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2026 California General Election

Proposition 42

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Results are unofficial until certified. California counts mail ballots for weeks; totals change until certification on December 11.

Ballot measure

Proposition 42

  • Yes6,378,15651.4%Leading
  • No6,040,82948.6%

Yes leads by 337,327 votes (2.7 points).

Late count: Yes took 46.6% of the 4,780,526 votes counted since election night.

All precincts in · ballots still being counted

As of · California Secretary of State · unofficial

How the count came in Yes has led since the first report.
0%20%40%60%80%100%Majority 50%Yes 51.4%8:05 pmNov 12100% of precincts
Election night and the count since Election night: Yes 54.3%. Counted since: Yes 46.6%.

Election night · 7,638,459 votes

Yes 54.3% · No 45.7%

Counted since · 4,780,526 votes

Yes 46.6% · No 53.4%

Votes added in each count Yes won 12 of the 22 counts.
Count Yes NoSplitWon the countYes share
8:05 pm+375,723+220,580Yes63.0%
8:40 pm+2,399,149+2,014,764Yes55.4%
9:29 pm+500,954+490,274Yes54.6%
10:05 pm+64,595+59,761Yes54.5%
10:39 pm+179,037+162,349Yes54.4%
11:13 pm+98,609+69,136Yes54.5%
11:50 pm+127,168+91,878Yes54.6%
12:35 am+108,919+94,036Yes54.6%
1:29 am+115,551+106,634Yes54.5%
2:05 am+60,204+56,753Yes54.5%
2:49 am+76,524+86,897No54.3%
6:02 am+42,741+36,223Yes54.3%
Nov 4+124,516+148,420No54.0%
Nov 5+324,358+374,918No53.4%
Nov 6+473,604+550,090No52.6%
Nov 7+218,935+288,804No52.2%
Nov 8+33,234+61,026No52.0%
Nov 9+409,913+458,580No51.6%
Nov 10+290,958+302,604No51.5%
Nov 11+170,844+184,640No51.4%
Nov 12+181,883+181,645Yes51.4%
Nov 12+737+817No51.4%

Yes share by county

Alameda: 39.1% YesAlpine: 52.2% YesAmador: 72.2% YesButte: 59.6% YesCalaveras: 72.2% YesColusa: 66.3% YesContra Costa: 49.4% YesDel Norte: 62.7% YesEl Dorado: 67.8% YesFresno: 57.8% YesGlenn: 72.6% YesHumboldt: 41.3% YesImperial: 59.3% YesInyo: 58.2% YesKern: 59.7% YesKings: 64.9% YesLake: 58.3% YesLassen: 79.1% YesLos Angeles: 44.8% YesMadera: 63.4% YesMarin: 41.2% YesMariposa: 66.7% YesMendocino: 45.1% YesMerced: 57.1% YesModoc: 76.1% YesMono: 50.8% YesMonterey: 46.3% YesNapa: 50.6% YesNevada: 55.1% YesOrange: 58.9% YesPlacer: 65.6% YesPlumas: 67.2% YesRiverside: 59.0% YesSacramento: 52.9% YesSan Benito: 57.6% YesSan Bernardino: 57.3% YesSan Diego: 53.3% YesSan Francisco: 37.3% YesSan Joaquin: 61.2% YesSan Luis Obispo: 57.0% YesSan Mateo: 46.2% YesSanta Barbara: 46.5% YesSanta Clara: 49.0% YesSanta Cruz: 36.4% YesShasta: 73.5% YesSierra: 69.2% YesSiskiyou: 65.4% YesSolano: 53.6% YesSonoma: 42.9% YesStanislaus: 61.6% YesSutter: 68.0% YesTehama: 73.3% YesTrinity: 61.6% YesTulare: 62.8% YesTuolumne: 69.6% YesVentura: 54.7% YesYolo: 42.0% YesYuba: 68.3% Yes
Yes leads in 44 of 58 counties. The biggest Yes shares: Lassen 79.1%, Modoc 76.1%, Shasta 73.5%.
All counties, by Yes share
Proposition 42: Yes share by county
Lassen79.1%
Modoc76.1%
Shasta73.5%
Tehama73.3%
Glenn72.6%
Amador72.2%
Calaveras72.2%
Tuolumne69.6%
Sierra69.2%
Yuba68.3%
Sutter68.0%
El Dorado67.8%
Plumas67.2%
Mariposa66.7%
Colusa66.3%
Placer65.6%
Siskiyou65.4%
Kings64.9%
Madera63.4%
Tulare62.8%
Del Norte62.7%
Stanislaus61.6%
Trinity61.6%
San Joaquin61.2%
Kern59.7%
Butte59.6%
Imperial59.3%
Riverside59.0%
Orange58.9%
Lake58.3%
Inyo58.2%
Fresno57.8%
San Benito57.6%
San Bernardino57.3%
Merced57.1%
San Luis Obispo57.0%
Nevada55.1%
Ventura54.7%
Solano53.6%
San Diego53.3%
Sacramento52.9%
Alpine52.2%
Mono50.8%
Napa50.6%
Contra Costa49.4%
Santa Clara49.0%
Santa Barbara46.5%
Monterey46.3%
San Mateo46.2%
Mendocino45.1%
Los Angeles44.8%
Sonoma42.9%
Yolo42.0%
Humboldt41.3%
Marin41.2%
Alameda39.1%
San Francisco37.3%
Santa Cruz36.4%

Share of each county’s vote on this measure. The statewide count decides it; a county does not.

By county

County returns arrive after the first report.

Turnout so far

55.4% of registered voters

12,894,150 ballots counted in California, 55.4% of 23,273,590 registered voters.

  • 2022 final: 50.8% (11,146,620 ballots)
  • 2018 final: 64.5% (12,712,542 ballots)

Already higher than 2022’s final turnout. More ballots than in 2022 or 2018.

Counties keep counting mail and provisional ballots for weeks after election day, so this share keeps rising.

Ballots left to count

907,305 ballots left to count in California

12,709,005 counted, 907,305 left.

  • Mail ballots received by election day664,711
  • Mail ballots that arrived later or came from another county70,387
  • Provisional ballots23,943
  • Same-day registration ballots96,347
  • Ballots to remake or review51,500
  • Ballots cast at voting locations417

108,401 more ballots wait for voters to fix a signature. They are not in the count above.

CountyLeftTo fix a signatureNext update
Riverside193,50013,657Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 pm
San Diego120,0008,500Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 pm
Sacramento93,0083,500Fri, Nov 13, 4:15 pm
Sonoma43,728907Fri, Nov 13, 3:00 pm
Placer40,2971,775Fri, Nov 13, 4:00 pm
Los Angeles37,80014,500Fri, Nov 13, 5:00 pm
Fresno37,3005,200Fri, Nov 13, 5:00 pm
Ventura36,4033,610Mon, Nov 16, 5:00 pm
Stanislaus35,472949Thu, Nov 12, 7:00 pm
Tulare32,0052,240Thu, Nov 12, 7:30 pm
Kern30,0542,016Tue, Nov 17, 5:00 pm
San Luis Obispo24,739634Fri, Nov 13, 5:00 pm

41 more counties have 182,999 ballots left.

California Secretary of State, estimated unprocessed ballots, as of Nov 12, 5:35 pm. The state’s report can trail a county’s own count by up to a day.