Angels Camp City Council Race Still Too Close To Call

Angles Camp, CA – With five candidates vying for three seats on the Angels Camp City Council, a new tally shows the race is still too close to call.

The latest update from the Calaveras County Elections Office shows the top two candidates, Michael Chimente with 1,169 votes to 1,006 for Scott Behiel in second place. Where the race tightens is between third place challenger Caroline Schirato with 834 votes versus fourth place challenger Mary F. Kelly with 819 votes, just a 15-vote difference.

There remain 75 ballots yet to be counted, according to Rebecca Turner, Calaveras County Clerk-Recorder, who states, “We will continue counting ballots received through the mail and postmarked by November 5, 2024, through November 12, 2024.” She continued, “Voters who received letters stating their signature was missing from the yellow return envelope or their signature did not match the voter registration file can return the form to cure through December 1, 2024.”

The new tally did not change the outcome of the other county races. When all ballots are counted, then election workers will conduct a manual hand tally to verify the voting machines counted the votes for each contest correctly. We reported here yesterday on a close race in Tuolumne County that is too close to call and voter turnout just shy of 80%, which Calaveras has surpassed with 80.44% turnout.  Today, Turner announced that she expects the official election results to be certified on December 3, 2024. Click here for all the election results.