{"id":731418,"date":"2026-06-04T20:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/no-excuse-for-californias-slow-ballot-count\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:20:25","slug":"no-excuse-for-californias-slow-ballot-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/no-excuse-for-californias-slow-ballot-count\/","title":{"rendered":"No excuse for California&#8217;s slow ballot count"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a383e15d5cc0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a383e15d5cc0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/no-excuse-for-californias-slow-ballot-count\/#%E2%80%9CNo_excuse_for_Californias_slow_ballot_count%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;No excuse for California&#8217;s slow ballot count&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/no-excuse-for-californias-slow-ballot-count\/#Download_The_California_Post_App_follow_us_on_social_and_subscribe_to_our_newsletters\" >Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNo_excuse_for_Californias_slow_ballot_count%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;No excuse for California&#8217;s slow ballot count&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>California takes forever to count ballots. And there\u2019s no excuse.<\/p>\n<p>No excuse for the delays, no excuse for the Election Night leads that are mysteriously reversed as the mail comes in.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t have to be this way. California\u2019s \u201celectile dysfunction\u201d is not a necessary condition. It\u2019s not about fairness, or access, or the size of the population. It\u2019s a political choice.<\/p>\n<p>A lifetime ago, I was an election observer in a squatter camp in a black township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>It was the year 2000, and South Africa was holding its first municipal elections. After the polls closed, the election staff gathered all the ballots from the cardboard boxes and assembled around a table to count them. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"39579838\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39579838\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/sheriffs-deputy-dog-inspect-ballots-129520186.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A Sheriff's Deputy and his dog inspect ballots at the L.A. County Ballot Processing Center.\" class=\"wp-image-39579838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/sheriffs-deputy-dog-inspect-ballots-129520186.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 8256w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/sheriffs-deputy-dog-inspect-ballots-129520186.jpg?resize=300,200&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/sheriffs-deputy-dog-inspect-ballots-129520186.jpg?resize=768,512&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/sheriffs-deputy-dog-inspect-ballots-129520186.jpg?resize=1024,683&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/sheriffs-deputy-dog-inspect-ballots-129520186.jpg?resize=1536,1024&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1536w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/sheriffs-deputy-dog-inspect-ballots-129520186.jpg?resize=1200,800&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/sheriffs-deputy-dog-inspect-ballots-129520186.jpg?resize=1038,692&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1038w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/sheriffs-deputy-dog-inspect-ballots-129520186.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/sheriffs-deputy-dog-inspect-ballots-129520186.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\"\/><figcaption>No excuse for the delays, no excuse for the Election Night leads that are mysteriously reversed as the mail comes in. <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/William Liang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There was no electricity in that part of the shantytown, and so the officials had to count by candlelight.<\/p>\n<p>One by one, the ballots were counted by hand. Observers from the different political parties could demand to examine each ballot for any irregular markings.<\/p>\n<p>The process took several hours, but was over by midnight. <\/p>\n<p>I learned that even in a country with much of the population living in extreme poverty, ballots could be counted quickly and fairly.<\/p>\n<p>Today, in California, it is the second day after polls have closed, and no one knows the final result. Not only that, we don\u2019t know when we will know.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public and candidates alike are left to refresh the results all night on various government webpages, and to scour the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for updates about when the next round of counting might be finished.<\/p>\n<p>Gavin Newsom, our governor and future presidential hopeful, likes to boast about how California is the fourth-largest economy in the world, and how we lead the world in high-tech innovation.<\/p>\n<p>All of that is true. It is also true that we cannot count.<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s poorest people, without access to adequate education and electricity, are better at turning in results than the most technologically advanced civilization ever to inhabit the earth.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, the South African ballot only had two contests to vote for, rather than several dozen, but the fact is that they were faster in counting by hand than California is in counting by machine.<\/p>\n<p>(South Africa, by the way, also only had one day of voting, in person, with photo ID. How barbaric. Someone must not have told the new, post-apartheid government that those rules are all racist.)<\/p>\n<p>The major races in California seem unlikely to change much as more ballots come in. But there are several key races that depend on the remaining ballots.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>One is the race for the U.S. House in the sixth congressional district, where \u2014 as of the last reported result \u2014 about 1,100 votes separate the second-place Republican from the third-place Democrat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The difference matters, because if the Republican holds onto second, then independent candidate Kevin Kiley will likely win. Kiley, who is the incumbent, had to leave his party to save his career after Newsom and the Democrats redrew his district under Proposition 50.<\/p>\n<p>If the Democrat overtakes the Republican, then the Democrat,\u2014 Richard Pan, a former member of the State Senate \u2014 will almost certainly defeat Kiley in November.<\/p>\n<p>The race could determine whether Republicans or Democrats control the House \u2014 and whether President Donald Trump will be impeached again (since Democrats will not be able to restrain themselves, and they have already proven that they don\u2019t need a real reason).<\/p>\n<p>But the voters of the sixth congressional district have to wait. So do the voters of California and the rest of the country. All because California takes forever to count ballots.<\/p>\n<p>We are told that California takes a long time to count ballots because it allows ballots to arrive up to seven days after Election Day if they are postmarked by that date.<\/p>\n<p>California also allows unlimited numbers of ballots to be dumped at polling places by third parties, a dubious practice called \u201cballot harvesting.\u201d It is harder to count ballots when you have to sift through unanticipated truckloads of envelopes.<\/p>\n<p>But the real reason is that there is no political will to fix the system. The incumbents \u2014 almost all of whom are Democrats \u2014 like the way it works just fine. And the unions who control much of state politics find that turning out pieces of paper <em>en masse<\/em> is easier and more effective than trying to move actual human beings to the polls.<\/p>\n<p>So, we sit and wait \u2014 a society reaching new frontiers every day in the field of artificial intelligence and space exploration, lagging behind the Third World in counting pieces of paper.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joel Pollak is Opinion editor of The California Post.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Download_The_California_Post_App_follow_us_on_social_and_subscribe_to_our_newsletters\"><\/span><strong>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>California Post News<\/strong>: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCaliforniaPost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@CaliforniaPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thecaliforniapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vb6a2IV1NCrL6q2AWq0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><br \/><strong>California Post Sports<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capostsports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/capostsports\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CaliforniaPostSports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a><br \/><strong>California Post  <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Opinion<\/a> <br \/><strong>California Post Newsletters<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>California Post <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a><\/strong>: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download here!<\/a><br \/><strong>Home delivery<\/strong>: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.californiapost.com\/defaultCAP\">Sign up here!<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/><\/a><strong>Page Six Hollywood<\/strong>: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/hollywood-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up here!<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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And there\u2019s no excuse. No excuse for the delays, no excuse for the Election Night leads that are mysteriously reversed as the mail comes in. It doesn\u2019t have to be this way. California\u2019s \u201celectile dysfunction\u201d is not a necessary condition. 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