> When a candidate is up by 8% on Election Day and then eventually loses, and especially when that candidate is in the opposite party of those in charge — there

> When a candidate is up by 8% on Election Day and then eventually loses, and especially when that candidate is in the opposite party of those in charge — there is certainly some room for a reasonable person to question the system More than half of Californians vote by mail, and the majority of those arrive on or after election day so they're not counted until later.[1] So, no, it's not even facially suspicious. I am skeptical of the new rule which allow someone to deliver sealed vote-by-mail ballots on the behalf of multiple people, but so are some legislators, including Democratic legislators. As I said, California is also continuing to improve auditing and other safeguards. Easier voting and the integrity of elections are not mutually exclusive. [1] For example, "In Alameda County only about 5 percent of vote-by-mail ballots arrived before Election Day." https://www.kqed.org/news/10347248/mail-in-ballots-will-soon-require-only-a-postmark-by-election-day https://www.kqed.org/news/10347248/mail-in-ballots-will-soon...