Mono County counts votes

At 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, voting centers closed, and election offices began counting results for the 2024 Presidential Primary Election. At 11: 45 p.m., the Mono County Elections Office released a summary of all the ballots received and counted up until that point. The current posted results include all polling place ballots and all Vote-by-mail ballots received up to March 1.

What still needs to be counted?

Over 1,000 ballots received by mail and retrieved from drop boxes on March 4 and Election Day still need to be counted as of press time at 2 p.m. on March 6.

Provisional ballots are processed after Election Day and will be counted after elections officials have confirmed the voters’ eligibility. Ballots postmarked on or before Election Day can be received and counted until March 12.

The Mono County Registrar of Voters will certify election results on March 22,

The Department of Water Resources today conducted the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 47.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 18 inches, which is 77% of average for this location. The snow water equivalent measures the amount of water contained in the snowpack and is a key component of DWR’S water supply forecast.

The results reflect continued improvement in the snowpack since the slow and dry start to the water year. DWR’S electronic readings from 130 stations placed

On February 21, the United States Department of Agriculture announced awarding Mono County with a USDA Rural Development Broadband Technical Assistance grant in the amount of $83,000 to develop an efficient, last-mile internet service solution design for the Hammil area. The award was announced as part of an investment of more than $770 million for rural infrastructure projects during USDA’S “Investing in America Tour.”

The goal of the funding is to bring highspeed internet, clean drinking water, and modern infrastructure to more than one million people in rural communities.

“There is currently no wireline internet service available in Hammil, and little interest from incumbent providers in construct