Voting is nearly over in California’s special election on redistricting — and that means the counting is really about to begin.

More than 5.7 million vote-by-mail ballots have been returned and accepted in the Proposition 50 election , according to the latest tally from the secretary of state’s office. But voters have until Tuesday to return their ballots in person or by mail.

The first batch of election results will be released shortly after polls close on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m., per the secretary of state’s schedule. These are semi-official results from mailed and early-voting ballots processed ahead of Election Day.

In Orange County, the registrar of voters will post the first round of results at 8:05 p.m., with updated reports following at 9:30 p.m. and every 30 minutes afte

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