Officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of voters
Officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of voters
Published
September 3, 2026 6:00AM (EDT)
An election worker processes mail-in ballots at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center during California's state primary election in the City of Industry, California, on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)
This article originally appeared on ProPublica.
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