L.A. County certified 2,227,461 vote-by-mail, in-person, conditional and provisional ballots. The Times compared the process ...

Mail-in ballots and security measures contribute to counting delays in California's close contests, an election expert says, and last-minute voters in the governor's race may slow things down further.

The U.S. Supreme Court could soon rule that California cannot accept ballots after election day. Experts are unsure what effect that would have on the counting process, but say there are other steps ...