Ballot-counting debacle shows need for voter ID
The California Post Editorial Board argues for the implementation of voter ID laws in California to restore trust in the electoral process. They criticize the current ballot-counting system as inefficient and prone to manipulation, suggesting that reforms are necessary to ensure the integrity of elections. The article emphasizes the need for common-sense changes, including ending ballot harvesting and requiring ballots to be submitted by Election Day.
- ▪California's voting system has been criticized for taking too long to count ballots.
- ▪The article calls for a ballot initiative to introduce voter ID in California.
- ▪It argues that reforms are needed to improve the credibility and efficiency of the voting process.
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Opinion Ballot-counting debacle shows need for voter ID By CA Post Editorial Board Published June 4, 2026, 9:14 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google California’s system of voting is absurd. It should not take more than a few hours to count the ballots. Yet here we are, several days after the election, still wondering what the results really are. It is unfair to the candidates and to the voters. And it makes the system look easy to manipulate. 3 California’s system of voting is absurd. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong 3 It should not take more than a few hours to count the ballots. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Around the world, most democracies hold elections on one day, in person, with photo ID required.
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