Good morning, Stockton.
👋 Happy Election Day, readers!
The polls have been open for an hour. If you’re voting in person today, remember that you can go to any of the 163 voting centers or 25 ballot drop box locations across San Joaquin County — vote wherever it’s most convenient for you.
For locations, check out our map of voting centers.
Our Election Day coverage includes updates from key races in Stockton and beyond. On Stocktonia.org, we’ll carry live results for local, state, and national elections. In addition to Stockton, we’re tracking races in Tracy, Manteca, Ripon, Lathrop, Escalon, and Lodi.
Today’s newsletter also includes Mike Fitzgerald’s latest column: Jason Lee, running for Stockton City Council, promised to be “the most transparent of all the candidates.” So, Mike asks, why are there still so many questions he hasn’t answered?
See our full Election Day coverage below, and stay tuned to Stocktonia.org for real-time updates.
Today’s top story
It’s Election Day and the polls are open. Here’s what you need to know
By Chris Woodyard • Stocktonia
Here is some key information about voting, including how to know whether your ballot was counted and the security of your polling place.
What you may have missed…
Mike Fitzgerald: District 6 candidate Jason Lee brings big successes, unanswered questions
Column: Jason Lee may be a city council candidate unlike any other in Stockton’s history. But when Stocktonia’s Mike Fitzgerald sent Lee a list of…
Don’t freak out if there isn’t a clear winner on Election Day
It could take days — even weeks — after the polls close before the results become clear in some races.
Fentanyl bust nets enough drugs to ‘kill a quarter of the population of California’
A traffic stop on Interstate 5 led to the discovery of 330,000 fentanyl-laced pills.
Top California news
Why California’s vote count will take days
Ballot counting will last for days, if not weeks, before all the winners are declared.
Toss-up congressional races in liberal California could determine U.S. House control
Which way these races go could be decisive, since only a handful of votes currently separate the Democrat and Republican rival parties in the…
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