[Steven W.]

That's not entirely the case - in 2000 we learned that rarely - if ever - are absentee ballots counted in California. They count up all the regular votes and, then, if they need more ballots to decide a close race, they bring in LA then other counties, one after another. More conservative counties, like the one I live in, we learned from our registrar, rarely have their absentee counts contributed to the state's official total. Thus I no longer vote absentee and have since gone back to the polling site & will forever more.

[ambrose]

That's not entirely the case - in 2000 we learned that rarely - if ever - are absentee ballots counted in California.

That was a false Internet/talk radio rumor that has been repeatedly debunked including by the then CA Sec of State, Bill Jones (a Republican)...

[BonnieJ]

I will never vote absentee again either, after the 2000 debacle & revelations, unless it's necessary...like being out of the state or country on election day!

[CdMGuy]

What is your source for the statement that absentee ballots are not counted in CA unless they are needed to determine the output?

I live in Orange County. On numerous times, I have watched the local news on election night and heard reporters at the Registrar's office report that the absentee ballots were being fed into the computers for counting.

Ballots normally have quite a few office positions on them. Do you really think that someone can determine just what ballots are needed for just what office?

Something sounds fishy here. You are saying that a county registrar of voters can take it upon his own to not count ballots. According to what state law would that be legal?

[Political Junkie Too]

That's not entirely the case - in 2000 we learned that rarely - if ever - are absentee ballots counted in California.

As an aside, I always said that Voter Reform in the Bay Area simply means putting lead weights in the ballot boxes to make sure that they STAY down.

-PJ

[going hot]

That's not entirely the case - in 2000 we learned that rarely - if ever - are absentee ballots counted in California. They count up all the regular votes and, then, if they need more ballots to decide a close race, they bring in LA then other counties, one after another. More conservative counties, like the one I live in, we learned from our registrar, rarely have their absentee counts contributed to the state's official total. Thus I no longer vote absentee and have since gone back to the polling site & will forever more.

If the state was in dem control through and through, what better way to discount a whole bus load of probable conservative votes?

Perhaps the word should go out for EVERYONE to get to the polls on E day rather than mail in a ballot that in all probability will not be counted.