by links to the California Secretary of States Office
As to your second point, it isn't a crime against democracy. The votes are being counted, and will be certified, and if Sanders is the winner, it will be recorded as such.
You can argue the point that it is shoddy journalism, but they are projecting the winner. They have been doing that all through the primary based on various data points. Whenever the media initially reports the result of an election, it is based on a projection model before all the votes have been counted.
The media is doing the same thing here, based on the votes counted, plus the votes that remain, they have projected a winner.
In fact that is the same thing Target Book does. It is a for profit company that handicaps races, and calculates probabilities.
Words such as "probable", and "could remain", means they don't know. In addition, assuming that ballots have tended to come in a certain way in the past, predicts what it will be this time, also means they don't know.
The nonpartisan Field Poll estimated that 5 million Californians would vote by mail in this statewide primary. That includes a parties. Those vote by mail that requested a Democratic ballot, the Field Poll indicated they favored Hillary.
The media made a projection based on the votes that have been counted, and utilized models on the remaining votes that will be counted. Could they be wrong that the projected winner would change, yes, but they believe it won't change the final result significantly.
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