DOMINGUEZ HOLDING SLIM LEAD.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - Candidate Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning. Dominguez has maintained her lead of 30 votes in the Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. board election, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the latest count of ballots remaining after the Nov. 5 election. Dominguez, a retired Palmdale teacher, has 3,197 votes, compared to 3,167 for candidate Robert ``Bo'' Bynum, a Palmdale planning commissioner and owner of a sports retail store. County officials hope to finish counting ballots next week. After the Nov. 5 election, about 210,000 absentee One who has left, either temporarily or permanently, his or her domicile or usual place of residence or business. A person beyond the geographical borders of a state who has not authorized an agent to represent him or her in legal proceedings that may be commenced against him or her and provisional ballots A provisional ballot is used to record a vote when there is some question in regards to a given voter's eligibility. A provisional ballot would be cast when:
Before Friday's latest count, election updates showed Dominguez' margin of victory narrowed to 13 votes, then the two candidates were tied, and then Dominguez regained a 13-vote lead, which then increased to 30 votes. County election officials said Tuesday there were about 7,802 provisional ballots left to be counted. Bynum, Dominguez, and three other candidates were vying to fill the seat left vacant by former trustee Larry Logsdon, who resigned because he moved out of the district. Absentee ballots are the ones that were dropped off at polling places or that arrived in the mail at the Registrar's Office on Election Day but were not counted election night. Provisional ballots are ones cast by voters whose names were not on the precinct A constable's or police district. A small geographical unit of government. An election district created for convenient localization of polling places. A county or municipal subdivision for casting and counting votes in elections. PRECINCT. roster; after Election Day, officials verify that the voters are registered to cast ballots in the district or city in which they voted. |
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