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Californians face 36-day wait for official primary results

Ballot processing is slow in California, extending the official count to about 36 days before final results are released.

Published Jun 4, 2026, 6:35 PM EDT | WFMZZ

It will be more than a month — a 36-day count — before Californians see the official results from Tuesday's primary. Slow processing of ballots is prolonging the wait for the certified outcomes.