How to Find City and County Election Night Results

With the November 4th General Election just days away, the Contra Costa County Elections Division is devising a strategy for handling and reporting results from the County’s estimated half-million registered voters.

Results of vote-by-mail ballots that are returned before November 1st will be available shortly after the polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Night.

Meanwhile, with ballots being collected from precincts throughout the County, the first update can be expected at about 9:30 p.m., with results updated about every 30 minutes until all precincts report.

The availability of updated reports will be communicated via Twitter and Facebook, using the hashtag #CoCoVotes2014. Changes to the reporting schedule will also be reported there.

The County Elections Division Twitter page is Twitter.com/CoCoElections. The Facebook page is Facebook.com/pages/Contra-Costa-County-Elections/361344510602519.

Results will be posted to the Elections’ Department website throughout the night and updated by 5 p.m. every Friday until the election is certified in late November.

Local election results will also be available throughout Election Night on Contra Costa Television (CCTV) beginning at 9 p.m. on Comcast channel 27, Astound channel 32 and AT&T U-Verse channel 99.

Meanwhile, voting is already underway at the Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorders-Elections Division, at 555 Escobar Street in Martinez. Registered voters may drop in to vote or pick up a ballot during regular weekday hours (Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or until 8 p.m. on Election Day.

The Elections Division will be open for voting on Saturday, November 1st from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Polling place locations and directional maps, as well as information regarding sample ballots and candidates, are also available online.

--Information from Contra Costa County

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