Election 2026

With the dust still settling on an historic and stunning national election that saw an all-encompassing blue wave sweep across the country, several local races are still too close to call. As of Nov. 6, according to a release from the Humboldt County Elections Office, about half of the known ballots cast — 24,463 as of that date — remained to be tallied, the vast majority vote-by mail, or 23,096. Rounding out the rest were 1,096 provisional ballots, 20 from voting locations and 251 described as “left to cure,” which could be due to a range of possible reasons, including the return envelope missing a signature or with one that doesn’t match what’s on file. But, the release notes, “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. 3, and were received by Tuesday, Nov.

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