County elections officials must finalize their official election results by July 2, 2026.
SACRAMENTO, California — Despite many eager eyes looking toward California’s election and governor’s race results, the state’s vote-counting process has quite a while before it’s all said and done.
California election officials will continue counting ballots for weeks, with a new state law requiring counties to finish counting and release results for most ballots by June 15. The deadline, which took effect under a new law this year, falls 13 days after the June 2 primary election.
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Some ballots are exempt from that deadline, including provisional ballots, conditional voter registration ballots, ballots requiring duplication, ballots forwarded from other counties and certain vote-by-mail ballots. Those include ballots with missing or noncomparable signatures that require a cure process and vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day and received between June 7 and June 9.
Depending on how many of those ballots remain to be processed, county elections officials may take up to 30 days after Election Day to verify voter records and determine voter eligibility before counting them.
The pace of vote updates will vary by county based on its size and how election officials tally and report results.
County elections officials must finalize their official election results by July 2, 2026. The California Secretary of State’s office will certify the statewide election results on July 10, 2026.
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