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California Election: Uncounted votes
Hello All,

Please keep in mind that the california election isn't over yet. There is a document that is being updated as information comes in. You can see the county reports of how many votes have not been tallied yet:

http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/c-status08/total_unprocessed_ballots08.pdf

There were 3,777,094 vote-by-mail ballots issued. There are 9,068,415 ballots cast. 41.65% of the vote:

http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/hist_absentee.htm

As of this posting, there are 2,361,148 untallied ballots reported/estimated. This includes the mail-ins, ballots that are damaged or that could not be machine read and need to be remade, ballots diverted by optical scanners for further review, and provisional votes that need their signatures to be verified.

While the mail-in vote has trended towards conservative in the past, there have been theories tossed around by news agencies that this election will see a lot of new voters mailing in. These new voters may lean towards the progressive. This is just a theory, however. There is no demographic to support it.

There is still a long way to go. These votes have 28 days from Nov 4th to be tallied. Many have given up on the vote and have moved on to other means of fighting for what they think is right. Supporting this is important.

We can only hope for the best.

--Zackkly