County Finds Hundreds of Sealed Ballots From California Special Election

California county finds nearly 600 unopened ballots months after Newsom-backed redistricting measure passed

Nearly 600 unopened ballots were found in a California county months after voters approved a statewide redistricting measure, with officials admitting fault.

Humboldt County discovers 596 uncounted ballots months after Newsom-backed redistricting measure passed

Nearly 600 sealed ballots sat inside a locked drop box in Humboldt County, California, for months after the November 4 statewide special election, never opened, never counted, and never noticed until this week. The Humboldt County Office of Elections disclosed the failure in a press release Wednesday, insisting the 596 uncounted ballots did not change...

County finds hundreds of sealed ballots from California special election

Nearly 600 ballots in California's Humboldt County went uncounted due to a "miscommunication" and procedural error, according to officials.

Calif. county discovers hundreds of uncounted ballots from 2025 state redistricting election

The Humboldt County Office of Elections announced that staff found 596 uncounted ballots from the November 4, 2025, redistricting special election in California, according to a press release.

Fury as Humboldt County finds huge trove of uncounted ballots for controversial Prop 50 vote

On Wednesday — nearly six months after Humboldt County certified the Nov. 4, 2025, statewide special election — elections staff announced it had discovered 596 sealed ballots inside a locked drop box that should have been counted before certification, according to the county elections office.

California county discovers trove of unopened ballots from last election in a locked box

The Humbolt County Office of Elections made an unnerving discovery Monday: a stack of 596 sealed ballots from the most recent election left at the bottom a locked voting drop box.