California Vote Count: Delayed For Accuracy or Fraud?

California vote counting is slated to take days or even weeks to finalize, while President Donald Trump accuses the state of cheating and the FBI is investigating election fraud.

"Dumocrats Are At It Again": Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday saying "The Dumocrats are at it again! They are trying to STEAL THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA PRIMARY, AND THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, PRIMARY, AWAY FROM TWO GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Here we go with the very late and massive numbers of MAIL IN BALLOTS."

Why Counting Votes Is Taking So Long?: BBC (Center bias) and ABC News (Lean Left) asked the question of why it takes so long for California to count votes. Both outlets highlighted that California is the most populous state in the country, "home to 23 million registered voters." ABC said with this amount of people, it "requires ample time for all ballots to be accurately counted." The article also said that "in addition to the sheer volume of votes, the state also relies on a significant number of mail-in ballots, with some not arriving until a week after voting ends." Both outlets mentioned Trump's remark saying Democrats are "trying to steal" the elections in the state, however ABC also said that Trump has "railed against California mail-in ballots for years, with the president often accusing, without evidence, the voting method of being 'rigged' to benefit Democrats." This, according to ABC, "comes despite Trump himself casting a mail ballot earlier this year."

Election Fraud Investigations: The New York Post (Lean Right) highlighted the announcement from Los Angeles' top federal prosecutor saying, "his office is pursuing several election fraud investigations with the FBI as questions swirl over California's sluggish vote count." First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli posted on X saying "California's election system has serious structural vulnerabilities. Universal vote-by-mail with no voter ID requirements creates conditions where fraud can go undetected and unpunished, eroding public confidence." The article also highlighted a post by Harmeet K. Dhillon, the Justice Department's assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, saying "Ask yourselves—why does California (& many other states) hide their voter rolls from the federal government at the same time they gladly hand them over to liberal activist groups?!"

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