ELECTION UPDATES: Palacios-Apatang now leads race by 129 votes

Posted on Nov 26 2022

Palacios-Apatang now leads by 129 votes after receiving 325 votes from Precinct 2 runoff election day, while Torres-Sablan got 155. Palacios-Apatang now has a total of 4,487 votes, while Torres-Sablan received 4,616 votes so far.

Torres-Sablan got 178 votes from Precinct 1C on runoff election day, while Palacios-Apatang received 339 votes, cutting the Torres-Sablan lead to 41 so far.

Torres-Sablan received 358 votes from Precinct 1B on runoff day, while Palacios-Apatang got 568 votes.

Torres-Sablan got 98 votes from Precinct 1A on runoff election day, while Palacios-Apatang received 165 votes.

At 11:45pm, Commonwealth Elections Commission executive director Kayla S. Igitol announced that according to unofficial tabulation results, Torres-Sablan received 3,698 for early voting on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, while Palacios-Apatang got 3,219 votes.

At 11:20pm, Commonwealth Elections Commission executive director Kayla S. Igitol announced that they will start counting the early votes on Rota.

At 11pm, Commonwealth Elections Commission executive director Kayla S. Igitol announced that the panel of tabulators will start tabulating the early voting from Tinian.

At 10pm, two ballot boxes from Tinian arrived at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe. Earlier, two ballot boxes from Rota arrived about 9pm.

At 9:15pm, Commonwealth Elections Commission executive director Kayla S. Igitol said the panel of tabulators has started sorting and counting the early voting for Saipan.

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Igitol also disclosed that the chartered boat transporting eight votes from the Northern Islands is expected to arrive between 12am and 1am Saturday. Saipan Tribune learned that rough waters are slowing the boat.

At 7:45pm, two school buses transporting ballot boxes from all precincts on Saipan arrived at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe.

See the Saipan Tribune‘s tally of the runoff election vote results here: https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/runoff-vote-count-2022/

Ferdie De La Torre | Reporter

Ferdie Ponce de la Torre is a senior reporter of Saipan Tribune. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and has covered all news beats in the CNMI. He is a recipient of the CNMI Supreme Court Justice Award. Contact him at ferdie_delatorre@Saipantribune.com

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