Los Angeles
Thursday, 7/2, 03:10 PM
California Made Voting Easier. Turnout Stayed Low and the Count Got Slower
- California has spent years making it easier to vote — mailing every registered voter a ballot, planting drop boxes across the state, and allowing late-arriving ballots to be counted for days.
- Yet turnout has stayed stubbornly low, especially in primaries, and the same rules that widened access have stretched the count to weeks, feeding frustration that officials say reflects the process, not fraud.