ELECTION DAY COVERAGE: Continuous updates from the polls in Richmond
on November 5, 2024
The polls opened at 7 a.m. on an election that is as pivotal for the nation as it is for Richmond, where the Richmond Progressive Alliance’s majority on the City Council is being challenged.
Voters in council Districts 1, 5 and 6 are choosing between RPA-backed candidates and those not aligned with the organization whose voice was elevated when the 2020 election tipped the council in favor of its candidates.
Richmond Confidential reporters will be talking to voters at polls across the city and in El Cerrito. We will provide continuous updates throughout the day, including on social media. Follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/RichmondConfidential), X (@riconfidential) and Instagram (@richmondconfidential).
The polls will be open until 8 p.m. The Contra Costa County Elections Division will release the first tallies, which will include mail-in ballots, shortly after polls close. The elections office will release the next batch of votes at 9:30 p.m. and the night’s final batch at 1:30 a.m. But only about half of the votes will be tabulated on election night. Mail-in ballots will be accepted for days afterward, as long as they were posted by Nov. 5.
At 5 p.m. Friday, the county will release more results, and it will continue to do so every Friday until the votes are finalized and certified on Dec. 3.
Richmond Confidential will post the results as they come in. You also can track them on the county’s election webpage, and through the county’s social media sites: on X under the hashtag #cocovote, and on Facebook. In addition, results will be reported on Contra Costa Television, which is on Comcast channel 27, Astound channel 32 and AT&T U-Verse channel 99.
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