Eight days after its primary election, California officials are still counting ballots.
That in itself isn’t a big deal — many states give election officials more than a week to tally votes, and California’s sheer size makes a fast turnaround especially unlikely.
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But the lag in calling some of the state’s most high-profile races has captured national attention. Social media has exploded with misleading or false posts claiming Democrats are cheating — that’s despite the primary success of a Republican at the top of the ballot, gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton. President Donald Trump and other national Republicans have also made unfounded allegations of fraud.
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