L.A. County processed roughly 99 % of its 3.2 million ballots within a week, outpacing past elections and quelling President Trump's baseless fraud allegations.
State funding of $29 million, with $6 million earmarked for Los Angeles County, financed a new $10 million, 144,000-square-foot processing center and a third mail-sorting machine, allowing round-the-clock ballot counting after the Nov. 3 election.
Yesterday, L.A. County's registrar reported that 99 % of ballots-about 3.17 million-were processed, far exceeding the 96.9 % achieved a week after the 2024 general election and the 73.3 % after 2022, while the state average for recent primaries hovered around 92.8 %.
Trump's administration, accused of attempting to impose stricter federal voting rules and halt counting of 20,000 allegedly noncitizen ballots, saw all legal challenges rejected by federal courts, including the Supreme Court, preventing potential chaos during the count.
County officials, including Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan, warned that the current success is not guaranteed and that continued investment will be critical as the Trump administration is expected to target California again ahead of 2028.