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Meet the Faces of Democracy: Tommy Gong

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Californian Tommy Gong is the deputy county clerk-recorder for Contra Costa County which is located in the San Francisco Bay Area and home to over 700,000 registered voters. He has been an election administrator for over two decades, having served in other California counties including San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus.

California’s Long Vote Count

This story examines the impact of California’s long vote count and features interviews with CVF’s Kim Alexander and California State Assembly Member Marc Berman discussing the impact of the long count and potential ways to accelerate the counting process.

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They’re fighting over voter ID again

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BALLOT BATTLE: California is preparing to enact a new law to prevent cities from crafting their own voter identification laws. And that could once again place the state in the crosshairs of the new Trump administration, just as he takes over.

Support Democracy This Giving Tuesday

Dear Friends,

For this Giving Tuesday, we invite you to make a meaningful impact on California’s democracy by supporting the California Voter Foundation (CVF).

California has a new Legislature — while votes are still being counted

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Today, a newly-elected class of state lawmakers was sworn into office — before their election results are certified. And in one competitive Assembly district, a leading candidate took office even though her race is still not called.

This is the reality under California’s notoriously slow ballot counting process — a process that one state lawmaker is vowing to change.

Close Count Update #8: CD 13 still undecided as certification deadline looms

Hi Folks,

Over the Thanksgiving break, we continued monitoring ballot processing and updated our Close Count Tracker with new numbers in close contests as more votes were added to results.

Why California still has thousands of ballots to be processed three weeks after the election

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Some critics say the state’s slow vote counting process leads to distrust, while supporters say there are several laws that county officials need to follow to make sure every vote counts.

“The key difference is that a lot of these places that people compare us to have just a one-day option to vote, where we have multiple days which is an advantage that others don’t have,” said Yolo County Registrar Jesse Salinas.

California is one of eight states that mails a ballot to every eligible voter.

Close Count Update #7: CD 13 lead flips as ballot curing deadline approaches

Hi Folks,

We are now three weeks past Election Day and two California U.S. House races along with one state legislative contest remain too close to call. We've created some charts below showing how CD 13 and CD 45 results have tightened and changed since Election Night to help illustrate how incredibly close these two contests are.

India counted in 1 day, California still counting: Elon Musk takes jibe at US Election efficiency

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Elon Musk: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk praised India's election process, particularly the speed with which ballots were counted. Musk took to social networking platform X to share a message about India's Lok Sabha elections, where 640 million ballots were tallied within 24 hours.

He shared a post on X that reads, "India counted 640 million votes in a single day. California is still counting 15 million votes... 18 days later." Musk responded to this with, "Tragic."

Why is the race for California’s 45th congressional district so close?

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Created four years ago to solidify the political clout of Little Saigon’s Vietnamese American community, California’s 45th congressional district has become one of the nation’s most narrowly contested House seats.

And with votes still being counted in a race that’s still too close to call, experts say the presence of a Vietnamese American on the general election ballot — a first for CA-45 — is a possible tipping point in a contest that could come down to a handful of votes.

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