California's seemingly drawn-out process of counting votes means the balance of power in the U.S. House is still in limbo.
Weber's office estimates that about 2.3 million remain to be tallied, most of them mail-in ballots.
In Texas, by comparison, mail ballots must be postmarked by Election Day and received by election officials by the following day.Processing mail ballots is a lot more complicated than simply feeding them through a counting machine. The tallying itself is often fast — it’s the work that must happen ahead of time that takes a while, said Donna Johnston, the former president of the California Association of Clerks and Elections Officials.
Many counties hire temporary workers to help, and some have to rent out warehouses or large office spaces to handle the large number of ballots, Johnston said. Kim Alexander of the California Voter Foundation, a nonprofit that advocates for equal access to voting and more funding for elections, said the state could do more outreach to people about getting their ballots in sooner, and providing more early in-person voting opportunities could also help.
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