The slow counting of the state’s votes could be expedited with some simple reforms.
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Yes, California tabulates ballots slowly. But don’t do what Gavin Newsom did and blame election workers. Blame the state’s politicians, especially Newsom and the California State Assembly.
At 8 a.m. on June 3, the morning after its statewide primary, the New York Times estimated that California had tabulated 58 percent of the ballots in its gubernatorial primary.
