SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Friday voted to limit when local governments can count election ballots by hand, a move aimed at a rural Northern California county that canceled its contract with Dominion Voting Systems amid unfounded
The county had been preparing to count ballots by hand for its next election on Nov. 7, 2023, to fill seats on the school board and fire district, and decide the fate of two ballot measures. On Friday, the California Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, essentially voted to ...
The longest-serving woman in congressional history, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D), appears to have held onto her right-leaning seat by a hair — 1,193 votes. Her race against GOP nominee Derek Merrin has not been called by the AP, with more outstanding absentee and provisional ballots to count,...
California, which has long had a culture of voting absentee, started moving toward all-mail elections last decade. All-mail systems will almost always prolong the count. Mail ballots require additional verification steps — each must be opened individually, validated and...
Since hand-counting paper ballots is relatively expensive, an efficient post-election audit will audit relatively few precincts for a landslide election, ...Stark, 2009] Philip B Stark. Efficient post-election audits of mul- tiple contests: 2009 california tests. In CELS 2009 4th Annual ...
Not only did County of Orange elections officials find – at the 11th hour – that they and recall petitioners used the wrong electoral map to gather and verify signatures and mail ballots to residents, but the county has since rescinded its certificate of the recall’s signatures entirely. ...
A broad effort to close thousands of California neighborhood polling places in favor of absentee ballots and multi-purpose “vote centers” has yet to find traction beyond a handful of counties. Show more June 26, 2017 3:02 PM PT Share Nurses union uses the image...
in favor of hand-cast, hand-counted ballots. Shasta County supervisors voted tohand count ballots in January 2023, over the objections of Darling Allen, who cited cost projections, the county’s own simulations, and multiple academic studies showing the process would be expensive and error prone...
“To find the truth and rebuild trust, we need a truly independent investigation, not a secretly hand-picked self-investigation,” said Adama Iwu, a government affairs director for Visa who spearheaded the campaign. “We need full transparency. How was this firm selected? W...
Ballots must be received by ABC by May 26. Any independent grower or handler who does not receive a ballot can contact Toni Arellano at tarellano@almondboard.com. “Every vote is important,” said ABC President and CEO Richard Waycott. “More than 7,600 growers and 100 handlers count on...