The Humboldt County Elections Office has issued its first post election report, adding 8,186 votes to the tally, with 62,927 votes counted thus far, representing about 74.26 percent of registered voters.
The updated results don’t change much, but they do leave two candidates in a dead heat for the third of three seats up on the Blue Lake City Council.
There are, however, more votes left to count. According to the Elections Office, a total of 2,431 potential ballots remain outstanding, though all those may not be deemed valid. Specifically, the office reports it has 2,004 provisional ballots that still need to be processed, as well as 393 vote-by-mail ballots and another 34 cast at voting centers.
Here’s a rundown of the results so far in the races for city council, open seats on the Humboldt Bay Harbor and Conservation District and local ballots measures.
Arcata City Council (three seats)
Stacy Atkins-Salazar — 4,492 votes (25.75 percent)
Gregory Daggett — 1,323 votes (7.58 percent)
Shea Love Freedomhowler — 933 votes (5.35 percent)
Dana Quillman — 627 votes (3.59 percent)
Sarah Schaefer — 3,615 votes (23.37 percent)
Genevieve Serna — 2,781 votes (15.94 percent)
Alexandra Stillman — 3,221 votes (18.47 percent)
Blue Lake City Council (three seats)
Christopher Edgar — 209 votes (13.01 percent)
Christopher Guy Firor — 232 votes (14.44 percent)
Adelene Jones — 243 votes (15.12 percent)
Michelle Lewis Lusso — 285 votes (17.73 percent)
Katheryn Napier — 243 (15.12 percent)
Verda Winona Natasha Pitts — 131 votes (9.09 percent)
John Swatzky — 249 votes (15.49 percent)
Eureka City Council, Ward 2
Kenny Carswell — 715 votes (38.28)
Kati Moulton — 1,153 votes (61.72 percent)
Eureka City Council, Ward 4
Scott Bauer — 1,838 votes (68.76 percent)
Thavisak Lucky Syphanthong — 835 votes (31.24 percent)
Ferndale City Council (two seats)
Stuart Altschuler — 358 votes (23.71 percent)
Ryan Farmer — 286 votes (18.94 percent)
Leonard Lund — 441 votes (29.21 percent)
Philip Ostler — 425 votes (28.15 percent)
Fortuna City Council (two seats)
Jerry King — 2,116 votes (28.97 percent)
Neleen Nichols — 1,372 votes (18.78 percent)
Arlene Spiers — 1,134 votes (15.52 percent)
Tami Trent — 2,683 votes (36.73 percent)
Humboldt Bay Harbor and Conservation District, Division 1
Jake Pickering — 1,488 votes (26.47 percent)
Tom Wheeler — 4,133 votes (73.53 percent)
Humboldt Bay Harbor and Conservation District, Division 5
Wilfred Franklin — 5,016 votes (47.43 percent)
Jack Norton — 5,560 votes (52.57 percent)
Ballot Measures
Measure D: Would impose a special tax to fund Kneeland Fire Protection District services. Yes: 305 (74.03 percent). No: 107 (25.97 percent)
Measure E: Would impose a special tax to fund Peninsula Community Services District fire services. 144 (82.76 percent). No: 30 (17.24 percent)
Measure F: Would enact zoning changes to protect Eureka municipal parking lots from development and rezone the former Jacobs Middle School campus. 3,355 (30.28 percent). No: 7,724 (69.72 percent)
Measure G: Would renew a special parcel tax to fund Arcata School District services. 4,847 (81.54 percent). No: 1,0097 (18.46 percent)
Measure H: Would impose a 0.75-percent sales tax in Arcata to fund city services. 4,735 (64.06 percent). No: 2,656 (35.94 percent)
*Measure I: Would allow the Redwoods Community College District to issue up to $120 million in school bonds. Yes: 33,915 (57.57 percent). No: 24,991 (42.43 percent)
*Measure J: Would allow the Ferndale Unified School District to issue up to $9.8 million in school bonds. 880 (54.19 percent). No: 744 (45.81 percent)
*Measure K: Would allow the Cutten School District to issue up to $5 million in school bonds. 1,517 (56.60 percent). No: 1,163 (43.40 percent)
Measure L: Would extend a 0.75-percent sales tax in Trinidad to fund city services Yes: 142 (67.94 percent). No: 67 (32.06 percent)
Measure M: Would increase the appropriations limit for the Arcata Fire Protection District for existing revenue. Yes: 12,607 (74.61 percent). No: 4,291 (25.39 percent)
*Measure N: Would allow the McKinleyville Union School District to issue up to $18.5 million in school bonds. 4,796 (60.69 percent). No: 3,107 (39.31 percent)
Measure O: Would impose a 1-percent sales tax countywide to support county services, including road repairs and emergency response. Yes: 37,598 (62.85 percent). No: 22,220 (37.15 percent)
Measure P: Would impose a 0.75-percent sales tax in Fortuna to fund city services. Yes: 2,104 (41.46 percent). No: 2,971 (58.54 percent)
*Requires a 55-percent vote to pass.
Source: The Humboldt County Elections Office.
This article appears in Bitten.
