SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Voter Foundation (CVF) today released Ten Recommendations to Accelerate California’s Vote Count and deliver more timely results, without jeopardizing voter access ...

With Election Day approaching, election experts are urging California voters to mail their ballots early or use official ballot drop boxes to avoid the risk of their votes being rejected because of ...

But for the 2024 election, the California GOP is going big on collecting ballots from voters and dropping them off at election offices or polling places, which is legal in California, with some ...

California's statewide primary election is here and in full swing! Next Tuesday, June 2nd is the last day to vote and many voters are still undecided. If you want to help speed up the vote count and ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new report released today by the California Voter Foundation (CVF) finds that California’s long vote count is not inevitable, but driven by fixable operational challenges, ...

Minutes into filling out my absentee ballot last week, I was momentarily distracted by my dog Seamus. A moment later, I realized in horror that I was filling in the wrong bubble -- accidentally voting ...

California’s famously slow vote-counting process could see slight improvements next year after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that gives counties an earlier deadline to tally voters’ ballots. The law ...

Voter ID remains a contentious topic in U.S. elections, and a new California bill related to the practice has become the target of misinformation. "SB 1174 was just passed in California, and it opens ...

As California prepares for the 2026 midterm elections in June, election officials and policy experts are issuing warnings about voter trust in democracy. At the center of the state’s election system ...

It’s time to vote in the California 2026 midterm election — which includes your chance to decide who’ll be the state’s next governor. If you’re a registered California voter, your ballot is on its way ...

We keep waiting and waiting for election results but so far nothing to point us toward any kind of definitive conclusion to the midterm elections or even key local elections like the LA mayor's race.

ABOUT THIS PROJECT The California Voter Foundation (CVF) launched the Close Count Transparency Project for the November 2024 election following a 2022 pilot project. The goal of this project is to ...