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California voting ends Tuesday. The results? Don’t expect them anytime soon
calmatters ^ | June 2, 2026 | y Kate Wolffe

Posted on 06/02/2026 7:28:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Even after all the ballots have been cast on Tuesday, it might be a while before Californians know the results of some significant races this election, given the state’s notoriously slow counting.

California has made headlines for trailing other states when it comes to tallying its votes. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter last month to all 52 county elections officials urging them to “accurately count every lawfully cast ballot as quickly as possible,” saying that “mis- and dis-information” can spread in the time between Election Day and when the results are certified as official.

The delay is due in part to ways California has endeavored to make it easier to vote since the COVID-19 pandemic: Every registered voter gets a mail-in ballot, and ballots are valid as long as they’re postmarked by Election Day and arrive at county elections offices within seven days of the election. California’s one of eight states that allow all elections to be conducted by mail, with varying grace periods for ballots that are postmarked by Election Day. Those grace periods are at risk with the U.S. Supreme Court currently weighing a change that would require ballots to arrive by Election Day.

For mail-in ballots that arrive before Tuesday, elections officials can begin certifying signatures and preparing the ballots for counting; for those that come in later, elections clerks must do this work later, delaying results.

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1 posted on 06/02/2026 7:28:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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Vote rigging: How to spot the tell-tale signs
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37243190


2 posted on 06/02/2026 7:29:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
The longer the count, the greater the grift.

3 posted on 06/02/2026 7:30:21 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: BenLurkin

“Vote rigging: How to spot the tell-tale signs”
If: California ballot
Then: Rigged

No other conclusion is possible with respect to the most corrupt state in the union (yes, even worse than Illinois and Massa-has-a-squaw-ches-sis.


4 posted on 06/02/2026 7:31:13 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: BenLurkin

In California, the delay is known (or should be) as “Ballot Harvesting Month”. It was implemented in 2018 even BEFORE the invention of COVID, contrary to the false claim in the linked article.

Since that time, Democrats have an entire month or more to fabricate, er I mean “collect”, unsecured but allegedly perfectly legitimate ballots to put their candidates over the top in close elections.

From 2018 on, many races have seen Republicans leading not only as of election night, but also for days or weeks afterward. But it’s only the final count that matters, and numerous times Democrats have pulled ahead at almost literally the last minute. The next time the parties are reversed in a situation like that — GOP coming from behind to win — in California will be the first time.


5 posted on 06/02/2026 7:34:09 AM PDT by PermaRag (Facts, context, and more facts)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

given the state’s notoriously slow counting.“

Notice the ignoring of the obvious. It takes long because it takes time to rig the results the right way to obscure the fact that it is another stolen election.


6 posted on 06/02/2026 7:35:07 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

7 posted on 06/02/2026 7:35:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth. -- Democritus)
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To: BenLurkin
California elections are about as predictable as those in North Korea, but they make the pretense that there is a two party system. However, if a Republican should be in the lead, there will always be ballots from some deep blue area that will flip the election to the Democrat. Therefore, Karen Bass will be re-elected Mayor of Los Angeles, and the Democrat with the highest number of votes in the “jungle primary” will be Governor. The Justice Department, even under the second Trump Administration, has been unwilling or unable to crack down on voter fraud at least in California.
8 posted on 06/02/2026 7:36:22 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: BenLurkin

Voting season has begun in California!


9 posted on 06/02/2026 7:37:48 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: 2nd Amendment

You mean cheating season.


10 posted on 06/02/2026 7:38:12 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: BenLurkin

The vote cheating month starts tonight.


11 posted on 06/02/2026 7:39:01 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: BenLurkin

Just like GA, they need time for the cheat.


12 posted on 06/02/2026 7:39:53 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: BenLurkin

They have to know how many fraudulent votes they need to win. It’s not even a secret.


13 posted on 06/02/2026 7:40:18 AM PDT by Spok (You know people are out of ideas when all they can do is verbally attack people they disagree with.)
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To: BenLurkin

Count until the Democrat wins, then stop.....................


14 posted on 06/02/2026 7:40:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: BenLurkin

They’re going to cheat their butts off.

I’d love to round up all the muslims in the US and concentrate them in CA. Let those idiots live under sharia law, that would be some minor pleasure in the pain that is watching CA self destruct.


15 posted on 06/02/2026 7:40:52 AM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: BenLurkin

“And in a stunning election result democrats all won despite trailing for the two months it took to count the ballots.”


16 posted on 06/02/2026 7:41:47 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Da Coyote
"...“Vote rigging: How to spot the tell-tale signs” If: California ballot Then: Rigged

No other conclusion is possible with respect to the most corrupt state in the union (yes, even worse than Illinois and Massa-has-a-squaw-ches-sis....")

100%.

17 posted on 06/02/2026 7:41:59 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t expect the counting to be finished til sometime next month at the earliest...


18 posted on 06/02/2026 7:45:09 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

California takes up to a month to finish counting. I know state rights and all but that just seems excessive.


19 posted on 06/02/2026 7:45:33 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: BenLurkin

They will stop counting when the dem wins. Not before.


20 posted on 06/02/2026 7:49:10 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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