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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – There are still thousands of ballots left to be counted from Tuesday's election in Santa Barbara County and that may change the outcome of some races.

All of the ballots that have come in from in-person voters, by mail-in-ballots, or the white ballot drop off locations that were not in the system for the first batch of results last night, are counted in follow up tabulations.

Santa Barbara County says the election office will share the number of remaining ballots by Wednesday afternoon. At that time any new results from the ongoing ballot count will be posted and available on the News Channel 3-12 Voter Guide.

For voters we spoke to yesterday who were true election day voters, they told us what it meant to them.

Christine Medina said, "you know you feel a part of not just the community, but the state. It means a little more and you have certainty that it is going to be counted."

Also coming to election headquarters, Roy Barncastle said, "well I like to hand it to somebody and it doesn't go to a post office and it's there (election office). If you vote, coming in, you actually are able to say 'I did vote and went through the whole process' and went through all that checked them all out and it is so important to me that the country stay like it is voting with a good system."

If ballots had a post mark on election day, they will count if they are received within seven days after the election.

The voter turnout Tuesday afternoon was about 67,000 in Santa Barbara County.

The election results will be certified by the county by July 2nd and sent to the Secretary of State.

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CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) -   A plan for a new cell phone tower in downtown Carpinteria is getting a closer review.

Three sites are now being studied as an alternative to the tower that was proposed on a building on Linden Ave. and Carpinteria Ave. Currently it is home to several businesses including Pacific Health Foods and Sushi Teri.

Verizon and Centerline Communications believe this is the best spot to improve the signal strength they need. 

At a prior public meeting there was a strong push back on that location and concerns about health impacts.

Santa Barbara County Supervisor Roy Lee offered to help with one of the alternative sites.

Verizon has said two other sites in that area are being considered and one other would be a couple blocks away on a government building.

The update and next hearing will be December 7th.

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* WHAT…North winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

* WHERE…Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, Santa Ynez
Mountains Eastern Range, and Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range.

* WHEN…Until 5 AM PDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS…Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) - On the day after Election Day, the San Luis Obispo County Elections Center was buzzing with activity all day long.

However, work that was taking place in the newly refurbished facility located inside the Katcho Achadjian Government Center in downtown San Luis Obispo did not include counting of ballots.

"No counting today," said Erin Clausen, San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Public Information Specialist. "What we're doing today, among other things, is reconciling the counts from the polls against the ballots issued, all of that sort of balancing work that we do to make sure that everything is accounted for, and all the voters who voted at the polls are credited appropriately."

With a handful of elections still to be decided, including a pair of tightly contested supervisor races, the San Luis Obispo County Elections Office will resume counting ballots on Thursday.

"We have about, I would say 20,000 or so ready to be counted tomorrow," said Clausen. "There will be a big influx of results added to those (already posted) and then we'll continue to process mail ballots that come in and we will update results each time we count."

The San Luis Obispo County Elections office will post updated election results by 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 4, 2026.

In addition to the 20,000 ballots that are queued and ready to be tabulated, Clausen added there are thousands more still to arrive.

"We got about another 20,000 vote by mail ballots dropped off at the polls, so those are what are going through scanning and processing now to get those ready to be counted," said Clausen. "That's about 40,000ish right now that are outstanding, and then the mail will continue to come in over this week, so we don't really have an idea until those come in exactly how many of those they'll be." 

The break in ballot counting on Wednesday comes as both San Luis Obispo County supervisor races are still to be decided.

In District Two, which represents the North Coast and parts of San Luis Obispo, Michael Erin Woody (3,333 votes/51.87%) was leading Jim Dantona (3,093 votes/48.13%) by just 240 votes.

The two candidates are looking to fill the seat that has been occupied since 2007 by Bruce Gibson, who decided to not seek reelection.

The District 4 seat that represents much of South San Luis Obispo County is also up for grabs between incumbent Jimmy Paulding and challenger Adam Verdin.

Paulding, who is currently serving as the Board Chair, is seeking a second term, while Verdin, a local businessman, pilot and community volunteer, is running for office for the first time ever.

Paulding is holding a slightly larger lead than Woody in the District 2 race, with a 386 vote advantage as of the last update, which was posted by the Elections Office at 12:52 a.m. early Wednesday morning.

Paulding currently has votes 4,408 votes (52.28%), while Verdin has 4,022 votes (47.70%).

"I'm happy to be in the lead right now," Paulding said late Wednesday morning. "I'm absolutely optimistic that I will be able to keep that lead, and that margin and it will grow, ultimately I'll be able to continue to serve District 4."

Verdin is well within striking distance to make up ground and rally back in t