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Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, November 4. What we know so far What a night. After hours of refreshing election results and drinking way too many cups of coffee, here’s what we know about how California’s 12 statewide propositions are faring so far. Two ballot measures passed and three failed, according to the Associated Press. […]

Abróchate el cinturón, recuerda que los márgenes y la geografía son importantes, busca estas pistas y prepárate para esperar días en carreras reñidas.

Today’s the day, and CalMatters has a contingent of Votebeat reporters deployed around the state to bring you round-the-clock coverage of the 2020 Election. More than 11.2 million Californians voted early. Everyone else will cast their ballots in person today and we will be watching how that works, from the count, to any voting interference, […]

Buckle in for a long count, remember that margins and geography matter, look for these clues — and prepare to wait days on close races.

Good morning, California. It’s Monday, November 2. Gearing up for the big day Tomorrow is Election Day — and a record 22,047,448 Californians are registered to vote. That represents about 88% of eligible citizens, the highest percentage heading into a general election in the past 80 years, according to the secretary of state. They — […]

California is a blue state but this election may tell us just how deeply blue it truly is.

Vertiginous blue spires on the urban coast and crimson plateaus stretching from the Central Valley to suburban SoCal — this is the presidential race for California cash, in 3D. In the map below, each ZIP code is colored according to the candidate who amassed more individual contributions from its residents. That’s blue for former Vice […]

 Lea este artículo en español. It’s the weekend before Election Day.  Elections officials across California are already processing the 9 million-plus ballots returned thus far.  But don’t expect the full picture to emerge until well after November 3.  Counting all vote-by-mail, provisional and same-day voter registration ballots, in addition to those in-person ballots cast in the […]

Read this article in English.     Es el fin de semana anterior al día de las elecciones.  Los funcionarios electorales de California ya están procesando los más de 9 millones de boletas devueltas hasta ahora.  Pero no espere que surja la imagen completa hasta mucho después del 3 de noviembre.  El recuento de todas las boletas de […]

The political stakes of the ongoing face-off between the California Republican Party and some of the state’s top Democratic elected officials over “ballot harvesting” practices just got a lot higher. The California GOP said it would not stop collecting voter ballots in unofficial drop boxes in a Wednesday letter to Secretary of State Alex Padilla […]