Amador County -The election office said Thursday that it still has just over 1,400 ballots that could be counted in Tuesday’s election, which could have an impact on some of the tighter local races in Amador County. Debbie Smith, elections supervisor for the Amador elections office, said that 261 provisional votes came back from polling places Tuesday. The provisional votes were cast when the voter possibly did not have an absentee ballot to surrender at the polls or for other reasons. Smith said that the elections office also received 1,142 ballots by mail before the cutoff time to vote but after the other absentee ballots had been processed. Those ballots had not been processed and added to the total vote counts. Those remaining ballots total 1,403. She said the elections office was in the process of verifying signatures for the remaining absentee ballots left to tally. She said that the tallying might take place sometime today, Friday, November 7th. The 261 provisional ballots must be checked to see if they are valid and whether they will be tallied, to add to vote counts. The tightest finish Tuesday was in the Plymouth City Council race, where three seats were available to six candidates. Incumbent Councilman Greg Baldwin was 2 votes shy of third place, with 179 votes to third-place winner, Maria Nunez, who had 181 votes. Mayor Jon Colburn took the most votes, receiving 240 and Councilwoman Patricia Shackleton was second with 214 votes. In another close 3-seat race, incumbent Jackson City Councilman Alfred A. Nunes was 6 votes behind the third place finisher Marilyn Lewis, who took 730 votes to Nunes’ 724. Keith Sweet was second in vote numbers with 795 votes and Wayne Garibaldi led the count with 1,190 votes. Story by Jim Reece
Friday, 07 November 2008 00:03
The Election Still Has Votes
Amador County -The election office said Thursday that it still has just over 1,400 ballots that could be counted in Tuesday’s election, which could have an impact on some of the tighter local races in Amador County. Debbie Smith, elections supervisor for the Amador elections office, said that 261 provisional votes came back from polling places Tuesday. The provisional votes were cast when the voter possibly did not have an absentee ballot to surrender at the polls or for other reasons. Smith said that the elections office also received 1,142 ballots by mail before the cutoff time to vote but after the other absentee ballots had been processed. Those ballots had not been processed and added to the total vote counts. Those remaining ballots total 1,403. She said the elections office was in the process of verifying signatures for the remaining absentee ballots left to tally. She said that the tallying might take place sometime today, Friday, November 7th. The 261 provisional ballots must be checked to see if they are valid and whether they will be tallied, to add to vote counts. The tightest finish Tuesday was in the Plymouth City Council race, where three seats were available to six candidates. Incumbent Councilman Greg Baldwin was 2 votes shy of third place, with 179 votes to third-place winner, Maria Nunez, who had 181 votes. Mayor Jon Colburn took the most votes, receiving 240 and Councilwoman Patricia Shackleton was second with 214 votes. In another close 3-seat race, incumbent Jackson City Councilman Alfred A. Nunes was 6 votes behind the third place finisher Marilyn Lewis, who took 730 votes to Nunes’ 724. Keith Sweet was second in vote numbers with 795 votes and Wayne Garibaldi led the count with 1,190 votes. Story by Jim Reece
