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Brandi Orth
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
"Everyone is still count- ing," Fresno County's election boss Brandi Orth told the Herald late Tuesday.
Orth estimated that on the Wednesday after the Tuesday election there were still another 100,000 ballots countywide to be counted – a combination of about 76,000 late-arriving vote-by-mail ballots as well as about 24,000 provisional ballots.
Orth said the next update of the vote count would be after the Herald goes to press for this week. But, you can check it yourself at fres- novote.com.
She said, "Election offi- cials in California have until Dec. 6 to certify this election. We hope to do it before that date."
When the Herald went to press this week all the local vote leaders still had very solid leads. So, it's not likely the outcome of any of those races, including the one for
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Counting votes
California has until Dec. 6 to certify
the election
the 14th state senate district involving Sanger's apparent state senator elect, Melissa Hurtado, will be affected by the remaining uncounted bal- lots.
Orth gave us a link to the unprocessed ballot report on the Secretary of State's web- site: https://vote.sos.ca.gov/ unprocessed-ballots-status.
"I think it is interesting," she said.
The long count is just the way it is in California and many other states these days.
The late mail in of bal-
lots and the provisional
ones issued at polling places on election day don't get counted until they're checked by election officials in each county. In very populated counties that takes awhile.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported, "By the time all the state’s precincts had reported on election night, about 7.4 million votes had been counted. But by Friday, there were still more than 4.8 million late-arriving and provisional ballots to be tallied.
"Those 12.2 million votes are more than the total population of all but the nation’s six largest states. The 4.8 million ballots left to be counted surpass the number of people who live in Louisiana (population: 4.6 million), the 25th-largest state in the union."
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Jefferson Veterans Day
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Jefferson Elementary School's Veterans Day event on Nov. 9 at the school honored mayor Frank Gon- zalez, above, and several other Sanger military vet- erans. The Marine Corps Birthday Ball and Veterans Celebration on Nov. 10 at the community center honored John "Doc" Bart, right, with his son USMC Maj. Phillip A. Bart standing in the background. Doc Bart is holding a Marine reconnaissance paddle, a gift of honor, presented each year by Those Who Served, the committee that puts on the ball, to the event's guest of honor. The guest's name, rank and branch of service are engraved on the paddle, along with the inscription, "Thank you for your dedi- cation and service to our country and community. Semper Fidelis."
Split vote sets up
another conflict
with city council
Marine Corps Birthday Ball
School board veteran retires
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School board president Pete Filippi, left, became emotional Tuesday eve- ning when presenting a plaque of appreciation to Ken Marcantonio who is retiring from the board after 16 years. Marcantonio, a retired civics teacher who represents trustee district No. 6, will be replaced by Jesse Solorio who won the position in the Nov. 6 election. Filippi was one of Marcantonio's students.
Council will honor Hurtado
See the Jefferson Elementary School Veterans Day story and photos on page 6A and the Marine Corps Birthday Ball story and photos on page 7A.
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
The Measure S Citizens Oversight Committee on Tuesday declined to recommend the city council approve spending $1.7 mil- lion out of the Measure S fund to buy a ladder truck and a new patient gurney for the fire department.
Johnny Perez
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• Nov. 15 - City council meeting, 6 p.m., city hall, 1700 7th St.
• Nov. 20 - Crowning of Miss and Mr. Sanger, 5:30 - 7 p.m. at Business after Hours mixer, Bank of the Sierra
• Nov. 28 - Christmas Tree lighting, 6:30 p.m., downtown at Brehler Square.
With one of the five-member oversight com- mittee, Frank Valles, absent, the votes on the $1.6 million truck and on the $31,927 gurney were 2-2. The tie killed motions to approve staff recommendations for the committee to send "go ahead" messages to the city council. The council is not bound by the committee's decision and could approve the expenditure without the over- sight committee's recommendation. It wouldn't be the first time the council and committee were at odds.
Committee members James Miser and Melissa Griggs, who opposed the recommenda- tions, agreed the purchases were appropriate uses of Measure S funds. They also agreed that spending that much money out of the fund would soon deplete it and require cutbacks in other areas. "The general fund should be picking up this expense, not Measure S," said Miser.
Committee chairman Johnny Perez and com- mittee member Jacob Villagomez favored the recommendations. Both felt it was the commit- tee's responsibility to value public safety needs over budget concerns.
The reporter can be contacted by email at sangerherald@gmail.com.
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
State senator elect Melissa Hurtado will be recognized by the city council at its 6 p.m. meeting this evening at city hall.
Hurtado, who now represents council district No. 1, defeated incumbent Andy Vidak in the 14th state senate district, and as soon as the election is certified will be leaving the council for Sacramen- to.
In other matters the council will consider approving staff recom-
mendations to approve: spending more than $1.7 million out of the Measure S fund to buy a ladder truck and patient gurney for the fire department; new agreements between the City and bargain-
ing units for the Sanger general employees organization and the Sanger middle management organization; and, a grant from
the California Department of Alco- holic Beverage Control.
The reporter can be contacted by email at sangerherald@gmail. com.
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