There are 90,221 unprocessed ballots left countywide to count.

And that includes 6,000 to 8,000 cast by Manteca residents based on guesstimates made by political consultants for various candidates.

The San Joaquin Registrar of Voters after providing an estimate of unprocessed ballots on Thursday at 5 p.m. is now ready to move toward verifying and counting some of them today.

That updated count is scheduled for this evening at 7 p.m.

In the latest update of the count at 1:11 a.m. Wednesday, Jacob Naven had 8,560 votes to Gary Singh’s 7,684 in the race for mayor of Manteca. That gives Naven a 52.7 percent to a 47.3 percent lead.

The first Tuesday night count was of mail-in ballots that had been processed by Oct. 31.

Two early morning count updates — including the last one Wednesday at 1:11 a.m. — were of ballots cast in person on Election Day.

It is not unusual for mail-in ballots to trend in a different manner than voting in person.

Political consultants, as an example, point to data that shows Republicans tend to vote in stronger numbers on Election Day than Democrats.

After tonight’s report, updates will be posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday by 7 p.m. p.m. until all ballots have been verified and counted.

The Registrar of Voters will certify the election results after 5 p.m. on Nov. 25, 2026, the soonest date possible as required by current State law.

The signatures on mail-in ballots have to be verified against the signatures of registered voters on file before they can be counted.

The verification process is done at polling places before in-person voters can cast their ballots.

In addition to the 90,221 unprocessed ballots, there are 3,070 ballots left “to cure.”

That means they have a noncomparable signature on the identification envelope, an unsigned identification envelope or are a first-time federal voter ID.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwatt@mantecabulletin.com