An effort to remove three members of the Blue Lake City Council succeeded in collecting only enough valid signatures for one recall election to move forward, that of Mayor Pro Tem Elise Scafani. In an interview with the Journal, Interim Blue Lake City Manager Jill Duffy said the city received three of what are known […]
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Still Tied: Blue Lake City Council Race Heading to Random Selection
As the old adage goes, every vote counts, something two candidates locked in a tie for a third open seat on the Blue Lake City Council now know all too well. The final cumulative report from the Nov. 5 election released by the Humboldt County Elections Office on Tuesday shows hopefuls Adelene Jones and Kat […]
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Election Results Update: Fernandez Pulls Ahead in Eureka, Earth Flag Measure Gains Ground
With another 9,614 ballots counted, some leads widened while others shrank slightly, but overall the votes fell along the same lines as election night. The notable exceptions was the Ward 3 race for the Eureka City Council and a Earth flag measure in Arcata. Meanwhile, Juan Pablo Cervantes strengthened his lead over Tiffany Hunt Nielsen […]
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Bushnell Takes Second District Supes Race in Final Tally
There’s a new supervisor-elect in the Second District. The Humboldt County Elections Office released final results today for the Nov. 3 election and they have challenger Michelle Bushnell besting two-term incumbent and current Board of Supervisors Chair Estelle Fennell, having taken 52 percent of the vote to Fennell’s 48 percent and winning the race by […]
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Bushnell Grows Lead in Second District Supes Race with Latest Election Tally
The Humboldt County Elections Office has issued its third post-election update, adding about 10,000 ballots to the count, which has strengthened challenger Michelle Bushnell’s lead over two-term incumbent Estelle Fennell in the race to become the county’s next Second District Supervisor. Bushnell, who narrowly trailed Fennell after Election Night, now leads by 356 votes, having […]
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A Flip in the Second
The Humboldt County Elections Office issued its second post-election report Nov. 13, adding about 10,000 ballots to the ongoing tally and turning the race to be Humboldt County’s next Second District supervisor into an absolute nail-biter. With 10,016 votes counted this far in the race, challenger Michelle Bushnell now leads two-term incumbent Estelle Fennell by […]
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First Post-Election Report Narrows Fennell’s Lead in Second District
The Humboldt County Elections Office released its first post-election report this afternoon, adding almost 5,000 ballots to the last tallies released Wednesday morning. The new ballots further narrowed incumbent Second District Supervisor Estelle Fennell’s Election Night lead in a close runoff. She now holds a 197-vote advantage over challenger Michelle Bushnell, having taken 51 percent […]
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Final County Elections Results: Tax Passes in Rio Dell
Perhaps national elections expert David Wasserman spoke too soon about Humboldt, or maybe he just rattled some cages. (See previous post here.) The Humboldt County Elections Office released its final post-election update at 10:51 a.m. today. While the vast majority of races remain unchanged, one notably flipped. Measure J, a renewal of Rio Dell’s 1 […]
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Expert: Humboldt Has More Uncounted Ballots Than Any County in U.S.
Does Humboldt County have the most ballots remaining uncounted of any county in the nation? One national elections expert thinks so. David Wasserman, the house editor for The Cook Political Report and a frequent contributor to FiveThirtyEight, tweeted last night: “I think it was @DKElections that used to describe slow-vote counting election offices as “taking […]
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Election Update: Trinidad Council Race Remains Tight
The Humboldt County Elections Office released updated results this afternoon that leave things pretty much where we left off on election night. The new tallies add about 9,000 votes but the percentages remain roughly the same in most races. Of note is the nail biter up in tiny Trinidad, where six candidates are vying for […]
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Humboldt Sees Huge Turnout
It looks like Humboldt County just saw its biggest midterm election turnout in at least 20 years. Humboldt County Registrar of Voters Kelly Sanders told the Journal this morning that the elections office has 24,588 ballots on hand that still need to be verified and counted, on top of the 29,610 counted on election night. […]
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Final Election Tally: Higgins Hangs On
With the final votes tallied, it looks like Patrick Higgins will retain his seat on the Humboldt County Harbor, Recreation and Conservation Commission. The Humboldt County Elections Office released its post-election update report this afternoon, and it shows that Higgins has built on his 12-vote Election Night lead, and now sits 81 votes ahead of […]