Here's How Election Results Are Being Released In Riverside County

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — The polls have closed, and the Riverside County Registrar of Voters said it is committed to providing timely and accurate updates throughout the election process.

The registrar released its schedule for reporting Election Night results — and the ballot-counting results that will come in the following days. Here it is:

First Tabulation (Approximately 8:20 p.m. Nov. 5): The initial results tabulation will encompass vote-by-mail and unscanned vote center ballots received prior to Election Day. These results are expected to be issued at approximately 8:20 p.m. Nov. 5 and Patch will publish the data. (Note: Patch is not using the registrar's test pilot results, but is instead relying on the office's official static results.)

Second Tabulation (Approximately 9 p.m. Nov. 5): Following the first tabulation, the second results tabulation will include any vote-by-mail ballots processed after 8 p.m. Nov. 5 and any vote center ballots received before 8 p.m. Nov. 5. These results are anticipated to be issued at approximately 9 p.m. Nov. 5 and Patch will publish the data.

Subsequent Updates: Throughout the night, results will continue to be uploaded every hour until approximately 3 a.m. Nov. 6. Keep up with the results here.

Vote-by-mail ballots dropped off on Election Day, and conditional voter registration (CRV) ballots will be verified and counted in the days following Election Night. In addition, any vote-by-mail ballots delivered by the postal service, postmarked on or before Election Day and received by Nov. 12, 2024, will be verified and counted.

Election results will continue to be updated daily (excluding Sundays) until all ballots are counted, according to the registrar.

This will take at least a week, but official vote counting will continue until late November or early December as election officials work to resolve any issues with ballots cast before the deadline. For example, if a voter’s signature does not match the signature on their voter file, election officials will reach out to the voter to resolve the issue before votes are certified.

The last day for county elections officials to certify election results is Dec. 5.

As of Monday, approximately 1,445,849 ballots were issued in Riverside County with approximately 526,353 have been returned "good," the registrar reported.