Yesterday, a court ruled that the uncounted 12,500 ballots in Riverside County, which arrived late to the Registrar through no fault of the voters, will be tallied. The Riverside Registar of Voters staff immediately started working, doing so throughout the night, posting the lastest update at 6:00 a.m. this morning.
Juan Vargas picked up a net of 10 votes since the ruling, with his lead over Mary Salas "jumping" from 12 to 22 votes.
Of the 12,500 remaining ballots in Riverside, Jim Sills at San Diego Rostra is estimating that approximately 450 of them are Democratic ballots in Senate District 40.
Here’s all the info at Rostra.
July 10th, 2010 at 12:00 am
At least one media outlet apparently noted yesterday that the additional ballots could be good for Salas, since she led in previous Riverside tallies. This suggests that some in the media don’t understand the difference between early and late Absentees.
Vargas gained in later absentees and provisionals. These ballots now are of course later absentees. Last night’s trend suggests it could continue in Vargas’ direction.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:00 am
Barry and Readers:
Juan Vargas officially claimed
Victory today, and the margin is
indeed just 22 votes…24,282 for Vargas to 24,260 for Mary Salas.
STILL TO COME: Recounts!
The Salas camp was making noises
about recounts last week, and who
can blame them with such a tiny
margin?
The fun may just be starting, so
pull up a chair, pop some
popcorn and watch “Battle of the Donkeys…This Time It Counts!”
Jantz and Sills say: 2 Thumbs Up.
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