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If Angelenos learned one thing from the June primary, it’s that early results on election night may not be indicative of ultimate vote counts. And final results could take days or weeks in close races.
Election night uncertainty is particularly acute in California, where a 2021 law made the pandemic-inspired shift to universal vote-by-mail permanent.
That shift fundamentally altered participation patterns, with voting beginning weeks before “election day” and ballot tabulation extending for weeks afterward.
“We no longer have election night. We have election season,” said Mindy Romero, a political sociologist and director of the USC Center for Inclusive Democracy.
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