The Oakland mayor's race is close. Here's when the next vote count drops

Alameda County’s relatively slow vote-counting process came under fire Wednesday — as it has in the past — as former Rep. Barbara Lee and ex-Oakland Council Member Loren Taylor were locked in a tight race to be Oakland’s next mayor that won’t be settled before Friday and could take far longer.

Oaklanders voted Tuesday in a special election that featured nine candidates running to finish out the term of former Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled by voters in November. Thao has since been indicted on federal bribery charges and has pleaded not guilty.

Early results posted Tuesday evening show Taylor and Lee in a tight race with Taylor securing 51% of the vote and Lee securing 48% after ranked choice tabulations were included. While the race also included a tax measure and a City Council race that have since been determined, a day later the city is no closer to knowing who the city’s next leader is. The Alameda County Registrar of Voters will post the next batch of results on Friday evening and subsequent vote counts every Friday after.

Political consultants and voters expressed frustration Wednesday over the slow pace of counting votes, but the registrar said releasing data once a week allows the county to release more significant updates.



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