Oakland Mayoral race: we still don't know--ballot counting delayed

Susan Mernit Mon, 8 Nov at 4:41pm
Jean Quan

Jean Quan

Alameda County Registrar of Voters Dave Macdonald said today that ballot counting for the City of Oakland elections will not be completed by this afternoon, as previously indicated.

“We still have a relatively small number of provisional ballots that are taking a little longer to process than expected,’’ he said.

The Alameda County Registrar of Voters Office – in agreement with the City of Oakland – has decided NOT to run the Ranked-Choice Voting algorithm in its release of the latest election results this afternoon.  

The algorithm factors second- and third-choice votes into the ballot count in races where no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes.

The updated election results to be released this afternoon will reflect only first-choice votes.

The results will be updated – factoring in second- and third-choice votes - as soon as all ballots have been counted.


 

About Susan Mernit
Susan Mernit is the founder of Oakland Local. She is also a circuit rider for The Community Information Challenge, a program of The John S and James L Knight Foundation, and a consultant to non-profit and community organizations. Susan lives in North Oakland, near the Santa Fe school, with her partner, her housemate, a rescue dog named Cazzie, and a yard full of ants. She is an aspiring gardener, a long-time blogger & entrepreneur, and a recovering journalist who's found home in Oakland.