By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-14 00:59:34 | Updated at 2024-11-22 13:10:51
1 week ago
Some California House races haven’t been decided yet. Campaigns are making sure every ballot counts
Los Angeles Times ^ | November 13, 2024 | Angela Orellana Hernandez
Posted on 11/13/2024 4:55:05 PM PST by KingofZion
....Through the increasingly common process known as “ballot curing,” campaigns are contacting voters whose ballots were not counted because of a technicality and giving them a chance to correct their mistakes. That could mean asking them to correct their address or add their signature to an envelope they forgot to sign.
The stakes are especially high in California’s battleground districts, where voters could determine which party will control the House of Representatives next year.
Of the 11 congressional races nationwide where the Associated Press has not called a winner as of Wednesday, five are in California. Republicans need only one more win to achieve a majority in Congress — and obtain the elusive trifecta of being in charge of the House, Senate and the presidency.
In several tight races across California, both parties are rallying volunteers to help them reach voters and fix any problems with their ballots. They are fanning out across Orange and Riverside counties where Republicans and Democrats are in a furious battle for key seats in the House....
ballots can be challenged for a variety of reasons. Among them: the ballot is missing from the envelope, multiple ballots were returned in one envelope, or the voter listed the wrong address. The most common reason for rejecting a ballot, according to the California Voter Foundation, is that it was returned too late....
According to state law, election officials must notify voters if there are issues with their ballots by reaching out via calls, texts or emails. Voters then have until Dec. 1 to fix their ballots and make sure they’re counted. As of Tuesday, California had roughly 161,000 ballots remaining to be cured before they are rejected.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: congress; steal; vote
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Smells like hanging chads to me. SCOTUS needs to put an end to this nonsense.
1 posted on 11/13/2024 4:55:05 PM PST by KingofZion
To: KingofZion
They’d have been done by now but they have to wait for the ink on the ballots to dry.
2 posted on 11/13/2024 4:58:54 PM PST by GMMC0987
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