Newsom Defends Extremely Slow Vote Counting In California

He claimed that California leaders, including Newsom, wanted to make it easier for people to cast “last-minute ballots” by mail rather than focus more on counting ballots quickly.

Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas—two states that have been recipients of California residents and companies. Advertisement He said those leaders are “focused more on counting ballots quickly” than on giving residents “more time to decide” who they wanted to vote for at the last minute.