When will next SLO County election results be dropped? Here’s what to expect
There are still some big ballot updates to come in San Luis Obispo County following a flurry of early Election Night results that showed two close contests for supervisor seats and incumbents easily advancing in congressional and Assembly races.
SLO County clerk-recorder Elaina Cano said the next release of primary results will be reported Thursday by 5 p.m.
That results drop will likely be “quite sizable” due to the volume of drop box and mailed ballots coming in, Erin Clausen, the public information officer for the county Clerk-Recorder’s office, told The Tribune.
After Thursday, the elections office will continue to report results at least twice a week, Clausen said.
According to a new state law, counties are required to have the bulk of all tabulation done by June 15, though provisional ballots and those needing signature cures will continue to be counted past that deadline.
Cano said that voter turnout for the primary election continues to be lower than expected.
According to the county Clerk-Recorder’s Office, 36,067 votes had been counted as of Wednesday morning. That represents a voter turnout rate of roughly 19.8% after 182,126 ballots were sent to registered voters.
However, that number will continue to change over the coming weeks as more vote-by-mail ballots are counted.
“We still have ballots that have been postmarked on or before election that will be coming in the mail today,” Cano told The Tribune. “Nevertheless, it still appears as though it will be a low turnout.”
Despite the lower-than-average turnout, Cano said the election had gone “very smoothly,” especially after the implementation of new tools — including e-pollbooks and a new vote-by-mail envelope scanner — helped speed up operations.
“We are seeing faster processing, better workflow coordination and overall smoother election administration,” she said in an email. “I’m very pleased with how everything is coming together and incredibly proud of the work our team has done.”
