DeMaio, Grenell, and Essayli Call on CA to Speed Up Election Results

The California Primary Election was on March 5th, and now nearly one week later, potentially millions of votes remain to be counted statewide. Many Californians may remember a time when results were generally certain on election night, but now the counting process drags on for weeks — leaving many close races up in the air.

Chairman of Reform California and candidate for State Assembly District 75 Carl DeMaio, former U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell, and Assemblyman Bill Essayli — in an exclusive with the California Globe — released a statement calling for California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to speed up vote counting.

As reported by the California Globe:

“It has been 6 days since Californians voted in the primary elections of 2024. It is an outrage that the Secretary of State of California has yet to finish the vote counting,” said Ambassador Richard Grenell, Assemblyman Bill Essayli, and Assembly Candidate Carl DeMaio in a Joint Statement provided to the Globe.

Grenell, Essayli and DeMaio continue:

“What could possibly be taking so long?

The 58 counties across the state should be instructed to count all the votes in a timely manner. We are California, and so we should be leading the Nation in speed, accuracy, and transparency – not finishing last with a broken electoral process.

Californians will not have faith in the system when bureaucrats secretly count votes for days and days on end. It is imperative that elected officials address these delays in counting votes, as well as the ongoing unchecked voter rolls, which are undermining public confidence.

We call upon California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to do her job and take immediate action to get county registrars of voters to report their results faster. We reiterate the urgent need to demand voter roll cleanup, same-day, in-person voting, voter identification, and a transparent counting strategy.”

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