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California officials praise Supreme Court ballot-count ruling
Filed: Jun 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM ET
Summary: California leaders welcomed a Supreme Court ruling on counting late-arriving mail ballots and pledged funding to speed counts.
WHO: Gov. Gavin Newsom and California officials
WHAT: Cheered a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing states to continue counting certain mail ballots after election day and outlined plans to speed vote counts.
WHEN: Jun 29, 2026 at 2:22 PM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: They reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing postmarked-by-election-day mail ballots to be counted even if received in the days after.
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