Kern County election officials are working on a few thousand more ballots to get final totals in the general election. As of Tuesday, the number of uncounted ballots stands at 8,485 with more results expected Friday. In the controversial race for 5th District County Supervisor, Kimberly Salas maintains a 19-vote lead over incumbent Leticia Perez. 279,564 Kern County ballots have been counted so far.