brownsox has done a great job keeping the close races visible on the front page. I thought this might be a good time to update. I'll get the next one out to him before he posts.
I just got off the phone with the Hedrick campaign.
The registrar is still extracting ballots from provisional ballot envelops. There were a total of more than 200,000 of which there are 62,000 left to pull.
Early voting ballots were pulled which went as expected to Calvert. The vote difference now is around 5,000 votes.
The expectation is that the provisional ballots will favor Hedrick.
The campaign has an around-the-clock watch on the process and are confident that now the process will be honest. Calvert's people are there taking pictures of the boxes of ballots so it appears that they are worried about the same thing. That's probably a good sign.
The estimated completion of ballot extraction is sometime late Sat/early Sun with counting to begin sometime after that.
The campaign will update me with any changes.
If you know of anyone who voted in CA-44 then ask them if they vote on a provisional ballot. If so, then get them to call the Registrar to make sure that their vote gets counted. (714) 567-7600
As always be respectful. The campaign is confident this is proceeding honestly.
Go Bill and team!