Overview
- Calaveras County’s latest tallies show Bruce Giudici with 1,982 votes (56.99%) and Clyde Clapp with 1,496 votes (43.01%), a margin that could change as counting continues.
- The county reports 322 ballots not yet processed and 340 ballots left to cure for signature problems, and those outstanding ballots could alter the current lead.
- Giudici suffered a fall while campaigning on Aug. 30 and died the next day on Aug. 31, but his name remained on the ballot because his death came after the statutory removal deadline.
- Under California law votes for a candidate who dies after the ballot-deadline are counted and a posthumous winner is treated as elected while the office is considered vacant, with the governor appointing an interim supervisor until a successor is chosen.
- Giudici’s campaign urged supporters to keep voting for him to prevent Clapp’s return to the board and Calaveras residents in communities such as Milton, Jenny Lind, Rancho Calaveras and Salt Spring Valley await final results and clarity on interim representation.