The special election seeking Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recall took place on Sept. 14. It was the 54th unsuccessful recall attempt against a governor since 1913.
The official canvass must be completed within a month, and Registrar of Voters Maria Valadez completed her work on Thursday, as planned.
The results will be certified by Oct. 22, the Secretary of State’s Office reported.
Valadez will ask the supervisors to adopt a resolution accepting the official canvass and accept her certification of the election results, which will be taken up as part of the consent agenda.
The final results for Lake County showed that there was a 59.59% percent voter participation rate, with 22,388 ballots cast over 70 precincts. There are 37,571 registered voters in the county.
The ballots cast in favor of recalling Gov. Newsom totaled 10,923, or 49%, while the no votes totaled 11,367, or 51%.
That’s compared with the initial count given on the night of Sept. 14, when the early returns looked far more lopsided.
The preliminary results on that night showed a 62.48% “no” vote compared to a 37.52% “yes” vote, as Lake County News has reported. At that point 9,333 of the 22,388 ballots had been counted, accounting for 41% of the total vote.
In a breakdown of vote-by-mail or absentee ballots, the yes vote was 47.06%, or 9,647 ballots, to 10,851 no votes, or 52.94%.
Of those ballots cast on Election Day, 71.21%, or 1,276 ballots, supported the recall, while 516 ballots, or 28.79%, voted against the recall.
The top five candidates who received votes to succeed Newsom had he been recalled were led in Lake County by Larry Elder, with 6,306 votes; John Cox, 1,060 votes; Kevin Kiley, 801 votes; Kevin Paffrath, 642 votes; and Patrick Kilpatrick, 548 votes.
While Lake County’s final results were markedly different from the preliminary count, on a statewide basis, the statewide results changed slightly.
Early on Sept. 15, the California Secretary of State’s Office reported that the preliminary statewide count was 63.9% against the recall and 36.1% in support of it.
On Friday, the Secretary of State’s Office said the statewide results were 61.9% against the recall and 38.1 percent for it.
Statewide, in the top five Elder also led alternate candidates, followed by Paffrath, Kevin L. Faulconer, Brandon M. Ross and Cox.
The state results can be found here.
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