LAKEPORT – The Lake County Registrar of Voters Office will conduct a public manual tally of a portion of votes case in the recent election beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov 12.

The tally will consider a minimum 1 percent of randomly selected precincts or 10 percent of randomly selected precincts if the votes cast in a contest or contests with a margin of victory is less than one half of one percent (0.5%) tabulated by the county’s optical scan voting system for the Nov. 3 Consolidated General District Election.

The selection of the precinct(s) to be included in the manual tally, and any additional random selection of precincts which may become necessary to comply with the escalation requirements of the 10 percent manual tally, will be randomly chosen on the same date prior to the manual tally.

Observers are invited to view the manual tally of the ballots, but shall not interfere with the election process.

The Registrar of Voters Office is located on the second floor, Room 209, of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport, telephone 707-263-2372.