By Ricardo Roura
Even though California primary vote counting began before Election Day, The result of the different contests can be announced several days later.
In accordance with a previously established and authorized schedule, Preliminary results would be announced on the night of the voting and in the following days.but without knowing who the winner is in most elections.
Voter turnout in this year’s primaries is expected to exceeds 30% of that registered in the midterm primary elections in 2022driven by the great interest in the California gubernatorial race.
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According to PollTracker, As of this Thursday morning, some 6.5 million votes have been counted of the 23 million registered voters in California.
The counting of all remaining votes may take several days, or even weeks.so there is uncertainty about the candidate who obtained the greatest number of votes, especially among those who registered for the California gubernatorial election.
In accordance with state law, mail-in ballots received up to a week later and that have the date of the voting day (June 2) on the postmark, they will be counted.
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Late Tuesday night, election officials provided the first batch of preliminary results, which included ballots that arrived by mail before primary day.
In the following hours, ballots that were delivered at voting centers were included in the days before the elections.
Until this Thursday morning, Republican Steve Hilton led the race for governor of California with 28% of the votefollowed by Democratic candidates Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer, with 25% and 20%, respectively.
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Under California’s primary system, the two candidates who receive the highest number of votes They advance to the November general electionsregardless of your party.
Due to the large number of ballots that remain to be counted, It still cannot be confirmed that Hilton and Becerra are the two candidates who will face each other in November to fill the position currently held by Gavin Newsom.
“The most likely thing is that Hilton and Becerra win. It is entirely possible that we will get a surprise as more votes are counted“Declared political science professor at Menlo College, Melissa Michelson, in an interview with the Fox network.
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There are other state elections that They will also be defined in the November general elections, such as the vice-governorshipwhich has Josh Fryday, Fiona Ma and Gloria Romero as main candidates.
The lieutenant governor assumes the functions of governor when the state president is sick or outside California. He can also cast swing votes in the state Senate and serves on the regents of the University of California.
Under state law, county election officials They have until July 3 to finish counting all the ballots and they must certify the results before July 10.
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