Clerk-Recorder

Precincts Reported:

This is to indicate the number of precincts for which we have received and counted their precinct ballots at the central tabulation location on election night. The idea is to give an indication of how close we are to being done for the night. The final unofficial election night results report will show 100% of precincts reporting (see below for an example). For example, there are 18 consolidated voting precincts for the April 18, 2023, Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Special Election. If we have received and counted the precinct ballots from 9 precincts, the Precincts Reported will show 9 of 18 (50.00%) – halfway done for the evening.

 

Voters Cast:

This indicates the number and percentage of ballots counted compared to the number of registered voters as of 15 days prior to Election Day. This number will increase as ballots are counted, and the final official report for the election will indicate the final numbers, also referred to as “turnout.”  For example, the final Voters Cast for the November 8, 2022, General Election was 121,156 of 182,291 which is 66.46%:

 

Times Cast:

This number is shown for each contest and indicates the number of ballots counted that contain the contest. This number is broken down between Polling and Vote by Mail Ballots. For example, the final official results for the United States Representative, 24th District contest from the November 8, 2022, General Election are shown below:

This shows that a total of 77,647 ballots were counted of 115,865 voters within that district within San Luis Obispo county. Of those ballots, 73,139 were Vote by Mail and 4,508 were cast at a polling place. You may also note that there were 86 precincts within the 24^th congressional district within our county, and the turnout of those voters (67.02%) was slightly higher than the turnout countywide (66.46%).

 

Additional Contest-Level Information:

Undervotes – the number of ballots where the voter marked fewer ovals than the “vote for”. In the above example, it is a Vote for 1 contest, which means a total of 1,820 voters did not mark a choice for this contest.

Overvotes – the number of ballots where the voter marked more ovals than the “vote for”. In the above example, two voters marked more than one choice for this contest.

Total Votes – the number of votes for each candidate in the contest. This number will often be less than the Times Cast (ballots containing the contest) due to undervotes and overvotes.

Unresolved Write-In – the only time you may see a number other than zero in this row is on the election night reports. Write-in votes must be examined (adjudicated) by a team of two staff members who can read the voter’s handwriting and determine and allocate any votes for qualified candidates. This process is done during the official canvass period in the days following election night.

 

Other Counties:

To see the results for Monterey County’s portion of the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District, please visit  https://www.montereycountyelections.us/