San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder's Office

06/13/2026

The 1% Manual Tally is a legally required* hand audit of at least 1% of the 3,667 ballots cast at the polls on June 2 and at least 1% of mail ballots processed in the “semifinal official canvass."

The specific batches of ballots are selected by a state-approved random number generator, and the hand tally is compared to the machine count for those same batches. The goal is to audit and validate the machine tabulators’ accuracy.

As always, the 1% tally and all canvass procedures are publicly observable, and this one will begin at 9am on Tuesday, June 16. If you are interested in the actual work of conducting an election in SLO County and you're able, please come observe. The hand tally is eye-opening and a great opportunity to ask questions about any part of the canvass.

*Elections Code Section 15360 (a)(2)

06/12/2026

Clerk-Recorder Elaina Cano explains the vote counting process.

Why does California take so long to count votes? San Luis Obispo County Clerk Recorder Elaina Cano explains the steps taken to make the tally accurate and secure.

06/11/2026

We counted and adjudicated another 14,400 ballots today, bringing the total number of SLO County ballots counted to 84,067.

Here's a link to today's updated results:

06/10/2026

Leading up to the election, we stressed the importance of mail ballots arriving in time to be counted -- AND how taking yours inside the post office and getting it hand-stamped can make all the difference.

This photo shows one of the MANY we received that includes that timely hand-stamp as well as an official postmark applied in Goleta the next day. If this voter had simply put their ballot into a mail box (even one right there at the post office) the ballot would have been uncountable. But because the voter took that extra step of getting a stamp at the post office counter, this ballot is in fact timely and will be counted.

Good job, SLO County voters!

06/10/2026

Meet Rochelle, one of our true "super temps" -- she's a fixture at the warehouse and she helps with ballot processing, too. Watching this story, we learned that she's an excellent department spokesperson as well. :)

One clarification: The June 15 deadline for counting has an exception for provisional ballots, those that need to be remade, and those in envelopes needing a signature cure. A few thousand are in that bucket, so you'll see them listed on the Unprocessed Ballots Report (link at slovote.gov/june2026) even after Monday. When the official canvass is completely wrapped up, though, SLO County will have about 100k ballots counted and included in the local results.

Election workers in San Luis Obispo County are still processing tens of thousands of ballots from the June 2 primary, and more cure letters may be on the way.

06/09/2026

Results update now available at https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/departments/clerk-recorder/forms-documents/elections-and-voting/current-elections/2026-06-02-california-primary-election/reports-and-results/2026-primary-results

Next update will be tomorrow, June 10, by 6pm.

06/09/2026

Today our processing team is fully focused on prepping ballots for counting.

Reminder: Updated primary election results will post by 6pm today. It will be a smaller number of ballots than were counted and added in yesterday’s update, but we will continue processing and tabulating regularly in order to make Monday’s deadline of having almost everything counted. What will remain after Monday will be the relatively small number of ballots that need to be researched, remade, or signature cured.

06/09/2026

The June 8 update to the unofficial primary election results is now online. The next update will be tomorrow, June 9, by 6pm.

Tomorrow's update will be smaller than today's; exactly how many ballots get tabulated will depend on how much the processing board (those human processors who extract, flatten, inspect, count, and bundle the ballots) has ready to count.

The results link and the updated Unprocessed Ballots Report are available at SloVote.gov/June2026.

06/07/2026

Considering running for a city office in November? Your city clerk is the point of contact for all city offices on the November 2026 ballot.

The Clerk-Recorder’s office is your place to start if you are planning to run for a school board, special district, or community services district seat.

Considering running for City Council this November? The 2026 Candidate Handbook is out now, and it contains all the information candidates for City Council Member or Mayor will need for the November 3 Municipal Election.

The 2026 Candidate Handbook is available online at www.slocity.org/Elections. For questions or support, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 781‑7100 or [email protected].