There is no automatic recount but any registered voter may request one. A voter may file a recount request within five days beginning on the 31st day after a statewide election.
Before going there, I'm estimating that there are more than 5K uncounted votes in CA-13. Many need cured and voters have until 12/3 to cure them. Some voters will have skipped downballot races and some will not cure their ballots so the 5K estimate is more than the number of actual voters we will see. Still, there is still plenty of hope for Gray catching up. Of note, in Merced County (the place with the most uncounted votes in CA-13), and LA and Orange Counties (CD-45), over half of the uncounted votes need cured or will not be counted.
This election is the ultimate proof of that timeless counterargument to "my vote doesn't matter". Clearly even in an 80 million population state, federal races are coming down to hundreds or dozens of votes...and it is entirely within the realm of possibility, admittedly unlikely, that these seats may be decided by 1 or 2 votes...your vote always matters.
Yup, Maine also I believe had incredibly close races for state rep (it would be interesting to see some type of case study on the country's closest races by not only raw vote margins but also percentage of margins as well)
When the dust settles, I hope The Downballot will compile a list of issues and downballot races that were decided by just a few votes / tiny fractions of a percentage. Both those we won and those we lost.
CA 13: Duarte ups his lead from 194 to 210.
What's the recount process like in CA? Is it automatic when it's super close or does someone have to request it?
There is no automatic recount but any registered voter may request one. A voter may file a recount request within five days beginning on the 31st day after a statewide election.
Before going there, I'm estimating that there are more than 5K uncounted votes in CA-13. Many need cured and voters have until 12/3 to cure them. Some voters will have skipped downballot races and some will not cure their ballots so the 5K estimate is more than the number of actual voters we will see. Still, there is still plenty of hope for Gray catching up. Of note, in Merced County (the place with the most uncounted votes in CA-13), and LA and Orange Counties (CD-45), over half of the uncounted votes need cured or will not be counted.
This election is the ultimate proof of that timeless counterargument to "my vote doesn't matter". Clearly even in an 80 million population state, federal races are coming down to hundreds or dozens of votes...and it is entirely within the realm of possibility, admittedly unlikely, that these seats may be decided by 1 or 2 votes...your vote always matters.
California doesnтАЩt break 40m in population.
ty for the correction.
Some races this cycle for state rep have been decided by 1 vote(with thousands cast in raw vote total)
DidnтАЩt Minnesota just do two recounts with the margin in single digit?
Yup, Maine also I believe had incredibly close races for state rep (it would be interesting to see some type of case study on the country's closest races by not only raw vote margins but also percentage of margins as well)
Alaska too I'm thinking
Hear, hear!
When the dust settles, I hope The Downballot will compile a list of issues and downballot races that were decided by just a few votes / tiny fractions of a percentage. Both those we won and those we lost.
Now 220.
Maybe it's hopium but I'm actually somewhat confident or cautiously optimistic even..
Now 203.