I am frustrated by the number of late-in-the-process Vote by Mail ballots that we get every year,” he told The Bee on Tuesday after he released the latest vote count update. He said with each election there’s a typical surge of last-moment drop-box ballots and others postmarked and mailed on primary day,

Experts say speeding up the count in California would take more resources, but also scaling back rules that expand voting access.

Mail-in ballots and security measures contribute to counting delays in California's close contests, an election expert says, and last-minute voters in the governor's race may slow things down further.

As the vote count totals crawl across Los Angeles and California, The California Post visited the county’s 144,000-square-foot ballot processing facility Thursday which showed dozens of empty work

For years, Trump has repeatedly spread falsehoods about "rigged" elections, including in California. Trump’s not alone in his criticism of the pace of California counting ballots, however, he distorted what it means. It’s not a sign of widespread cheating.

The New York Times editorial board ripped California Democrats for defending "indefensible" slow ballot counting, calling for national deadlines on Election Day.