The latest updated totals released for the Nov. 5 election remain unofficial, with some ballots still to be counted.
Stanislaus County Clerk Recorder, Registrar of Voters Donna Linder on Tuesday, Nov. 12 issued a statement with updated results, indicating additional vote by mail ballots have been added to the Election Night vote count. A total of 143,977 ballots have now been counted. These unofficial updated tally results have been posted on the election website, www.stanvote.gov.
With totals as of Nov. 12, the $105.5 million General Obligation bond – Measure G – for the Oakdale Joint Unified School District had garnered 6,620 ‘yes’ votes and 4,995 ‘no’ votes, for a roughly 56 to 44 percent margin in favor of the bond. It needs 55 percent approval for passage. School district officials declined comment regarding the bond issue until the election results are certified.
In the race for the Area 3 seat on the Oakdale Joint Unified School District board, incumbent Tina Shatswell had 918 votes; challenger Spencer Cooper had 814.
For the Oakdale City Council, unofficial results showed Jarod Pitassi with 4,043 votes; followed by Jeff Kettering, with 2,855 votes. Justin Biedinger had 2,645 votes; Caitlyn Barreda had 1,304 votes. The top two vote getters will earn the two available four-year terms on the council.
In the race for OID Division 4, challenger Jacob DeBoer had a commanding lead, 1,091 votes to 438 for incumbent Linda Santos.
Voting for two available seats on the Oak Valley Hospital District board showed Sara West-Shipman leading the way with 6,814 votes. Running second was Shirrelle O. Moore Mmasi with 5,147 votes and Danielle Sanders was third at 3,886 votes.
The Elections Office, explained Linder, continues to scan each vote by mail envelope to credit voters with casting a ballot and check the signature on each envelope against the signature located on each voter’s original affidavit of registration, ballots are then sorted, and prepared for count. California law now extends the time period VBM ballots must be accepted beyond Election Day increasing the number of ballots to be processed. VBM ballots postmarked timely on Election Day can be received for seven additional days.
Approximate number of ballots remaining to be processed include:
Vote by mail – 47,761 remaining from Election day and received by mail with a post mark of no later than Nov. 12.
Provisionally voted ballots - 313
Conditionally voted ballots – 3529
Miscellaneous ballots - 800
All voted ballots from a randomly selected one percent of the precincts must be manually tallied and balanced against the computer counts to verify the accuracy of the election tally system. This process is required by law. The office has begun preparing the one percent hand tally of the vote which will continue until completed. Duplication of damaged, military and overseas ballots is in process.
Elections Code §3019 and Assembly Bill 3184 requires each Registrar Of Voters office to allow time after an election for voters who have not signed their VBM envelopes, or the signature has been challenged to come into the office to sign or submit an Unsigned Ballot Envelope Statement / Signature Verification Statement. The Registrar’s office will contact each of these voters and advise them of the challenge to their ballot. Voters have until Dec. 1, 2024, to return the Unsigned Ballot Envelope Statement / Signature Verification Statement.
Per Assembly Bill 3184, all California counties are prohibited from certifying prior to Dec. 3, 2024. Therefore, the certified results for the Nov. 5, 2024 Presidential General Election will be provided on Dec. 3, 2024.
Leader Editor Marg Jackson contributed to this report.
