Kamala Harris - For California Attorney General 2010

Attorney General Campaign Update

By Kamala Harris Campaign
November 8, 2010

We all remember the first few hours after the polls closed last Tuesday night. Because the first ballots counted were from heavily Republican counties, Steve Cooley opened an 8-point lead that led Cooley to declare himself the victor, yet by Wednesday morning Kamala Harris was ahead.

As the counties tabulate late-arriving absentees and provisional ballots, we’ll see many abrupt swings in the vote totals. The current count shows Cooley with a small lead for the same reason he appeared to be ahead early on Tuesday evening – the overwhelming majority of the ballots that have been counted since November 2nd have come from conservative counties where Cooley won by large margins. For example, the current vote tally reflects results from Orange County, which represents only 8 to 9 percent of the statewide vote; yet Orange County accounts for nearly one-fourth of all the votes that have been counted post November 2nd. The majority of the counties where Kamala surged on Election Day, including many counties where she defeated Cooley by a two-to-one margin, have yet to tally their uncounted ballots in any significant numbers.

Furthermore, few counties have yet counted provisional ballots, which traditionally have leaned towards Democratic candidates.  You can learn more about the provisional balloting process at the Secretary of State’s website.  Voters can also check the status of their ballots --contact information is available here.

While the ultimate outcome may not be determined for several weeks, our supporters wasted little time in organizing and activating one of the largest volunteer vote-monitoring teams in California statewide election history to ensure that every vote is counted. As of this morning, we have recruited more than 1,000 volunteers who are being dispatched county-by-county to ensure the integrity of the ballot counting process. We are incredibly grateful to our friends and supporters who are volunteering their time to help protect the vote, and to everybody that has supported us throughout this process.

Source: Kamala Harris Campaign

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