Carson Measure CU: Early 75% Yes Vote on Charter Changes, Term Limits and Campaign Disclosure

CARSON, Los Angeles County — November 5, 2026. Voters are still waiting for certified results in the November 3 general election. In the Measure CU election, the available report dated November 4, 2026 reporting snapshot recorded 16,352 Yes votes and 5,399 No votes, a 10,953-vote advantage for the Yes position. These figures are unofficial, and the county’s legal canvass continues.

What Measure CU proposes

The city charter proposal is broader than one administrative adjustment. Its ballot description addresses campaign-contribution transparency, procedures for sending measures to voters, changes to elected-office term limits, and duties of the city treasurer. Independent analysis of the charter language raises the issue that the term-limit amendment could remove limits on repeated service; readers should examine the actual legal wording rather than relying exclusively on campaign slogans. The measure requires a simple majority.

How to interpret the current tally

The 21,751 reported valid selections are for this a package of proposed city charter amendments, not the total number of unique voters who participated in every race in CARSON. The Yes side’s share of this question is approximately 75.18%. A precinct marked reported does not automatically mean all vote-by-mail, provisional and conditionally registered ballots have been processed. The source’s reporting time matters: these totals should not be presented as a newly certified Thursday result if they come from Wednesday’s report.

What is happening in the surrounding community?

Carson Council District 4 simultaneously had one of the narrower races in the county: John Hollaway led Arleen Rojas by 59 votes in an earlier snapshot. That result is separate from the city charter question. For the separate local vote, readers can consult California58’s existing municipal and county coverage. Separate offices and ballot measures should be compared only after checking each jurisdiction and ballot type.

What additional ballots could change

The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk says its outstanding-ballot estimates are countywide and not broken down by each city or school district in the published estimate. It would be misleading to project that all countywide uncounted ballots are eligible to vote on Measure CU. Registered voters may also leave particular questions blank, which changes the denominator. The remaining valid ballots might alter the margin, though the size and direction of any future change cannot be established from this early count.

When are the next results?

Los Angeles County schedules additional reporting on November 5 and 6, and continues counting eligible ballots throughout the canvass. Mail ballots postmarked by Election Day may be accepted through November 10 if otherwise valid. The county plans certification by November 27, while the California Secretary of State certifies statewide elections on December 11. The official county election results page should be used for later releases. For the reported numbers used here see the dated election tally; for the measure’s legal description consult the ballot measure explanation.

California58 elections desk, November 5. Reporting scope: CARSON; count source: November 4, 2026 reporting snapshot. All vote figures are preliminary. This article distinguishes the source’s data from the measure’s official legal text and does not endorse either outcome.

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