Thousands of ballots still need to be counted, and the Alameda County election results may be misleading some voters to think a winner has already been determined.
still remains tight and far from over, though Alameda County’s messy reporting of ranked choice results has led voters to assume otherwise.
A voter reading those tabulations — listed on the registrar’s website under the heading “Ranked Choice Voting Results: General Election — might incorrectly assume, as many on the internet have done, that Taylor has already won the election., which allows voters to list their top five preferences, “eliminates” last-place candidates and transfers their votes to their supporters’ second-choice candidates. The votes are shuffled until one candidates reaches more than 50% voter approval.
In a press statement on Wednesday, Thao’s campaign stated there were 70,000 ballots left to count, citing the registrar’s estimate, but later said the number was wrong. The campaign said they did not know how many ballots were left. For reference, the city’s 2018 mayoral election counted more than 158,000 total votes, while the 2014 race drew 101,888 votes.
With thousands of ballots still left to count, Bas was leading challenger Harold Lowe 60% to 40%; Ramachandran led challenger Nenna Joiner 64% to 36%; and Jenkins, with 67%, was handily leading three challengers who were fairly evenly split.
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