California primary's lesson for pundits: Don't speak too soon in the age of mail-in voting

[JohnSJ]

7. They don't, as long as your mail-in ballot is received early enough, they are processed and feed

into a counting computer. Officials are not allowed to look at those numbers until the polls close.

The delay occurs with ballots that are received on election day or after, but they must be postmarked on or before election day to be counted. It is these ballots where the delay occurs, because on election day, mail-in vote processing is put on hold, and priority goes to in-person election day votes.

California goes out of there way to insure all citizens, and Californians have the opportunity to vote. Every registered voter is mailed a ballot with a postage paid envelope.

California goes out of their way to insure all legitimate votes are counted.