The San Francisco Department of Elections just released the results of another 6,106 ballots. The total of processed ballots is now 396,543 — 75.93 percent of the electorate.
Perhaps 15,800 ballots remain. Of these, 14,400 are provisional ballots cast throughout the city and at City Hall on Election Day. Scrutinizing provisional ballots requires additional time, and not all may be accepted.
Let’s dive right into the only two remaining contested races: District 11 supervisor, and the fourth and last open spot on the Board of Education:
In District 11, Chyanne Chen is still leading with 11,931 votes to Michael Lai’s 11,727 — just a 204-vote difference. Lai gained one vote compared to yesterday.
“Most of the provisional ballots for D11 are now reviewed and processed and those votes are included in the preliminary results reports,” said Elections Director John Arntz. “The remaining provisional ballots are nearly all from districts besides D11.”
Chen’s lead continues to be fueled by the district’s third-place finisher Ernest “EJ” Jones. According to the latest results today, Jones has 2,822 of his votes transferred to Chen and 1,558 to Lai.
In the Board of Education race, Matt Alexander, the incumbent Board President, solidified his lead on John Jersin for the fourth and final open seat now by 454 votes — gaining 96 votes from yesterday. Alexander has 120,010 votes while Jersin is at 119,556 votes after today’s results.
If things keep trending Alexander’s way, he will return to the board with three top vote-getters Jaime Huling, Parag Gupta and Supriya Ray — three newcomers who are poised to take office with him in January.
The next election update is slated for Friday at 4 p.m.
Additional reporting by Joe Eskenazi.
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