The San Diego County Registrar of Voters is conducting its routine 1% manual tally to verify totals from the Nov. 3 Gubernatorial General Election, the Registrar’s office said.

The office said the process hand‑counts a randomly selected 1% of mail ballot batches and 1% of vote center ballot batches and compares those totals to the voting system before results are certified.

The sample was chosen during a public drawing on Nov. 5 using numbered ping‑pong balls; if a contest is not represented in the initial 1% sample, the office selects additional batches so every contest on the ballot is counted.

The hand tally began Nov. 10 and will run daily until all selected batches have been reviewed; the Registrar’s office will be closed Nov. 11 for the county holiday.

Each counting team includes one reader who announces each vote, two board members who independently record each tally and a supervisor who compares the hand‑count totals to the voting system; the office said the process is fully observable by the public.

Election results remain unofficial until certification on Dec. 3; updated and certified results will be posted at sdvote.com.

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