With all votes processed, updated election results show 84%, or 90,839 residents, voted in favor of Measure A, representing a 24.4% voter turnout, with only 280 challenged ballots to be cured by April 1.
The overwhelming support grants the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors the authority to remove the elected Sheriff Christina Corpus from office. Measure A approves a charter amendment that would give the governing body the authority to remove an elected sheriff from office for just cause through a four-fifths vote of the board.
The District Attorney’s Office is investigating the alleged criminal offenses outlined in the report, and will be releasing its findings soon.
No information on Corpus’ possible successor, and how they would be chosen, has been discussed publicly by county officials or Sheriff’s Office personnel.
The next update will be published by 4:30 p.m. March 12 and 14. The election will be certified April 3.
Once the board approved the election results, the amended charter will become effective 10 days later, then a public hearing in front of supervisors may proceed, likely no earlier than April 22.
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