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Eight days after its primary election, California officials are still counting ballots. That in itself isn’t a big deal — many states give election officials more than a week to tally votes, and ...

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Democrat Xavier Becerra is projected to advance to the November general election in California's gubernatorial race. Republican challenger Steve Hilton trails Becerra by less than one percentage point ...

Experts say speeding up the count in California would take more resources, but also scaling back rules that expand voting access. By Laurel Rosenhall Jill Cowan and Livia Albeck-Ripka Laurel Rosenhall ...

The slog of tallying up votes in California continued Friday as some races hang in the ballots. Here is where we stand: So how many ballots are left to be counted? There are an estimated 3.6 million ...