Many uncalled House races are in California. This is why it takes the state weeks to count votes
4 months ago

Many uncalled House races are in California. This is why it takes the state weeks to count votes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — One week after Election Day, control of the U.S. House rests on just over a dozen races where winners have not yet been determined. In California, almost one-third of ballots were uncounted after election night, and the state was making almost daily updates to its count through Dec. 3, a full month after Election Day. In 2015, California implemented its first postmark deadline, meaning that the state can count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day as long as the Postal Service receives the ballot by Election Day. This year, ballots may arrive up to a week after Election Day, so California won’t know how many ballots have been cast until Nov. 12. Michael T. Morley, a professor of election law at Florida State University College of Law, pointed out that Florida election officials may begin processing ballots, but not actually count them, before polls close.

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A need for speed: Several states are looking for ways to count votes faster
2 months ago

A need for speed: Several states are looking for ways to count votes faster

NPR  

A need for speed: Several states are looking for ways to count votes faster toggle caption Etienne Laurent/AP In California, it took election workers more than a month to tally all the votes from last year's general election. "I think what's important to think about is the balance between how fast we get results reported out and how well voters …

Commentary: Christmas is coming, and California is still counting ballots. Is that a problem?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Commentary: Christmas is coming, and California is still counting ballots. Is that a problem?

LA Times  

Some Californians were carving Halloween pumpkins and taking their kids trick-or-treating when they cast their ballots in this year’s election. That’s in the Central Valley’s 13th District, where, with an estimated 99% of the votes counted as of Monday afternoon, Democratic challenger Adam Gray was leading Republican Rep. John Duarte by 143 votes. L.A. County workers have been processing and …

Elon Musk marvels at India for counting ‘640 million votes in 1 day’, slams ‘California is still…’
Trending News
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk marvels at India for counting ‘640 million votes in 1 day’, slams ‘California is still…’

Live Mint  

Elon Musk praised India's election process on Saturday and flagged the painfully slow vote-counting process in many American states. While lauding the counting of nearly 640 million votes in India during the Lok Sabha Election, the Tesla CEO also took a jibe at the US Presidential Election vote counting, which is still underway in California nearly 20 days after it …

Tight US House races in California as GOP maintains control over the chamber
4 months ago

Tight US House races in California as GOP maintains control over the chamber

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Republicans and Democrats awaited the outcome of vote-counting for crucial U.S. House districts in California on Wednesday, as the GOP clinched majority control of the chamber next year with a race call in neighboring Arizona. In a rematch from 2022, Rep. Ken Calvert — the longest-serving Republican in the state’s congressional delegation — defeated rival Democrat Will …

Some California House races haven’t been decided yet. Campaigns are making sure every ballot counts
4 months ago

Some California House races haven’t been decided yet. Campaigns are making sure every ballot counts

LA Times  

Election workers verify signatures on ballots at the Orange County Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana. Through the increasingly common process known as “ballot curing,” campaigns are contacting voters whose ballots were not counted because of a technicality and giving them a chance to correct their mistakes. And that’ll give Democrats nationally just a little bit of an extra advantage …

Decisive election waits for California’s results. What’s the hold-up?
4 months ago

Decisive election waits for California’s results. What’s the hold-up?

LA Times  

Election workers handle ballots on election night at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center in the City of Industry. It’s been nearly a week since election day, and California is still counting ballots, imposing an agonizing wait on a nation wondering who will lead the next U.S. House of Representatives. Registered voters tend to hold onto their vote-by-mail ballots …

2024 U.S. election results: Races still too close to call
4 months ago

2024 U.S. election results: Races still too close to call

LA Times  

twitter facebook envelope angle-double-right angle-down angle-up long-arrow-right The morning after election day, voters had learned the results of the presidential race — called once the president-elect received 270 electoral votes — and that Republicans had won control of the U.S. Senate. Until the final races are called — eight of which are in California’s competitive congressional districts — control of …

Trump wins. Control of the House could come down to California. And other results we know so far
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump wins. Control of the House could come down to California. And other results we know so far

LA Times  

Here’s what you need to know to start your day. Trump won, Republicans took the Senate and control over the House could come down to California Donald Trump will return to the White House after securing the 270 electoral college votes needed to defeat Kamala Harris, marking an astounding political comeback for a candidate who was criminally convicted and twice …

Nation looks to California as Republicans and Democrats fight for control of the House
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4 months, 1 week ago

Nation looks to California as Republicans and Democrats fight for control of the House

LA Times  

California’s 47th Congressional District, which includes Huntington Beach, is one of a half-dozen highly competitive House races in the Golden State that could determine which party controls Congress. CA-22: Rep. David Valadao vs. Rudy Salas twitter facebook envelope angle-double-right angle-down angle-up long-arrow-right Congressional District 22 Once a safely ruby-red district, this swath of the San Joaquin Valley is now decidedly …

House election results: Congressional races in New York and California could decide control
4 months, 1 week ago

House election results: Congressional races in New York and California could decide control

Salon  

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Democrats flipped their first seat late Tuesday as John Mannion unseated Rep. Brandon Williams in New York's 22nd District in a battle for control of the House of Representatives. In New York, at least six House races appeared highly competitive in the state's 1st and 4th Districts on Long Island, as well as in the 17th, …

California's Presidential and Legislative Races to Determine House Control and State Politics
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

California's Presidential and Legislative Races to Determine House Control and State Politics

News 18  

California's presidential, Senate, and state legislative elections will take place on November 5, 2024. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris will compete against Republican candidates Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., while Democrats Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey will contest the U.S. Senate seat. In the state Legislature, Democrats hold lopsided supermajorities in both chambers, with half of the state's …

California's Competitive Races Could Decide House Control
4 months, 3 weeks ago

California's Competitive Races Could Decide House Control

Associated Press  

California's 2024 election will be a tight race, with Democrats aiming to regain control of the state House and the Senate. The presidential race will be a battle between Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump, while a dozen other races will determine the outcome of the state's legislative and executive branches.

Column: Cool weather, hot races forecast for November
5 months, 1 week ago

Column: Cool weather, hot races forecast for November

LA Times  

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have been frequent visitors to Nevada, one of the relatively few states that will decide the presidential election. The contest will come down to seven or so highly competitive states and, maybe, the one electoral vote in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, which is anchored in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. There’s a not-inconceivable scenario in …

Six California House races that could help determine control of Congress
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Six California House races that could help determine control of Congress

LA Times  

Over 2,000 miles west of the nation’s Capitol, the battle for control of the House of Representatives in 2025 is being waged in farmland along Highway 99, fast-growing commuter communities north and east of Los Angeles and Orange County beach towns and inland suburbs. California “is, along with New York, one of the two most important paths to potential Democratic …

Down to the wire. California US House election could end in improbable tie vote for second place
11 months, 1 week ago

Down to the wire. California US House election could end in improbable tie vote for second place

Associated Press  

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A U.S. House race in California appears headed for a mathematically improbable result – after more than 180,000 votes were cast, a tie for second place. If the numbers hold, that means that the state’s “top two” election system would have to make room for a third candidate on the November ballot, an apparent first for …

This California congressional race is currently divided by one vote
11 months, 2 weeks ago

This California congressional race is currently divided by one vote

LA Times  

Those needing a reminder about the power of a singular vote should look no further than California’s 16th Congressional District, where the race to be one of the finalists for a safely Democratic Silicon Valley-area House seat is currently separated by one vote. Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has maintained a first-place lead in the race to replace retiring …

Super Tuesday: California has emerged as most enticing race, here's why
1 year ago

Super Tuesday: California has emerged as most enticing race, here's why

Hindustan Times  

As many as 17 US states and territories are set to hold their primaries and caucuses on Super Tuesday, March 5. Super Tuesday: California has emerged as most enticing race Donald Trump is likely to sweep the Republican contests on this day. Here’s a look at three races worth following: California House races Most of the race for control of …

What’s on the 2024 California primary election ballot?
1 year, 1 month ago

What’s on the 2024 California primary election ballot?

LA Times  

California’s primary election is March 5, or Super Tuesday, when voters in more than a dozen states will weigh in on whom their party should nominate for president. Why the U.S. Senate contest is on the ballot twice: One question asks voters to fill the remainder of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s term, which ends in January and is currently …

California lawmakers vote to limit when local election officials can count ballots by hand
1 year, 6 months ago

California lawmakers vote to limit when local election officials can count ballots by hand

LA Times  

California lawmakers on Friday voted to limit when local governments can count election ballots by hand, a move aimed at a rural Northern California county that canceled its contract with Dominion Voting Systems amid unfounded allegations of fraud pushed by Republican former President Trump and his allies. County supervisors said there was a loss of public confidence in the machines …

California has made voting easier, but regular voters still skew white and old, poll finds
1 year, 7 months ago

California has made voting easier, but regular voters still skew white and old, poll finds

LA Times  

A woman puts her ballot in a drop box near the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Just under 4 in 10 of the state’s registered voters are what Berkeley defined as regular voters — those who have cast ballots in at least five of the last seven statewide elections. The state has just under 22 million registered voters, 82.3% of the …

Lengthy vote counts frustrate, but don’t signal problems
2 years, 3 months ago

Lengthy vote counts frustrate, but don’t signal problems

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Four days after Election Day, with a bitter, high-profile race for Arizona governor still up in the air, Ohio’s secretary of state broke an unspoken protocol among top election officials. “A lot of the important work we do for elections happens after Election Day,” said Joseph Kirk, the county’s election supervisor. Former President Donald Trump said in a …

US midterm elections: Why California is still counting the votes
2 years, 4 months ago

US midterm elections: Why California is still counting the votes

Firstpost  

California’s lengthy count may be frustrating to candidates and anxious voters. But election officials say the process is designed to make it as easy as possible for people to vote and ensure every ballot is accurately counted Sacramento: California delivered Republicans the seat they needed Wednesday to take control of the US House, but just how much of an edge …

EXPLAINER: Why California has so many votes left to count
2 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why California has so many votes left to count

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California delivered Republicans the seat they needed Wednesday to take control of the U.S. House, but just how much of an edge the GOP will have in the chamber remains uncertain as the state’s seemingly drawn-out vote count continues. As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 8.8 million ballots had been processed in California — more than have …

Tight California races may determine US House control
2 years, 4 months ago

Tight California races may determine US House control

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A string of too-early-to-call California U.S. House races remains in play and might end up determining whether Republicans seize control or Democrats hang on to power. In Southern California, Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and Mike Levin were locked in close races, despite President Joe Biden’s late-hour campaign swing on their behalf. But if Calvert hangs on and …

Tight California races may determine US House control
2 years, 4 months ago

Tight California races may determine US House control

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A string of too-early-to-call California U.S. House races remains in …

What to know as states keep counting with key races hanging in the balance
2 years, 4 months ago

What to know as states keep counting with key races hanging in the balance

CNN  

CNN — Key races to determine control of the Senate in Arizona and Nevada have yet to be called as both states race to count hundreds of thousands of ballots that have yet to be processed. Of those ballots, about 290,000 were dropped off at vote centers on Election Day, Bill Gates, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors chairman, said …

How long will it take to know who won in U.S. midterm elections?
2 years, 4 months ago

How long will it take to know who won in U.S. midterm elections?

The Hindu  

Here is some advice for anyone following Tuesday's U. S. midterm elections: Be ready for a long night and maybe days of waiting before it's clear whether Republicans or President Joe Biden's Democrats will control Congress. But with dozens of races expected to be close and key states like Pennsylvania already warning it could take days to count every ballot, …

Nearly 46 million votes have been cast in the midterms, but it’s unclear what it means for election day
2 years, 4 months ago

Nearly 46 million votes have been cast in the midterms, but it’s unclear what it means for election day

LA Times  

James Griepsma Jr. studies his choices at a ballot marking device while voting at the office of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022 in Norwalk. The pandemic prompted several states in 2020 to implement universal ballot delivery or change their laws to allow for early voting or voting by mail for the first time, said …

What to know about California’s midterm election
2 years, 6 months ago

What to know about California’s midterm election

LA Times  

Every registered voter in California will receive a lengthy mail-in ballot for the November election, which features several prominent statewide, congressional and local races. While the most prominent statewide races are not likely to be competitive because of California’s sapphire tilt, voters will decide congressional races that could determine control of the House of Representatives as well as highly competitive …

California primary’s lesson for pundits: Don’t speak too soon in the age of mail-in voting
2 years, 8 months ago

California primary’s lesson for pundits: Don’t speak too soon in the age of mail-in voting

LA Times  

Los Angeles mayoral candidates Karen Bass, left, and Rick Caruso will compete in a runoff election in November. “We used to have a single election day, and often have decisive results for most contests on election night,” said Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation. “It’s been a growing challenge to get the word out before election day …

‘Apathy hurts everybody.’ In California’s primary, dismal voter turnout before election day
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Apathy hurts everybody.’ In California’s primary, dismal voter turnout before election day

LA Times  

Judy Nguyen is frustrated that anyone with enough money or the right connections can run as a candidate in an election. “I’m just really sad,” she said, and she’s still deciding whether to cast a ballot in California’s primary election. “It’s clear from what we’re seeing that we’re going to have a low-turnout election despite the fact the state has …

What to know about California’s congressional races in the 2022 primary election
2 years, 9 months ago

What to know about California’s congressional races in the 2022 primary election

LA Times  

California voters in 2022 will elect 52 members for its delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives. Some of the district contests are expected to be among the nation’s most hard-fought — and expensive — as the Republican Party aims to take back control of Congress. In the Tuesday primary, the two candidates who receive the most votes move forward …

California Politics: June’s ballot is set, but will voters show up?
2 years, 11 months ago

California Politics: June’s ballot is set, but will voters show up?

LA Times  

Plans for California’s primary election are now firmly in place, as state officials certified the list of candidates for statewide, congressional and legislative races on Thursday — one of the last big steps before the first of more than 22 million ballots are mailed to voters no later than early May. While 10 of the candidates who were listed on …

More than 9.5 million Californians have voted, a sign of hope for Newsom
3 years, 6 months ago

More than 9.5 million Californians have voted, a sign of hope for Newsom

LA Times  

Of the 9.5 million Californians who have already returned ballots in the recall election, more than half were registered Democrats, a positive sign for Gov. The data from the L.A.-based firm, which uses government and commercial data to analyze the electorate, include mail-in ballot tallies for all 58 counties and voter figures from polling places in about 15 counties, including …

Slow US election count mostly for good reasons | EXPLAINER
4 years, 4 months ago

Slow US election count mostly for good reasons | EXPLAINER

India TV News  

The slow pace of this year's US election count is fueling a lot of criticism, but it's mostly a reflection of laudable things: greater voter enthusiasm and steps that states took to protect their residents from coronavirus. States such as Florida and North Carolina learned from experience and allowed election officials to process mail ballots in the weeks leading up …

Support growing to mail all ballots in California elections
4 years, 4 months ago

Support growing to mail all ballots in California elections

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Henry Brown got his ballot in the mail last month, the 74-year-old California musician didn’t agonize over his decision. Toni Atkins, president pro tempore of the California Senate, said the election made it “crystal clear” that “providing every voter with the ability to choose whether to vote from home or in person should be California’s new …

Fact check: False election claims from Trump and his allies broken down
4 years, 4 months ago

Fact check: False election claims from Trump and his allies broken down

CNN  

Washington CNN — On Twitter and on television, President Donald Trump and his allies continued Thursday to bombard Americans with false claims about the presidential election – baselessly asserting for the second day in a row that Democrats were attempting to steal the election from Trump. Ballots accepted after Election Day Trump tweeted, “ANY VOTE THAT CAME IN AFTER ELECTION …

EXPLAINER: States still in play and what makes them that way
4 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: States still in play and what makes them that way

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A handful of pivotal states remained in play Wednesday in the tightly contested U.S. presidential race. Here, The Associated Press reviews them and examines the reasons why they could still go to either Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden: ___ GEORGIA: Outstanding ballots left to be counted in counties where Biden has performed well. We’re up by …

Ballots to Call Finale: Which US States are Still Counting Votes and By When Will They be Done?
4 years, 4 months ago

Ballots to Call Finale: Which US States are Still Counting Votes and By When Will They be Done?

News 18  

The outcome of the US presidential election hung in the balance on Wednesday as nine states continued to count ballots, including some of the most competitive battleground states where the tally could take days to complete. With 86% of the expected vote counted, Biden leads with 51.0% against 47.6% for Trump, according to Edison Research. Edison Research has allocated Biden …

There’s no winner in the presidential race. That’s OK
4 years, 4 months ago

There’s no winner in the presidential race. That’s OK

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — America woke up Wednesday morning without a winner of the presidential election. That’s OK. Critical battleground states including Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania remained without declared winners, leaving both President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden short of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. Some states, including Florida, began counting absentee ballots days before …

EXPLAINER: Where AP stands on calling House races
4 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: Where AP stands on calling House races

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democrats remained favored to retain control of the House as votes were being counted Tuesday night, but it may be hours or days before the outcome is certain. The Associated Press will not declare either party with a House majority until 218 seats — the number needed for a majority in the 435-seat chamber — are won. Democrats …

What you should know about how and when California counts ballots
4 years, 4 months ago

What you should know about how and when California counts ballots

LA Times  

A voter hands her ballot to an election official at a drive-through ballot dropoff at the Registrar of Voters Office in Riverside. The task facing election officials in California’s 58 counties is daunting: Collect, verify and count the votes on as many as 22 million ballots; don’t start counting until the polls close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday; and quench …

Moving toward record turnout, 11.2 million Californians have already voted
4 years, 4 months ago

Moving toward record turnout, 11.2 million Californians have already voted

LA Times  

More than half of California’s registered voters have already cast their ballot on the eve of election day, according to an established vote-tracking company. Of the 22 million registered voters this year, 11.2 million — or 51% — had returned their ballots as of 8 a.m. Monday morning, Political Data Inc. reported. “It’s undeniable, absolutely factual, 100% we’re going to …

When will you know if Biden or Trump wins? Look to these battleground states
4 years, 4 months ago

When will you know if Biden or Trump wins? Look to these battleground states

LA Times  

An election worker loads ballots into a scanning machine at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections on Monday in Doral, Fla. A record number of Americans — more than 59 million — had returned absentee ballots for the general election as of Sunday, after states expanded mail voting in an attempt to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. After thousands …

AP PHOTOS: Scenes from a blue state as California votes
4 years, 4 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Scenes from a blue state as California votes

Associated Press  

If anything can be certain in a tumultuous 2020, it’s surely California and its 55 electoral votes. Its reputation as the anchor of the country’s so-called left coast is so entrenched that Republicans elsewhere often use California as shorthand for all things liberal. But the lack of Election Day drama has not dampened the electoral enthusiasm of the state’s more …

More than 1 million California ballots already cast, shattering records
4 years, 5 months ago

More than 1 million California ballots already cast, shattering records

LA Times  

Election day is more than two weeks away, but more than 1 million Californians have already returned their mail-in ballots, according to the state, an amount that marks the most ballots collected by mail at this point in any state election. Nearly half of the mail-in ballots come from Los Angeles County, where more than 435,000 voters have already responded, …

Taking a long time to count California votes is OK with voters, poll finds
5 years ago

Taking a long time to count California votes is OK with voters, poll finds

LA Times  

Learning the final outcome in a California election can take weeks but the reason for that delay — laws that offer more time and methods to vote — outweighs the frustration, according to a new statewide poll. “They put a much higher priority on giving voters maximum opportunities.” Over the span of two decades, lawmakers and elections officials have revamped …

Editorial: No, slow vote counts don’t mean fraud. To suggest otherwise is irresponsible
6 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: No, slow vote counts don’t mean fraud. To suggest otherwise is irresponsible

LA Times  

An employee of the Orange County Registrar of Voters sorts through mail-in ballots at their facility in Santa Ana on Nov. 7. As of Thursday, more than a week after election day, about 2.7 million ballots cast by California voters remained uncounted. Does it suggest malfeasance, as two Republican congressional candidates have alleged to explain why their considerable election day …

California’s not goofy, it’s really big. That’s why counting the vote takes so long
6 years, 4 months ago

California’s not goofy, it’s really big. That’s why counting the vote takes so long

LA Times  

It’s going to take a while to count all of California’s votes and to decide the winners in several close congressional contests. Any mail-in ballot that was postmarked by midnight, Nov. 6 — election day — will be counted, so long as it was received by Friday’s close of business. A lot more time than it takes in a state …

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