L.A. County certifies 2026 primary election results; vote count faster than prior cycles, Times analysis finds
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Vanessa Martínez
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Los Angeles County has certified the results of the 2026 primary election, processing 2,227,461 ballots cast. Despite concerns about the speed of the count, a Los Angeles Times analysis found that ballots were tallied faster than in previous election cycles. California's historically slow vote count is partly attributed to the state's grace period for mail-in ballots. Counties were required to report most ballots by June 15, with exceptions for mail-in ballots received within seven days of election day and ballots requiring additional review.
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· 3 pulledTwenty-four days after the polls closed on election day, Los Angeles County officials have certified the results from the 2,227,461 ballots cast.
Despite questions raised about the pace of the vote count, a Times analysis found ballots this June were tallied faster than in previous cycles.
California is known to have a slow vote count, partially because of the state's grace period for mail-in ballots.
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