LOS ANGELES — A combination of recent changes in California’s election rules have lengthened the ballot-counting process and, some Republicans believe, disadvantaged their party. A stunning 5 million ballots — more than 40 per cent of the overall total — were counted after Nov. 6. In many places, Democrats got a significantly larger portion of the late votes than those counted on Election Day. The Democratic legislature approved changes allowing any mail-in ballot postmarked by Election Day to be counted up to three business days later. Another provision allows voters to let anyone drop off their absentee ballots, rather than a family member as previously required.

Source: National Post November 30, 2018 21:00 UTC