Don't be surprised if we don't get CA results till days or WEEKS after the election.

[pnwmom]

It takes a while to get all those mailed-in ballots counted, checked, and finally certified. If the results are close, we really might not know who the winner is for a couple weeks.

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/01/809941998/on-super-tuesday-dont-expect-quick-election-results-from-the-west

"If we counted at the moment that the polls closed, we would disenfranchise people — simple as that," said Kathleen Hale, director of the Institute for Election Administration Research and Practice at Auburn University. "And if we expect to have a count within four or five hours after the polls close, we need a much more sophisticated and, quite frankly, expensive infrastructure to make that even remotely possible."


On Super Tuesday, 14 states including California, Colorado and Utah will all cast ballots. The western states increasingly rely on mail-in ballots that often take longer to count. More than 60% of California voters cast absentee ballots in 2018 and it took weeks to call some races in California and Arizona that year.

SNIP

In California, for example, vote-by-mail ballots don't have to reach county elections officials until three days after the election, as long as they're postmarked by Election Day.

In 2018, it took weeks for some races to be decided in California.

Additionally, California is one of 20 states where voters can now register the day of an election. But, they'll be casting a provisional ballot that won't be counted until it's reviewed by officials in the days and weeks after polls close.

[TwilightZone]

1. Just like last time.

There was an interesting thread about how Sanders could win big there, but it probably wouldn't be reflected for a while - maybe weeks - so any momentum he might have gotten from the win would be blunted or delayed, possibly through the point where several other states have voted already.

I hadn't really thought about that, but it makes sense.

[blue-wave]

3. Yeah because you know, it's all a conspiracy against Bernie

Hmmm. Seems I've heard about conspiracy theories before. Oh yeah, that's right. From the republiCons.

Where does this stuff come from? Ugh!

[TwilightZone]

5. Already complaining about the NPP ballots.

It never ends.

[showblue22]

8. He's lowering expectations

while blaming it on someone NOT HIM.

[still_one]

2. Yup. California insures all ballots atr counted, including provisional

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. This shows there is no excuse for electronic voting.

Paper ballots everywhere. We should not give up verifiable elections for the sake of a fast count of invisible electronic ballots.

[2naSalit]

6. Totally agree. ...nt

[Peacetrain]

7. Could not agree more!