‘Reporter’s Roundtable: Election Edition’ introduces early primary results

By Tresean Osgood and Rosemary Archer.The first results from the California primary are here, and with them comes the anticipation of who out of 61 gubernatorial candidates will be moving on to the general election.In this special episode of "Reporter’s Roundtable," find out what’s going on with the ongoing count of ballots throughout California, as well as the top three candidates who could potentially be moving on to the general election this fall.City Times reporters Tresean Osgood and Rosemary Archer touch on the issues that matter most to City College students according to the City College Community Agenda, which identifies issues and elicits questions that City Times Media reporters use to engage political candidates and focus their election reporting.Osgood and Archer discuss how much those issues mean to the candidates on your ballot.As of 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2:State-wide, according to the Associated Press: Steve Hilton 26.6%Xavier Becerra 25.9%Tom Steyer 19.7%In San Diego, according to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters:Hilton 32.6%Becerra 25%Steyer 18.1%Results tonight included mail ballots received before Election Day and vote center ballots from early voting between May 23-June 1.This typically includes votes for qualified write-in candidates, according to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters.Ballots cast at voting centers on June 2 will be transported to the Registrar of Voters after 8 p.m. tonight.These ballots will then be counted, and results will be updated in intervals until all of the ballots have been accounted for. According to the County News Center of San Diego, the final unofficial update for June 2 election votes will take place by midnight or later on June 3. Additional unofficial result updates by the Registrar of Voters will be shared on June 4, 5, and 8 by 6 p.m each day.All results are unofficial until completion of the official canvass and certification of the election, which is expected to take place on or before July 2, according to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters.The top two candidates, regardless of party, advance to the General Election in November.Transcript available at https://sdcitytimes.com/category/election/