Elon Musk's appreciation for India's Electoral counting process comes just a day after assembly elections results of the two states of Maharashtra and Jharkhand were announced. The most populous US state California with nearly 39 million residents has been grappling with slow vote counting that has been continuing for 15 days and more. More than 15 days after polls closed around the nation and Donald Trump has been declared President-elect of the United States, California is still moving methodically through roughly 800,000 uncounted ballots that are holding up final tallies in several contests. As of November 23, congressional races remained still to be declared. The long delay is said to be attributed to Californians moving away from in-person voting.
The state is one of eight in the country, plus Washington, D.C., that sends vote-by-mail ballots to all registered voters, ensuring a more tedious process to tally election results. Responding to the criticism about the lagging vote counting Secretary of State Shirley Weber wrote on the social media site X, “It takes time to ensure every ballot is counted, every ballot is accounted for and every voter only voted once,” Weber said. “State law gives California election officials 30 days after election date to complete vote count, auditing and certification.”
