California governor's race: DoJ sends in federal observer over slow count

[hookaleft]

Experts warn ballot-counting could drag on in primaries for governor, LA mayor and Congress, as Trump claims ‘rigging’

The US justice department on Friday sent a federal prosecutor to observe ballot processing in Los Angeles, as Donald Trump continues to make baseless claims that California Democrats were “rigging” the results to win primary elections in the nation’s biggest blue state.

State officials have rejected the allegations, but the delay in results immediately fueled misinformation about the integrity of California’s elections, with the president, who has long fanned election-conspiracy theories, repeatedly accusing the state of “cheating”.

In a statement on Friday, the LA county registrar-recorder said “our office was notified late yesterday that the US attorney’s office would send an assistant US attorney to the Ballot Processing Center to observe ballot processing activities”.

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[Lovie777]

1. This is California.................

please stop the harassment.

[RockRaven]

2. All of the legally acceptable ballots haven't even been received yet.

By state law, any ballot postmarked by Election Day and received by 7 days later is counted.

There is no fucking "delay" happening as of yet and anyone using that word, including press and even DUers, is contributing to The Dotard's/Republican misinformation. The system is operating as designed at present.

[lees1975]

3. The federal government has no authority to intervene in state elections.

And if the dumbass in the White House can't understand how mail in balloting works, that's his problem.

[jls4561]

4. So, Fat Donnie whines about how slowly the counting is going, then sends in goons to slow it further?

[chowder66]

5. Link to story...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/05/california-primary-election-races-too-close-to-call