{"id":2610463,"date":"2026-06-04T05:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rips-california-voting-count-delays-its-pathetic\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:00:01","slug":"desantis-rips-california-voting-count-delays-its-pathetic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rips-california-voting-count-delays-its-pathetic\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis rips California voting count delays: \u2018It\u2019s pathetic\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-rips-california-voting-count-delays-its-pathetic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2610463&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>California\u2019s primary elections took place Tuesday, June 2, but more than a day later the state still had not finished counting votes. Observers noted that none of the federal primaries had surpassed 60% of votes counted, and the slow process drew widespread criticism online.<\/p>\n<p>gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) attacked California\u2019s vote-counting speed and compared it unfavorably to Florida, saying Florida processes millions of votes within hours while California can take days or even weeks. He also suggested the delays might be due to \u201cincompetence or intentional\u201d actions and questioned whether vote-counting results appeared to shift in a way that benefited democrats, citing changes after later vote totals and betting-odds updates.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights major races still too close to call, including:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **Los Angeles mayoral election:** With about 63% counted, Karen Bass led at 35.0% (183,701 votes), followed by Spencer Pratt at 29.9% and Nithya Raman at 22.8%.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **California gubernatorial primary:** With about 56% counted, Steve Hilton led at 27.6% (1,421,466 votes), followed by Xavier Becerra at 25.6% and Tom Steyer at 19.8%.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\">California\u2019s<\/a> primary elections were held on Tuesday, June 2, yet, over 24 hours later, the state still has not finished counting votes in any of its elections. Moreover, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/abc30.com\/politics\/elections\/local\/\">most recent available updates<\/a>, none of the state\u2019s federal primaries has exceeded 60% of the votes counted. The lethargic pace of vote counting has been widely panned by numerous people on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >multiple social media platforms<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recurring critic of California\u2019s vote-counting pace is Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL), who called the vote-counting efforts \u201cpathetic,\u201d among other things, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocker-fbi-officials-who-briefed-facebook-to-encourage-censorship-of-hunter-biden-story-are-dem-donors\/\" title=\"Shocker: FBI Officials Who Briefed Facebook to Encourage Censorship of Hunter Biden Story Are Dem Donors\">multiple social media posts<\/a>. He contrasted California\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-favored-to-retake-house-and-senate-as-voters-head-to-the-polls-in-midterm-elections\/\" title=\"Republicans Favored to Retake House and Senate as Voters Head to the Polls in Midterm ...\">prolonged vote-counting process<\/a> with the speed and efficiency in his state of Florida. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4594481\/jill-biden-blasts-former-spokesman-memoir-criticism-say-it-to-my-face\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jill Biden blasts former administration spokesman over memoir criticism: \u2018Say it to my face\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4576707\/july-social-security-direct-payment-goes-out-28-days\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>July Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 28 days<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4592554\/bass-advances-to-runoff-in-los-angeles-mayoral-election-but-her-opponent-remains-unknown\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bass advances to runoff in Los Angeles mayoral election, but her opponent remains unknown<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFlorida processes more than 10 million votes in a matter of hours,\u201d DeSantis <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rondesantis\/status\/2062336024022274241?s=46\">said<\/a> in a post on X. \u201cCalifornia takes days \u2014 or sometimes even weeks \u2014 to count the votes.\u201d  <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Florida processes more than 10 million votes in a matter of hours.<\/p>\n<p>California takes days \u2014 or sometimes even weeks \u2014 to count the votes.  <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s pathetic \u2014 and it\u2019s corrosive to our civic culture. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/21hoOFeY4B\">https:\/\/t.co\/21hoOFeY4B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RonDeSantis\/status\/2062336024022274241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s pathetic \u2014 and it\u2019s corrosive to our civic culture,\u201d said DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Numerous primary races in the state on Tuesday drew national attention, including the Los Angeles Mayoral election, the California gubernatorial election, and several congressional races. None of them has had a winner declared yet due to the lag in vote counting. Both the gubernatorial and mayoral elections had three candidates vying for the top two spots to advance to November\u2019s general election. Both races were too close to call after voting closed in California at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Los Angeles mayoral <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/los-angeles-california-general-results-mayor\/\">election<\/a>, with 63% of the vote counted as of Wednesday at 8:52 p.m., incumbent Democrat Karen Bass had the highest percentage of total votes so far with 35.0% and 183,701 votes, according to the Associated Press. Republican Spencer Pratt is next with 29.9% and 157,116 votes, followed by Democrat Nithya Raman with 22.8% and 119,809 votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the California gubernatorial primary, with 56% of votes counted as of Wednesday at 8:54 p.m., Republican Steve Hilton was in the lead at 27.6% and 1,421,466 votes. Next was Democrat Xavier Becerra with 25.6% and 1,318,536 votes, followed by Tom Steyer with 19.8% and 1,019,332 votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4592554\/bass-advances-to-runoff-in-los-angeles-mayoral-election-but-her-opponent-remains-unknown\/\"><strong>BASS ADVANCES TO RUNOFF IN LOS ANGELES MAYORAL ELECTION, BUT HER OPPONENT REMAINS UNKNOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeSantis made additional posts about California, particularly after reports of subsequent vote counts seemed to favor all Democrats. He first pondered whether the delays were due to \u201cincompetence or intentional.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is it incompetence or is it intentional? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sE9VNEgWOI\">https:\/\/t.co\/sE9VNEgWOI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RonDeSantis\/status\/2062124328909480178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also questioned the methodology of the Golden State\u2019s vote-counting practices after Polymarket <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Polymarket\/status\/2062270690032501171\">revealed<\/a> that Pratt had dropped to \u201cthird in LA mayoral odds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCalifornia keeps dumping votes,\u201d DeSantis <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rondesantis\/status\/2062333664285876653?s=46\">said<\/a> in a post on X. \u201cOdds are shifting because the vote dumps always seem to go one way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">California keeps dumping votes.  Odds are shifting because the vote dumps always seem to go one way.<\/p>\n<p>Count until you get the result you want? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7xa3JMQHtv\">https:\/\/t.co\/7xa3JMQHtv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RonDeSantis\/status\/2062333664285876653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCount until you get the result you want?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California voted June 2, but after 24+ hours, results remain incomplete across elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2610464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP23279784259445-e1773952868338.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4045,4980,80809,32570],"class_list":["post-2610463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-california","tag-desantis","tag-election-delays","tag-voting-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP23279784259445-e1773952868338.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610463"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610467,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610463\/revisions\/2610467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}