Nearly 150,000 mail-in ballots were rejected during California's June primary election, representing a sharp increase from previous primaries. Reports cite USPS reliability concerns and ballot processing issues as contributing factors.
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apnews.com/article/cali... Nearly 150,000 voters have had their mail-in ballots rejected for California’s June primary election, a sharp spike from previous primaries.
Read "Nearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California’s primary despite efforts to count every vote" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8agFWGxa/z... FILE - Ballots are sorted the day after California's primary election at the LA County Ballot Processing Center, June 3, 2026, in City of Industry, Calif. (A...
07/24/26 Nearly 150,000 California voters’ mail-in ballots were rejected for the state’s June primary, a spike from recent elections even as the state tries to make voting easier to boost participation and by counting every ballot. www.ms.now/news/califor... Late-arriving ballots are the main reason for the rejection increase, data shows. Postal Service changes might affect timing of when postmark
"Nearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California’s primary despite efforts to count every vote" The AP headline's headline should read (since it's largely what's in the story): "California mail voting rules worked, 150K ballots rejected" Trump objections have always been "votes come in late and still count, anyone can send in a ballot" etc. The article makes it clear California is preventing th
California rejected nearly 150,000 mail-in ballots during its June primary, the highest total in recent election cycles, as a surge in late-postmarked ballots sparked concerns about changes to U.S. Postal Service processing. According to data from the California Secretary of State’s office, 148,241 mail ballots — or 1.73 percent of all mailed ballots cast —...
The Post office is doing some bullshit The overwhelming driver were ballots that were deemed too late, accounting for 63% of all rejected mail ballots.