A significant number of mail-in ballots arrived too late to be counted in the Nov. 4 special election for Proposition 50, Gov. In Kern County, for example, 3,303 mail-in ballots — or 1.95% of returned mail-in ballots — were not counted in the 2025 special election because they arrived too late. And in Riverside County, 5,831 ballots — or 0.95% of those mailed in — were deemed too late to count, more than double the number of late ballots rejected in 2024. Postal Service. AdvertisementStates must follow the USPS process if they plan to use the federal mail system for sending or receiving ballots.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 04, 2026 14:31 UTC