As a life-long California resident, I’ve never felt anything except reassuring calm for our vote-counting processes, which is logical, thorough, careful, and transparent. Taking time with it is a good thing, and I get angry with anyone who says otherwise.
Christopher Slye
It is not CA's fault that Trump and his allies allege fraud. It has nothing to do with the process or the timing any more than when he attacked Iowa in 2016 and Georgia in 2020. Making voting harder in response to bad-faith attacks on democracy throws out the baby with the bathwater.
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A dispute over slow ballot counting in California offers lessons for all Americans as Connecticut expands access to mail voting, Philip Bump writes.
