2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumAfter Frustrating Primary, Millions of Ballots in California Remain Uncounted
More than 2.5 million ballots from California's June 7 primary are still uncounted, sparking questions about the results of the presidential contest in which Hillary Clinton emerged the winner and leaving the fate of local races in the air as poll workers continue to grapple with reports of voter difficulties.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the uncounted ballots would put the total voter turnout at around 8.5 million, or around 47 percent of all registered voters. While the results are unlikely to impact Clinton's win in the state, Bernie Sanders said Thursday he expected the final tally would show a closer raceone more in keeping with polls that predicted a nail-biter.
"I look forward to the full counting of the votes in California, which I suspect will show a much closer vote than the current vote tally," Sanders said after a meeting with President Barack Obama, who then went on to endorse Clinton.
Los Angeles County, which on Tuesday voted 57 percent for Clinton versus 42 for Sanders, reported more unprocessed ballots than any region at roughly 616,000. San Diego County, where Clinton won 55 percent to Sanders' 44, had 285,000 uncounted ballots.
Many of those were 'provisional' ballots, which are given to voters whose party registration cannot be determined on the day of the election. The LA Times wrote on Tuesday:
Instead of a quick in-and-out vote, many California voters were handed the dreaded pink provisional ballot which takes longer to fill out, longer for election officials to verify and which tends to leave voters wondering whether their votes will be counted.... hundreds of Californians complained of voting problems to the national nonpartisan voter hotline run by the Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law.
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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/06/10/after-frustrating-primary-millions-ballots-california-remain-uncounted
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)villager
(26,001 posts)As for the the questions, you should email the writer of the cited piece...
brooklynite
(94,598 posts)...it's that the counting process takes a long time in a State as large as California.
Have patience; when they're done, Clinton will still be the nominee; Obama, Biden and Warren will still be endorsing her; and Sanders will still be a Senator from Vermont.
villager
(26,001 posts)Democrats should be fighting for smooth, open voting, regardless of state or candidate.
Our past failures to fight for voting integrity have led to what were likely fatal blows for the Republic (though history will be the ultimate judge of that...)
mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)how many of these "anomaly's" the Hillary supporters will tolerate when they no longer favor her campaign and stop benefiting her...
Lord Magus
(1,999 posts)A lot of people are acting as if Hillary getting more votes than Bernie is an anomaly.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)What's their excuse?