President Donald Trump’s accusations last week that Democrats were stealing the California primary election are unsupported, declared Los Angeles County Recorder Dean Logan.
In your Social Reality account, Trump launched against voting by mailwhich was promoted by the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, for the electoral process on Tuesday, June 2, without presenting any evidence.
“They are trying STEAL THE PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PRIMARY FOR MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES TO TWO GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Here we go with the massive and late amount of MAIL-IN BALLOTS,” the president wrote.
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Logan assured that Trump’s accusations are part of a narrative based on the election resultin which the candidates supported by the president did not lead the preferences in the elections for governor of California and in the mayor of Los Angeles.
“As election administrators, we can’t be distracted by that. We have to follow the process as prescribed by law“Declared the Los Angeles County Recorder in an interview with ABC.
“I would say that the fact that there were voters who waited and placed their ballots in the ballot boxes until late on Election Day It’s a sign that they trust those ballots will be counted, and they will be.“he added.
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The Los Angeles County Recorder reiterated that It’s the way the election process is designed in California..
“That’s frustrating for some people. I get it, But frustrating is different from making baseless accusations.so we’re not going to be distracted by that,” Logan added.
In addition to his messages on social networks, Trump maintains his accusations in the media without presenting evidence.
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Over the weekend, in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the president was asked if he had evidence to back up his claims related to the elections in California.
“All I have to do is look“Trump said.
After other tense moments in the interview, Trump took off the microphone and ended it.
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This Sunday night, Democrat Nithya Raman overtook Republican Spencer Pratt in the Los Angeles mayoral primaryand this Monday she was confirmed as the contender for the position with fellow Democrat Karen Bass.
“It is not possible that Spencer Pratt has lost (advanced to) the second round of Los Angeles after the great advantage he had,” Trump published on Social Reality this Monday.
“I think that the political decision that has been made in California, and it is not a recent decision, but one that has been going on for decades, ands allow voters the greatest number of options and increased access to participate in their elections,” said the Los Angeles County Recorder.
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“The tradeoff is that if a quarter of a million ballots are placed in ballot boxes on election day and collected after the polls close at 8:00 p.m., it will take time to process them accurately and safely“he added.
The Los Angeles County Recorder said that The process to count the votes has not stopped in California.
“But it is, and this is intentional in California, and when I say intentional, I mean intentional to encourage participation, not for any other purpose“, he expressed.
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Logan mentioned that That doesn’t just happen in California..
“If you remember the 2020 presidential election, when it was weeks after the election, and people were waiting for the result, California was not a key state in those elections“, said.
Logan remembered that There were other states that have similar policies allowing voters to cast their ballots up until Election Day.but that also guarantee that these votes are treated with security, transparency and care,” he stated.
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According to political specialists, the results that favored Pratt on the night of the primary day were because the Republicans dominated early voting, while only 15% of registered voters in Los Angeles are Republicans.
Democratic candidates specifically Nithya Raman, were favored with the postal votes that were received until the day of the primarieswhich was reflected in the updates during the following days.
“There is a lot of noise and it is part of a national narrative. “It’s unfortunate that over the last eight or 10 years we’ve seen a narrative being created that casts doubt on the process, so that if the outcome isn’t what you expected, it’s become sort of a playbook,” Logan said.
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“But the political manual is different from the law on how we administer elections, and we are independent of that political narrative“added the Los Angeles County Recorder.
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· Closed fight between Becerra and Hilton after the start of counting votes for governor of California
· Close races in California primaries
· Bass hopes to obtain the votes to be re-elected as mayor of Los Angeles
