To the editor: In response to the letter author who questions election integrity in California by evaluating the velocity of election outcomes when he was “a child” to in the present day’s slower outcomes, I provide a solution (“Letters to the Editor: Trump’s repeated lies about our elections present an absence of respect for us,” July 18).
I don’t know the way outdated the letter author is, however let’s assume he’s speaking about 50 years in the past, across the 1976 election. There have been only a few mail-in ballots then, whereas in the newest elections, an overwhelming share of California ballots had been submitted by mail or in drop packing containers. These ballots, below present legislation, can’t be counted till polls shut on election day.
Additional, within the 1976 presidential election, practically 8 million Californians voted; within the 2024 presidential election, 16 million Californians voted. I acknowledge that know-how has improved over these 50 years, however with the arrival of mail-in ballots, whose comfort so many people respect, additionally comes the higher activity of certifying particular person ballots. It requires shut inspection by human beings, a time-consuming activity, however one that’s needed to make sure the validity of all votes.
Mort Tuchin, Poway, Calif.
