In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here.California’s voting laws are so broken that even Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) was forced to criticize his own state for taking so long to count ballots.“We must acknowledge that the longer the voting count takes, the more mis- and disinformation spreads,” Newsom wrote in a letter to state election officials this spring ahead of the state’s June primaries.
Newsom, of course, was quick to blame bad actors like President Donald Trump for exploiting the state’s lengthy vote-counting process, but even an institution as far left as the New York Times has admitted that California’s voting laws undermine the legitimacy of the state’s election results.
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“There is no good reason that California takes so long to count votes,” the Times editorial board wrote as the state was still counting ballots days after the recent primary election. “Most democracies around the world count votes quickly. So do most other large U.S. states, including Texas, Florida, Michigan and Virginia. Until the past decade, California itself counted votes quickly.”
