INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA — November 5, 2026. California voters decided questions involving housing, taxation, elections, health care and environmental policy on November 3. Inyo County’s fourth unofficial election-night summary offers a revealing county-level snapshot across all 14 statewide propositions, including one voter-identification proposal separated locally by only 26 votes. The table below is Inyo County only, not the statewide vote or a declaration that any proposition passed or failed.

Every proposition in the fourth Inyo County report

The following county totals come from the fourth report timestamped 12:13 a.m. November 4, listed on the Inyo County Elections Office results page and transcribed in the Sierra Wave fourth-report summary. ‘Lead’ compares valid Yes and No votes in this county alone. Each proposition may have a different total number of valid selections.

Measure Ballot topic Yes No County lead
Proposition 1 Housing affordability bonds 1,528 2,324 No by 796 votes
Proposition 2 State rainy-day fund increase 2,043 1,948 Yes by 95 votes
Proposition 3 Extend high-income tax for education and health care 2,090 1,979 Yes by 111 votes
Proposition 4 Permit public campaign financing 1,586 2,371 No by 785 votes
Proposition 5 Change recall-election process for statewide officers 2,084 1,943 Yes by 141 votes
Proposition 37 Middle-income homebuyer loan program 1,973 2,058 No by 85 votes
Proposition 38 Immunology research bonds 2,142 1,840 Yes by 302 votes
Proposition 39 Government-issued voter ID requirement 2,031 2,057 No by 26 votes
Proposition 40 One-time tax on certain taxpayers 1,486 2,582 No by 1,096 votes
Proposition 41 Limit taxes whose revenue is outside state spending cap 2,038 1,951 Yes by 87 votes
Proposition 42 Ban certain personal-property and retroactive taxes 2,428 1,630 Yes by 798 votes
Proposition 43 Limits on local revenue-raising votes 1,922 2,038 No by 116 votes
Proposition 44 Require health clinics to use 90% of revenue for program services 592 3,390 No by 2,798 votes
Proposition 45 Change environmental-review rules for some projects 1,941 2,074 No by 133 votes

Proposition 39: one of the closest local splits

The voter-identification proposal received 2,031 Yes votes (49.68%) against 2,057 No (50.32%) in Inyo County, a difference of only 26 votes. That number does not represent the measure’s statewide margin. The proposition concerned whether voters would have to present government-issued identification. Supporters and opponents offered different views about election safeguards and voting access, but this county report records votes rather than voters’ motivations. California58 has previously published an overall statewide election tracker, which should be consulted separately for statewide figures.

Proposition 44: a much larger local difference

The clinic-spending proposal shows 3,390 No votes (85.13%) and 592 Yes (14.87%) in the county’s counted ballots. The proposed requirement concerned spending a defined share of community health clinics’ revenue on program services. A wide county No margin should still be described accurately as an unofficial county margin, not an official statewide result. No source in the fourth Inyo report explains individual voters’ reasons for their choice.

Other relatively narrow county propositions

Proposition 37, concerning a loan program for middle-income purchasers of qualifying new homes, showed 2,058 No versus 1,973 Yes, an 85-vote No lead. Proposition 41 showed 2,038 Yes versus 1,951 No, an 87-vote Yes lead. Proposition 2 recorded a 95-vote Yes lead, and Proposition 3 a 111-vote Yes lead. A relatively small lead can change as more valid ballots are counted. This is why the precise report time belongs prominently in every result story.

Why 14 propositions do not have identical totals

The county’s fourth summary has 4,239 recorded participating voters countywide, but not every voter made a valid selection in every ballot contest. Some left individual measures blank, and some votes may have been counted as overvotes. As a result, Yes plus No totals vary from proposition to proposition. Dividing any measure’s numbers by the entire county electorate would give a different percentage from the county’s standard measure-specific share, and could be misleading unless the denominator is explained.

More Inyo ballots remain outstanding

The registrar reports 3,192 previously returned mail ballots still being processed, alongside 120 provisional or conditional ballots and 26 challenged ballots. An additional unknown number of postmarked mail ballots can arrive through November 10. Because those are outstanding countywide ballots, no one can infer how many of them will contain a particular Yes or No selection. Read the detailed Inyo County ballot-processing report.

When the official record will change

The Inyo County Elections Office expects to issue another report on Friday, November 6. Its November 4 election-night report and all data in this table are unofficial. California’s county canvass deadline is December 3, with state certification scheduled for December 11. Residents should verify each new batch on the official county site and distinguish county-level preferences from the full statewide electorate. Our Inyo election guide provides additional ballot context.

Primary reporting: fourth unofficial Inyo County summary, November 4 at 12:13 a.m.; ballot titles are shortened descriptions, not verbatim statutory language. Table published November 5.

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