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SCC VOTES TALLYING CONTINUES 11/28-29/16A S.S.

Santa  Cruz  county  election  officials  say  they  have  finished  tallying  all  of  the  Mail-In  Ballots  cast  by  Santa  Cruz  county  voters  November  8th.     The  next  step  is  tallying  the  approximately  7,500  Provisional  Ballots.    They  hope  to  have  their  final  tally  complete   by  Friday.

There  are  still  several  close  local  races….

  • As of Friday, Watonsville’s District 2 City Council race had Oscar Rios with 631 votes, while contender David Hermosillo had 622 votes. Watsonville’s District 6 race had incumbent Trina Coffman-Gomez with 957 votes and Doreen Martinez with 924.
  • For one remaining Capitola City Council seat, incumbent Ed Bottorff had 1,490 votes, while write-in candidate Sam Storey had 1,422.
  • Measure D, which requires more than 66.6 percent of the vote to pass, continues to hold slim approval, with 67.46 percent support.

Final certification of the November 8th election is expected to occur on December 6th

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