The Humboldt County Elections Office issued another round of results today, adding 2,166 votes to the tally, with 65,093 votes counted to date, which represents nearly 77 percent of registered voters.
The elections office notes: “This is the final election report prior to the certification of the election.”
According to the Elections Office, a total of 446 potential ballots remain outstanding, though all those may not be deemed valid. Those include 53 provisional ballots and 393 vote-by-mail ballots. All ballots cast at voting centers have been counted.
“All valid vote-by-mail ballots will be counted regardless of the outcome or closeness of any race if they were postmarked by Tuesday, Nov. 5 and were received by Tuesday, Nov. 12,” a release with the updated results states. “The Official Election Results will be published at certification on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. There will be no report published on Friday, Nov. 29.”
The updated results don’t change much, but still leave two candidates tied for the third of three seats up on the Blue Lake City Council after each gained an additional two votes.
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 ballot measures.
Arcata City Council (three seats)
Stacy Atkins-Salazar — 4,664 votes (24.85 percent)
Gregory Daggett — 1,664 votes (8.91 percent)
Shea Love Freedomhowler — 1,143 votes (6.12 percent)
Dana Quillman — 684 votes (3.66 percent)
Sarah Schaefer — 4,183 votes (22.39 percent)
Genevieve Serna — 3,021 votes (16.17 percent)
Alexandra Stillman — 3,333 votes (17.89 percent)
Blue Lake City Council (three seats)
Christopher Edgar — 210 votes (13 percent)
Christopher Guy Firor — 233 votes (14.42 percent)
Adelene Jones — 245 votes (15.16 percent)
Michelle Lewis Lusso — 285 votes (17.64 percent)
Katheryn Napier — 245 (15.16 percent)
Verda Winona Natasha Pitts — 148 votes (9.16 percent)
John Swatzky — 250 votes (15.47 percent)
Eureka City Council, Ward 2
Kenny Carswell — 723 votes (38.19)
Kati Moulton — 1,170 votes (61.81 percent)
Eureka City Council, Ward 4
Scott Bauer — 1,865 votes (68.59 percent)
Thavisak Lucky Syphanthong — 854 votes (31.41 percent)
Ferndale City Council (two seats)
Stuart Altschuler — 365 votes (23.81 percent)
Ryan Farmer — 291 votes (18.98 percent)
Leonard Lund — 447 votes (29.16 percent)
Philip Ostler — 430 votes (28.05 percent)
Fortuna City Council (two seats)
Jerry King — 2,161 votes (29.07 percent)
Neleen Nichols — 1,400 votes (18.83 percent)
Arlene Spiers — 1,157 votes (15.56 percent)
Tami Trent — 2,717 votes (36.54 percent)
Humboldt Bay Harbor and Conservation District, Division 1
Jake Pickering — 1,559 votes (26.93 percent)
Tom Wheeler — 4,230 votes (73.07 percent)
Humboldt Bay Harbor and Conservation District, Division 5
Wilfred Franklin — 5,124 votes (47.58 percent)
Jack Norton — 5,646 votes (52.42 percent)
Ballot Measures
Measure D: Would impose a special tax to fund Kneeland Fire Protection District services. Yes: 311 (73.87 percent). No: 110 (26.13 percent)
Measure E: Would impose a special tax to fund Peninsula Community Services District fire services. 153 (83.15 percent). No: 31 (16.85 percent)
Measure F: Would enact zoning changes to protect Eureka municipal parking lots from development and rezone the former Jacobs Middle School campus. 3,484 (30.61 percent). No: 7,899 (69.39 percent)
Measure G: Would renew a special parcel tax to fund Arcata School District services. 5,420 (82.47 percent). No: 1,152 (17.53 percent)
Measure H: Would impose a 0.75-percent sales tax in Arcata to fund city services. 5,273 (65.20 percent). No: 2,815 (34.80 percent)
*Measure I: Would allow the Redwoods Community College District to issue up to $120 million in school bonds. Yes: 35,233 (57.99 percent). No: 25,523 (42.01 percent)
*Measure J: Would allow the Ferndale Unified School District to issue up to $9.8 million in school bonds. 896 (54.30 percent). No: 754 (45.70 percent)
*Measure K: Would allow the Cutten School District to issue up to $5 million in school bonds. 1,544 (56.68 percent). No: 1,180 (43.42 percent)
Measure L: Would extend a 0.75-percent sales tax in Trinidad to fund city services Yes: 145 (67.44 percent). No: 70 (32.56 percent)
Measure M: Would increase the appropriations limit for the Arcata Fire Protection District for existing revenue. Yes: 13,285 (74.94 percent). No: 4,443 (25.06 percent)
*Measure N: Would allow the McKinleyville Union School District to issue up to $18.5 million in school bonds. 4,910 (60.87 percent). No: 3,153 (39.13 percent) Measure O: Would impose a 1-percent sales tax countywide to support county services, including road repairs and emergency response. Yes: 39,117 (63.38 percent). No: 22,602 (36.62 percent)
Measure P: Would impose a 0.75-percent sales tax in Fortuna to fund city services. Yes: 2,160 (41.63 percent). No: 3,029 (58.37 percent)
*Requires a 55-percent vote to pass.
Source: The Humboldt County Elections Office.
This article appears in Bitten.
