About this episode
The episode explores the reasons behind California's slow ballot counting process and addresses the conspiracy theories surrounding it.
California still has lots of ballots left to count, more than one week after the primary. Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have seized on the slow count to spread conspiracy theories of election fraud. But what’s actually behind the holdup? KQED’s Marisa Lagos explains why California counts ballots so slowly, and what could help speed up the count. Links: Ballots Are All In, but California Election Results Could Take Weeks to Settle. Why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Marisa Lagos
Topics covered
- California elections
- ballot counting
- election fraud
- primary results
- political conspiracy
Keywords
- California
- ballots
- counting
- election
- fraud
- primary
- results
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