Click on a county to see how many precincts. A county I never heard of in upper upper CA had 62. San Diego County had over two thousand.
As votes come in and are counted. The precincts report batches up to the county and the counties report batches up to the state. Thousands of precincts. Dozens of counties doing multple counts a day.
Election results posted on Election Night are semi-official results based on the in-person ballots cast at voting locations on Election Day, any early voted ballots cast in person prior to Election Day, and any vote-by-mail ballots received and processed prior to Election Day.
The complete tally of votes is never finished on Election Night as vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day and received within seven days after the election, as well as any provisional ballots cast, must still be counted. These ballots are always counted during the official canvass period in the 30 days after Election Day.
While media outlets and others may “call” an election contest, or candidates may “concede” to their opponent, on Election Night or the in days following, these calls and concessions are based on the semi-official results and not the final election results. The election results are never final until the Secretary of State has compiled the official statewide results after all county elections officials have reported their official canvass of the votes.
Colorado requires mail in ballots to arrive at the election office by Election Day to be counted. This election week and election months thing is bullshit.
Results are reported by county, but each county has different precincts.
Here's the county map in CA. https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/map
Click on a county to see how many precincts. A county I never heard of in upper upper CA had 62. San Diego County had over two thousand.
As votes come in and are counted. The precincts report batches up to the county and the counties report batches up to the state. Thousands of precincts. Dozens of counties doing multple counts a day.
Here's info on the counting
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/california-vote-counting-process
Every number you see is a preliminary number.
Nothing is official yet
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/california-vote-counting-process
Election results posted on Election Night are semi-official results based on the in-person ballots cast at voting locations on Election Day, any early voted ballots cast in person prior to Election Day, and any vote-by-mail ballots received and processed prior to Election Day.
The complete tally of votes is never finished on Election Night as vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day and received within seven days after the election, as well as any provisional ballots cast, must still be counted. These ballots are always counted during the official canvass period in the 30 days after Election Day.
While media outlets and others may “call” an election contest, or candidates may “concede” to their opponent, on Election Night or the in days following, these calls and concessions are based on the semi-official results and not the final election results. The election results are never final until the Secretary of State has compiled the official statewide results after all county elections officials have reported their official canvass of the votes.
Colorado requires mail in ballots to arrive at the election office by Election Day to be counted. This election week and election months thing is bullshit.
Great explanation of how they have changed Election Day into election month and have several options to insert or delete votes along the way.