Analysis: It only took a month to count California’s votes. Here’s why, and why it may get better
Well, that’s a relief. Here’s the run-down, courtesy of Neal Kelley, the Orange County registrar of voters: When a provisional ballot is cast, election officials have to pull the record of the voter, searching databases to find out if, say, Joe Smith still lives in the same place in Orange County and didn’t cast a ballot elsewhere. Voting centers would not be as ubiquitous as the corner coffee place, but they would be sited regularly enough that a voter can stop into one near home, school, work or grocery store, so long as it’s in the same county. “We’ve been voting in this state essentially the same way since the 1800s,” said Orange County’s Kelley. “Does that make sense given that the population has now grown to 18 million voters?” cathleen.decker@latimes.com Twitter: @cathleendecker ALSO: Unusual election outcomes are the new normal with California’s top-two primary rules 5 million Californians are expected to vote by mail, a new record for a statewide primary California’s presidential party is over, and here are some lessons Will the violence across America change the presidential campaign?
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