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California’s slow vote count sows doubt. Here’s how one group is trying to fix that

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California has a notoriously slow ballot counting process — one that Kim Alexander describes as “a pig in the python.”

“This giant wad of ballots that all arrive at once, that all have to move through the process, and you can’t speed it up,” said Alexander, president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation. “You have to do every single step, otherwise you lose the integrity of the process.”

Some California House races haven’t been decided yet. Campaigns are making sure every ballot counts

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The election is over, and no more ballots can be cast. But campaigns in tight congressional races across California are scrambling to make sure their supporters’ votes are counted.

Through the increasingly common process known as “ballot curing,” campaigns are contacting voters whose ballots were not counted because of a technicality and giving them a chance to correct their mistakes. That could mean asking them to correct their address or add their signature to an envelope they forgot to sign. 

Decisive election waits for California’s results. What’s the hold-up?

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It’s been nearly a week since election day, and California is still counting ballots, imposing an agonizing wait on a nation wondering who will lead the next U.S. House of Representatives. 

It isn’t a surprise that California is taking its time to verify, process and count the ballots of its more than 22 million registered voters. 

While some might see the delay as a problem, Russia Chavis Cardenas, the voting rights and redistricting program manager for California Common Cause, called it a virtue.

Close Count Update: Updated results improve Democratic candidates’ vote totals

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Many California congressional and legislative races remain too close to call. CVF's Close Count Transparency Project is tracking eleven congressional races, the outcome of which will help decide which party controls the House of Representatives next year. Six close legislative races are included in the CVF tracker as well. 

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