Vote-count underway for California’s Presidential Primary Election

The California Primary is finally upon us. The polls are set to close at 8 p.m. Riverside County residents have been heading to the polls to cast their votes for President, Senate, Congress and several other key races.

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KESQ and CBS Local 2 will have the results as soon as the Registrar of Voter’s Office has updates.

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All ballots, including vote-by-mail ballots, must be received at the Registrar of voters office or any polling place within Riverside County no later than the close of polls on Election Day or be postmarked on or before Election Day and received no later than three days after Election Day to be counted.

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Out of 909,922 registered voters, 617,532 vote-by-mail ballots have been issued and 189,115 have been returned.

Voters who turned in ballots by Monday can be part of the Election Night excitement because results from their ballots are among the first released after the polls close. Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer said approximately 171,337 voters already have cast ballots for the election.

Vote-by-mail ballots dropped off at polling places on Tuesday will be counted in the days following the election. An estimated 150,000 ballots will remain to be counted after Election Day as a result of vote-by-mail ballots dropped off or postmarked on Tuesday and provisional ballots cast at the polling places.

Tentative schedule for ballot results on Election Night and beyond:

Polls close Tuesday at 8 p.m.
Approximately 8:30 p.m., vote-by-mail and mid-day pick up results will be released.
Approximately 9 p.m., early voting results will be released. This will result only in minimal change to vote totals.
Approximately 10 p.m., first polling place results will be released as workers continue transporting ballots from around the county to Riverside for counting. This update will include polling place ballots arriving to the registrar’s office for tabulation prior to 9:30 p.m.
Hourly polling place results will be updated until 1 a.m.
After 1 a.m., updated polling place results will be released every 90 minutes.

Depending on voter turnout, polling place ballot counts will likely continue until 3 a.m. on Wednesday. For election results, check www.voteinfo.net after the polls close and keep track of other Election Day information on Facebook and Twitter.

To find your assigned polling place, please go to the Registrar of Voters’ website at www.voteinfo.net or call (951) 486-7200. Polls are open from 7 a.m. through 8 p.m.

You may also cast a ballot in the Registrar of Voters office on Election Day between the hours of 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. The Registrar of voters office is located at 2724 Gateway Drive in Riverside.

More voter information is available at www.voteinfo.net.