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Posted on 07/24/2026 7:50:17 AM PDT by DFG
Nearly 150,000 California voters had their mail-in ballots rejected for the state’s June primary, a spike from recent elections even as the state attempts to make voting easier with the goal of boosting participation and counting every ballot.
California has become notorious for its ponderously slow vote counts that can drag on for weeks and sometimes longer, largely the result of multiple changes over the years that were intended to increase turnout but have done little to achieve that. Among the changes: Every voter receives a mail-in ballot that can arrive at an election office seven days late and still be counted, provided the envelope is postmarked by Election Day.
Yet even with that generous weeklong window, the primary driver of the higher rejection numbers is late-arriving ballots, according to data compiled by the secretary of state’s office. Voting experts suspect the main problem is postmarks on ballots that came after Election Day, making them ineligible to be counted. The culprit could be U.S. Postal Service changes that might affect the timing of when postmarks are applied.
Late-arriving ballots drove the rejections According to state data, 148,241 mail ballots were rejected in the June election, or a rate of 1.73% of all mail ballots.
In raw numbers, that’s up from the 2024 primary, when 108,982 mail ballots were rejected, or a 1.56% rate. In 2022, 105,818 mail ballots were voided during the primary, or a rate similar to 2024.
Lateness accounted for 93,479 rejected ballots in June, by far the largest category for disqualifying a ballot. That was up from about 70,000 in the 2022 primary and about 76,000 in the 2024 primary, though turnout in those elections was smaller compared to last June.
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No doubt all the R ballots that were late were discarded, while the D ballots were allowed, because the supremes said so.
The headline should’ve ended before the word “despite”, but AP being AP I’m sure they couldn’t help themselves.
F#@$in morons. The problem, one of them, is that it takes time to print out the extra ballots needed to ensure the DNC victory. Mailin is a complete scam. I’ve been in same house for ~40 years, yet have gotten more than one ballot. The system is FUBAR by design.
AZ, which has similar election laws like CA, is also notoriously late in counting.
But at least, we discard all ballots arriving after the election time (7pm on election date)!
“ The culprit could be U.S. Postal Service changes that might affect the timing of when postmarks are applied.”
Yeah, it has to be the fault of USPS, certainly not the voter for ignoring basic civic responsibility.
This is just like the government trying to make something “affordable” sends prices sky high. Government tries to make voting “easier” and voting declines.
There seems to be a common thread there: everything government touches turns to shee-it.
If you're going to the Post Office...wait in line.
There should be no drop boxes EXCEPT at the polling sites. Here and there is asking for trouble.
In raw numbers, that’s up from the 2024 primary, when 108,982 mail ballots were rejected, or a 1.56% rate. In 2022, 105,818 mail ballots were voided during the primary, or a rate similar to 2024.
Lateness accounted for 93,479 rejected ballots in June, by far the largest category for disqualifying a ballot. That was up from about 70,000 in the 2022 primary and about 76,000 in the 2024 primary, though turnout in those elections was smaller compared to last June.
This appears to be good stuff. They are actually not accepting late ballots, which is good.
The 1.56% rate actually seems low. Also not noted is that this election had a lot more ballots cast than the 2024 primary so the number of ballots regected should also be higher.
It’s not about counting every vote.
It’s about counting every LEGITIMATE vote.
Agree 100%.
The Democrats do not even talk about voters and vote.
They just care about ballots!
The mail in is just scam, I would say, half of the ballots are not filled by the voter they are assigned.
(Family, friends, social workers, ballot harvesters, hospital staff, ...)
How many months does it take for USPS to deliver in California?
AZ has been saved (somewhat) thanks to Stephen Miller.
Republican ballots?
Let see that happen to the dems in the general election. Ain’t happening
IOW, votes meant to put a candidate over the top, just in case. If a candidate was losing, these votes would have been counted, but in this case they were not needed.
Harvesters and forgers didn't get paid for these votes this time.
How could you possibly be expected to manufacture ballots early? You’re have no way of knowing how many you’d need.
Deep State has finally figured out that, in reality, it’s far easier to subtract rather than add.
Low turnout, my derriere.
I’m old enough to remember when signatures were handwritten on paper in the presence of poll workers of both parties, and then were verified on the spot in your presence by comparing with your last signature.
Now thanks to those handy dandy electronic voting machines, I sign in using a fat stylus or my fingertip. My signature is frequently illegible and never close to similar.
Just some food for thought.
I would like to know how many Republican ballots were rejected as opposed to the number of democrat ballots rejected.
You don't hate the left-wing media enough.
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