Statewide Preliminary Results

Preliminary election results are being released by the CA
Secretary of State. Note that final results
are not due from local counties until December 7. The CA Secretary of State has until December 14 to certify results state-wide.

• View preliminary results here on SmartVoter.org
  

Why Do Final Results Take So Long?

During each election cycle, hundreds of thousands of ballots are not
counted on Election Day. Many vote-by-mail ballots arrive on
Election Day. Local elections officials
must confirm each voter’s registration status,
signature on the envelope, and ensure each person did not
vote elsewhere. Provisional ballots go through a similar process. Ballots that cannot be machine-read must be remade by elections
officials.

For the most up-to-date vote counts before the statewide certified results are published, contact a
county elections office directly.