California Ballot Count Drags for Days as Mail Voting and 7-Day Returns Slow Processing
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 8
California Ballot Count Drags for Days as Mail Voting and 7-Day Returns Slow Processing
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 8
Summary
California is still taking days to tally ballots, with late-arriving Democratic votes adding to an already slow count in this year’s election.
Mail voting drives much of the delay because officials must verify signatures, open envelopes and inspect ballots before counting them.
A 7-day window for ballots postmarked by Election Day further stretches the timeline, especially in big counties such as Los Angeles, where about 148,000 ballots were still unprocessed earlier.
Newsom warned in a May letter that prolonged counts fuel misinformation and conspiracy theories, but election experts say California still lacks the staffing and resources that let states like Colorado, Arizona and Washington report faster.