Amador County – The Amador County Election Department was expected to resume the counting of votes in the Sutter Creek election today (June 14th) in a tightly contested Measure N race that had an 8-vote difference in its outcome. Provisional and absentee ballots were scheduled to be counted today, with Measure N deciding whether to uphold or repeal city council action approving the Gold Rush Ranch & Golf Resort. The election last Tuesday (June 8th) closed its polls at 8 p.m., and shortly after that, the election department tallied a count of the early ballots it had received – nearly 7,000 ballots county-wide. Of those, 777 ballots were from Sutter Creek. With the first tally, made at 8:05 p.m. on election day, the “yes” votes on Measure N led the count with 57 percent of the vote, or 443 votes. The “no” side had 334 votes, or 42.99 percent. The votes came in from precincts around the county, including 2 different voting places in Sutter Creek, at City Hall and at the Sutter Creek Fire Station Number 1 on Old Highway 49 heading toward Amador City. The boxes were brought from precincts all over Amador County, arriving around 8:30 p.m. at the county administration building, and were brought into the voting counting area in the elections office. The county was staffed by county volunteers, including District 1 Supervisor John Plasse, County Counsel Martha Shaver and others. County staff unpacked the paper ballots, which were run through electronic vote counting machines by the volunteer group. District 3 Supervisor Ted Novelli and board Chairman, Supervisor Brian Oneto of District 5 (with Social Services Director Matthew Zanze) brought the ballot boxes into the voting area on carts. Novelli and Oneto both were reelected to their positions in uncontested races in the vote last week. By 9:12 p.m., the first ballot box from Sutter Creek had been counted. With 146 more ballots, the Measure N “No” side gained 99 votes and nearly 4 percentage points, to trail the vote 47 percent to 53 percent. The “yes” side gained 47 votes. The next ballot box from Sutter Creek was counted with the results released at 9:44 p.m. Of the 257 ballots that were counted, the No’s outnumbered the Yes votes, 161 to
96, and the No’s took an 8-vote lead, with 50.34 percent of the vote, to 49.66 percent. The election department has 28 days from election day to certify results of the primary election. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Monday, 14 June 2010 06:10
Sutter Creek Election Count to Resume Today
Amador County – The Amador County Election Department was expected to resume the counting of votes in the Sutter Creek election today (June 14th) in a tightly contested Measure N race that had an 8-vote difference in its outcome. Provisional and absentee ballots were scheduled to be counted today, with Measure N deciding whether to uphold or repeal city council action approving the Gold Rush Ranch & Golf Resort. The election last Tuesday (June 8th) closed its polls at 8 p.m., and shortly after that, the election department tallied a count of the early ballots it had received – nearly 7,000 ballots county-wide. Of those, 777 ballots were from Sutter Creek. With the first tally, made at 8:05 p.m. on election day, the “yes” votes on Measure N led the count with 57 percent of the vote, or 443 votes. The “no” side had 334 votes, or 42.99 percent. The votes came in from precincts around the county, including 2 different voting places in Sutter Creek, at City Hall and at the Sutter Creek Fire Station Number 1 on Old Highway 49 heading toward Amador City. The boxes were brought from precincts all over Amador County, arriving around 8:30 p.m. at the county administration building, and were brought into the voting counting area in the elections office. The county was staffed by county volunteers, including District 1 Supervisor John Plasse, County Counsel Martha Shaver and others. County staff unpacked the paper ballots, which were run through electronic vote counting machines by the volunteer group. District 3 Supervisor Ted Novelli and board Chairman, Supervisor Brian Oneto of District 5 (with Social Services Director Matthew Zanze) brought the ballot boxes into the voting area on carts. Novelli and Oneto both were reelected to their positions in uncontested races in the vote last week. By 9:12 p.m., the first ballot box from Sutter Creek had been counted. With 146 more ballots, the Measure N “No” side gained 99 votes and nearly 4 percentage points, to trail the vote 47 percent to 53 percent. The “yes” side gained 47 votes. The next ballot box from Sutter Creek was counted with the results released at 9:44 p.m. Of the 257 ballots that were counted, the No’s outnumbered the Yes votes, 161 to
96, and the No’s took an 8-vote lead, with 50.34 percent of the vote, to 49.66 percent. The election department has 28 days from election day to certify results of the primary election. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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