races in the Morongo Basin.
From the County Registrar of Voters:
Estimated ballots remaining to be processed:
- Mail ballots issued before the mail ballot deadline on October 30 and received within three business days following the election – approximately 40,300
- Of the total estimated remaining mail ballots to be processed, about 1,000 mail ballots have been identified as received without a voter signature
- Of the total estimated remaining mail ballots to be processed, about 8,200 mail ballots have been identified as requiring further signature review
- Emergency mail ballots issued after the mail ballot deadline on October 30 – approximately 8,600
- Ballots cast that were damaged and require duplication – approximately 4,400
- Provisional ballots cast at polling places – approximately 39,700
- Conditional voter registration applications received at early vote locations – approximately 2,500
