The San Francisco Department of Elections just dropped the results of another 6,281 ballots, bringing the grand total of ballots to 409,747 — 78.46 percent of the electorate.
Very few ballots are left to be counted — only around 3,300 of them. That includes — just 500 vote-by-mail ballots and 2,800 provisional ones cast at polling places throughout the city and the City Hall voting center.
There are only two remaining contested races: District 11 supervisor and the fourth and last seat on the Board of Education.
In District 11, Chyanne Chen is still in the lead with 11,971 votes to her moderate opponent Michael Lai’s 11,781 — just a 190 vote gap. Lai gained two votes from yesterday.
Today, 329 ballots in total have been counted in District 11, including 42 vote-by-mail ballots and 287 provisional ones.
In addition, there are few outstanding votes remaining citywide and even fewer are left to count in District 11. Elections Director John Arntz told Mission Local on Thursday that “most of the provisional ballots for D11 are now reviewed and processed and those votes are included in the preliminary results reports.”
“The remaining provisional ballots are nearly all from districts besides D11,” Arntz added.
While 190 votes is a narrow gap, there are just very few ballots left to count, rendering a Lai comeback improbable.
In the Board of Education race, incumbent Board President Matt Alexander kept up his lead of 250 votes on John Jersin for the fourth and last spot on the board — but Jersin drew 48 votes closer. Alexander now has 122,186 votes while Jersin is at 121,936 votes.
Top vote-getters Jaime Huling, Parag Gupta and Supriya Ray remain in their spots and are poised to take office in January.
The next election update is slated for Monday, Nov. 18, at 4 p.m.
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