Tesla CEO Elon Musk praised India’s election course of, highlighting that the nation was capable of depend a staggering 640 million votes in simply someday
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk on Sunday took a swipe on the US’ electoral course of with California but to formally announce outcomes of the presidential polls, greater than two weeks after it was held, and drew a distinction with the voting processes in India
The Tesla CEO Elon Musk praised India’s election course of, highlighting that the nation was capable of depend a staggering 640 million votes in simply someday.
Sharing a put up on X, the social media platform that he owns, Musk wrote, “India counted 640 million votes in 1 day. California is still counting votes.” He additionally posted a facepalm emoji together with his put up to specific his resentment.
India counted 640 million votes in 1 day.
California is nonetheless counting votes https://t.co/ai8JmWxas6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2024
In distinction, Musk famous that California is nonetheless struggling to depend its votes, which he termed as “tragic” in response to a meme posted by an X consumer.
Donald Trump gained a second time period as President of the United States after securing 295 electoral votes within the 2024 presidential election, defeating Democratic rival Kamala Harris, who garnered 226 votes.
Following his victory, President-elect Donald Trump has moved swiftly with finalising his international coverage and nationwide safety crew forward of his formal inauguration in January 2025.
Notably, California has the most important variety of registered voters within the United States–over 22 million registered voters.
According to the web site of the California Secretary of State, on election evening, county elections officers should start reporting outcomes to the Secretary of State not more than two hours after they start tallying votes after the polls shut. County elections officers then proceed to report outcomes periodically all through election evening till all precinct vote totals have been reported.
First election outcomes are sometimes ballots obtained earlier than election day, which embody vote-by-mail ballots and early voting location ballots. County elections officers might start opening and processing vote-by-mail poll envelopes as much as 29 days earlier than election day, however these outcomes can’t be accessed or shared with the general public till all polls shut on election day.
Election outcomes posted on election evening are semi-official outcomes primarily based on the in-person ballots forged at voting places on Election Day, any early voted ballots forged in particular person previous to election day, and any vote-by-mail ballots obtained and processed previous to election day.
By regulation, California county elections officers have 30 days, also referred to as the canvass interval, to depend each legitimate poll and conduct a required post-election audit. During the official canvass, elections officers are required to conduct a public 1 per cent guide tally of the ballots tabulated by the county’s voting system so as to confirm the accuracy of the automated depend.
During the 30-day canvass interval, county elections officers course of and depend provisional ballots, ballots from voters who registered and voted conditionally (Same Day Voter Registration), and vote-by-mail ballots postmarked by election day and obtained inside seven days of the election.
This course of features a comparability of signatures on envelopes to the signatures on file. If a signature is lacking or doesn’t examine to the signature on file, state regulation requires county elections officers to achieve out to voters to confirm their signature to make sure that their poll might be counted. By regulation, voters are allowed to confirm their signature as much as two days earlier than the county certifies their outcomes. These processes be certain that all legitimate votes forged by eligible voters might be counted, and therefore, it takes longer for California to depend ballots.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA workers and is revealed from ANI)
