Spencer Pratt Loses Out to Nithya Raman in L.A., as California Keeps Counting Mail Votes

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of mail-in voting in California as Spencer Pratt's election position changes due to late-arriving ballots.

On election night Pratt was in second place to Mayor Karen Bass, and now after a week of watching his position be steadily eroded by late-arriving ballots, some Republicans are crying foul. Is there hard evidence of fraud? Or is this simply another example of California's lax voting rules straining public confidence? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Paul Gigot

Topics covered

• elections
• voting
• California
• mail-in ballots
• politics

Keywords

• Spencer Pratt
• Nithya Raman
• California elections
• mail votes
• voting fraud

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Organizations: California

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