Nevada City Calif. – Election Day is Tuesday, but final certified results will not be available for weeks because of California state law.
Nevada County Elections will report results of the Statewide Direct Primary Election shortly after 8 p.m. when polls close and every two hours until all in-person votes are counted that evening. Afterward, updated results will be reported by 4:30 p.m. Fridays and Tuesdays until the count is completed. Election results can be viewed at www.NevadaCountyCa.gov/June2Election.
By law, the earliest date the election can be certified is June 26. Counties have until July 2 to certify election results.
“People understandably want election results quickly, but the state Legislature has decided that accountability and accuracy are more important than speed,” said Registrar of Voters Armando Salud-Ambriz.
The canvass, an official review process that takes place after every election, will begin Thursday, June 4 at the Ballot Processing Center, 12740 Loma Rica Drive, Grass Valley. Anybody may observe the process.
“Every ballot goes through multiple verification and review steps to help ensure every eligible voter’s ballot is counted,” Salud-Ambriz said. “The canvass process is designed to count every eligible ballot as prescribed by law and without tighter deadlines to protect the integrity of the election.”
Election workers will:
- Review and count provisional ballots (used when there is a question about a voter’s registration or eligibility at the time of voting) and ballots from voters who registered after the voter registration deadline (conditional registration).
- Count ballots postmarked by June 2 that arrive up to seven days later.
- Reach out to the voters who submitted ballots with problems with the signature to give them a chance to verify or “cure” their signature.
- Conduct a required post-election audit June 10, in which staff will conduct a manual tally of 1% of precincts casting ballots. The results will be compared with the machine count to ensure accuracy.
“Transparency is an important part of the canvass process,” said Salud-Ambriz said. “We encourage members of the public to learn more about the canvass process, observe the work being done and ask questions.”