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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - New numbers are being reported Tuesday nighttime successful the contention for California's 13th legislature district.
After weeks of counting, Democrat Adam Gray present has a flimsy pb implicit incumbent Republican John Duarte.
As of Tuesday evening, Gray present has 104,503 votes to Duarte's 104,321 votes. It's conscionable an 182-vote difference.
This update came arsenic Merced County Registrar of Voters Melvin Levey said they've present processed each ballot successful Merced County.
"So different than those ballots that are, that are eligible to beryllium cured, you know, determination volition beryllium nary different updates. And I tin archer you that we are inactive getting those attraction affidavits in. And truthful we'll update the totals arsenic needed. But, um, you know, but we are 1 measurement person to having certified results, which we volition person connected Dec. 3," helium said.
In 2022, voters saw this aforesaid nonstop matchup and Gray mislaid by 564 votes. It was the 2nd closest successful the federation during the 2022 midterm election.
It was truthful adjacent and took truthful agelong to count. Both Gray and present freshman Congressman Duarte, went to predisposition connected Capitol Hill together, arsenic the contention was conscionable excessively adjacent to call.
Levey said they person nether 1,500 ballots that are presently challenged, mostly for issues with the voter's signature.
He said authorities instrumentality allows the elector to hole the contented by 5 p.m. connected Dec. 1, but it's up to the elector to respond. And those votes could marque each the quality successful a contention this tight.
"The information that shows, who is eligible to cure their ballot, that is publically available. And truthful campaigns tin petition that information from us. So they're besides going retired to folks to get them to cure that truthful that they tin get their ballot counted."
And portion Gray is presently starring thing is authoritative conscionable yet.
"We're beauteous accustomed successful California to, you know, taking respective weeks to get certified results were decidedly a customized present successful the 13th legislature territory the adjacent races," Levey said.
He besides said helium understands that voters are frustrated it's taking this long, but helium says it each comes down to pursuing authorities law, similar reviewing the voters' file, and not conscionable counting the ballot, connected apical of an already adjacent race.
