{"id":1196,"date":"2026-06-04T09:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:36:27","slug":"trump-claims-dems-trying-to-steal-california-primaries-launches-probe-into-sluggish-vote-counts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1196","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims Dems ‘trying to steal’ California primaries, launches probe into sluggish vote counts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Trump claimed the Democrats are \u201ctrying to steal\u201d the California gubernatorial and the Los Angeles mayoral primaries \u2013 and launched a probe into the state\u2019s sluggish vote count.<\/p>\n

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Trump fumed Thursday over how votes in California are trickling in two days after polls closed \u2013 and the results of the elections may not be known for several weeks due to the vast amount of mail-in ballots that need to be processed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Dumocrats are at it again,\u201d Trump raged on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are trying to STEAL THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA PRIMARY, AND THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, PRIMARY, AWAY FROM TWO GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Here we go with the very late and massive numbers of MAIL IN BALLOTS.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump announced a probe into the slow vote counting has been launched \u2014 but it\u2019s unclear who initiated the investigation. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s big cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks\u201d Trump blasted in another post. \u201cUnder investigation by the US Attorney\u2019s Office in Los Angeles. Why [is] the vote counting delay???\u201d<\/p>\n

California\u2019s vote count often stretches beyond Election Day because officials must verify signatures, process millions of vote-by-mail ballots, and conduct required audits before certifying results.<\/p>\n

State law gives county election officials up to 30 days after an election to complete the official canvass, count every valid ballot, and perform post-election checks to ensure accuracy.<\/p>\n

Results started trickling in shortly after polls closed Tuesday, but those numbers can change as additional ballots are processed.<\/p>\n

Early in-person votes and mail-in ballots that came in during the first weeks of voting will be released as the state\u2019s initial results.<\/p>\n

Because California accepts vote-by-mail ballots that can be postmarked by Election Day and received later, final results in close races may not be known for days or even weeks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Only 56% of the vote has been counted statewide in California \u2014 and Steve Hilton, a former aide to ex-British Prime Minister David Cameron, leads the way.<\/p>\n

The top two candidates, irrespective of party, will progress and face off against each other in November\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n

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Hilton has received 27.6% of the vote and has a two percentage point lead over Democrat Xavier Becerra.<\/p>\n

Billionaire Tom Steyer, founder of the San Francisco hedge fund Farallon Capital, is trailing in third place \u2014 despite pumping in $215 million of his own cash into the race.<\/p>\n

Hilton, who has been endorsed by Trump, has said California has lost its way under Democratic leadership as he bids to become the state\u2019s first Republican governor in 15 years.<\/p>\n

But he faces an uphill task if he makes it to the general election as Democrats make up 45% of registered voters compared to Republicans\u2019 25%.<\/p>\n

He is pledging to lower prices on everything from gas to housing, reduce income taxes, create a loan program for first-time homebuyers, and freeze in-state tuition at public colleges.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, ex-reality TV star Spencer Pratt is still waiting to find out if he will progress to November\u2019s mayoral election in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n

Incumbent Karen Bass will be on the ballot, having qualified for the run-off, but Pratt is currently in second place on 29.9% of the vote. <\/p>\n

He is ahead of progressive Democrat Nithya Raman \u2014 who is currently on 22.8%.<\/p>\n

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Far-left candidate Raman sobbed during an impassioned speech Tuesday but she could end up in the run-off if a large trove of progressive mail-in ballots swing towards her.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t count Nithya Raman out yet,\u201d Zev Yaroslavsky, the director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA Luskin, told the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n

\u201cPratt has an edge \u2026 but it\u2019s not free from doubt at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s opposition to mail-in voting is well-documented. Last August, he wrote, \u201cELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS\/VOTING.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the 2020 election, Trump claimed \u201cuniversal mail-in voting\u201d would lead to the most \u201cINACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history.\u201d<\/p>\n

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With Post wires <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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