[This column was reported for Political Breakdown, a bi-monthly newsletter offering analysis and context on Bay Area and California political news. Click here to subscribe.]
It has become a ritual in recent California elections: Officials’ warnings that with millions of vote-by-mail ballots to count, the result of many races will be unclear on election night.
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A shift in results as more of said vote-by-mail ballots are counted in the following days. False claims from President Donald Trump that the slow count is evidence of fraud. Media admonishments of California’s system.
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