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House Administration hearing probes why California election results took weeks to call
Summary
At a House Committee on House Administration hearing, witnesses and members debated whether California’s mail-ballot rules, signature-curing timelines and same‑day registration caused multiweek delays in finalizing several 2024 contests and discussed the impact on military and overseas voters.
The House Committee on House Administration on Monday examined why California took weeks to finalize some 2024 races, with members and witnesses pointing to the state’s vote‑by‑mail rules, lengthy ballot‑curing deadlines and same‑day registration as primary causes of delayed results.
Chairman Stile, Chair of the House Committee on House Administration, opened the hearing by saying the committee would “continue its oversight of federal election policies” and arguing lengthy canvasses risked eroding public confidence. “The longer it takes to provide the results of an election, the more voters can lose trust and become frustrated with the process,” he said.
The hearing focused on several state practices that witnesses said extend the time needed to complete canvasses in California. Witnesses and committee members described three principal contributors: universal mail ballots that generate a high volume of envelopes to verify, statutory windows that allow ballots to be received after election day, and extended signature‑curing periods.
Ashley Titus, an attorney in private practice in Sacramento, told the…
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