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Mark Gordon, who joined the president during his June 4 announcement, said Taiwan and Japan have recently decided to reinvest in coal as a “reliable, dispatchable, secure source of energy,” which can be extracted from the coal mines in the Powder River Basin, a 20,000 square mile stretch of coal-rich land in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To be able to open that Oakland port is absolutely essential for the lifeblood of our state and for our coal mines,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, the U.S.’s coal industry has been largely locked out of the West Coast — as liberal states have rejected projects that could be used to transfer fuel from coal producers to Asia. 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It specifically prevents dispersing money for the Oakland project, called the “West Gateway Terminal Project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was sent to Congress to work for and represent the people of the East Bay. They have been clear in the last week and for years prior — no coal in Oakland,” Simon said in a statement. “I will leave no stone unturned in Congress possible to stop this terminal … Our families and our bodies should not have to bear the burden of the Trump Administration’s cruel and backwards decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“West Oaklanders should not be blindly subjected to more air pollution and a multitude of health harms so the Trump administration can prop up the failing coal industry,” said Colin O’Brien, the deputy managing attorney of Earthjustice’s California regional office. “We stand with West Oakland residents who demand to know exactly how this project may harm their community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Last year, the state supreme court declined to take up the case. That leaves funding as one of the last major hurdles to building the terminal. Coal-producing states now hope the Trump administration’s funding infusion could be the key to finally bringing the Oakland facility to fruition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, who joined the president during his June 4 announcement, said Taiwan and Japan have recently decided to reinvest in coal as a “reliable, dispatchable, secure source of energy,” which can be extracted from the coal mines in the Powder River Basin, a 20,000 square mile stretch of coal-rich land in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To be able to open that Oakland port is absolutely essential for the lifeblood of our state and for our coal mines,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, the U.S.’s coal industry has been largely locked out of the West Coast — as liberal states have rejected projects that could be used to transfer fuel from coal producers to Asia. The American coal industry had also waned, eclipsed by less expensive natural gas and renewable energy, before the Trump administration announced it would focus on “\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/reinvigorating-americas-beautiful-clean-coal-industry-and-amending-executive-order-14241/\">reinvigorating America’s beautiful, clean coal industry\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funds Trump has proposed for the Oakland terminal and other coal industry investments were originally to be used for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from polluting industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s invoked the Defense Production Act, a wartime law that gives the president broad emergency powers to support domestic industries needed to maintain domestic security, saying that the U.S. faces a \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declaring-a-national-energy-emergency/\">national energy emergency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta’s \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB40\">AB 40\u003c/a>, the “Community First Coal Review Act,” would require local agencies to conduct an environmental impact report before granting discretionary approval for new or expanded coal handling, storage, or export terminal that would exceed a capacity of 5 million short tons per year. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A total of 11 candidates threw their hats in the ring for the race, but only the top two finishers, regardless of party, will move on to a special general election to determine who earns the seat scheduled for Aug. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If one candidate secures more than 50% of the votes in the primary, however, they will win the seat outright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wahab said given the number of candidates in the race, she feels it’s unlikely she’ll be able to earn more than 50% of the votes to win the race outright, but was encouraged by the large share of voters who supported her in a crowded field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087588\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Aisha-Wahab-Getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Aisha-Wahab-Getty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Aisha-Wahab-Getty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Aisha-Wahab-Getty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Aisha Wahab speaks during the Bay Area Abortion Rights Coalition (BAARC) and commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade event at the City Hall in San Francisco, California, on Jan. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I try really hard to pass policies that really help them. From capping HOA fees, to increasing the renter’s tax credit, to putting money for down payment assistance for first-time home buyers, capping insulin, you name it, we try to do it. And these are common-sense policies,” Wahab said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even in the wealthy Bay Area, people are struggling. I’ve lived that struggle, I know that struggle and I think that that is largely what really motivates me to do the work I do every single day, and it translates to the voters,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom called the special election after Swalwell resigned from Congress after multiple women leveled\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079746/rep-eric-swalwell-says-he-is-resigning-from-congress-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\"> sexual assault and misconduct allegations\u003c/a> against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unexpected race has thrown an extra wrinkle into an already hotly contested congressional election.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Swalwell had previously declared he would not seek reelection to Congress so he could run for governor, which prompted nine candidates to run for the seat in the standard June 2 primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that race, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085551/aisha-wahab-leading-race-for-swalwells-former-congressional-seat\">Wahab was the frontrunner\u003c/a>, earning more than 38% of the votes counted thus far, which is more than double the second-place finisher, Hernandez, who holds a little more than 17% of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wahab and Hernandez, both Democrats, will face off in the November general election to determine who wins the seat for the next four-year term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The special primary and general election process will determine who will hold the seat for the remainder of Swalwell’s term, which ends in January. Democrats are hoping to fill the seat quickly, as Republicans control the House of Representatives by just a handful of votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on the ballot with Wahab, Hernandez and Singh are three other Democrats: Alisha Cordes, a business administrator; administrative law judge Sheriene Ridenour; and businessman Jot Thiara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four Republicans were running in the race: Wendy Huang, a real estate investor; florist Dena Maldonado; Tom Wong, a businessman; and Jack Wu, an educator. Victor Zevallos, a financial business strategist, was running as an independent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The seat represents about 740,000 people across Castro Valley, Hayward, Livermore, Pleasanton and Union City, and parts of Dublin, Fremont and San Leandro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 429,000 registered voters live in the district, with about half of them registered Democrats. Nearly 18% are Republicans, and about 26% do not have a party preference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polls were open until 8 p.m. Tuesday, as in a standard election, though early voting had been available since ballots were mailed to voters in mid-May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Scott Wiener in November’s general election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Chakrabarti and Chan differed on ways to accomplish change in Washington, he said that the two agree on “almost everything” when it comes to federal policy, like stopping the flow of weapons from the U.S. to Israel and increasing taxes on the rich.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s extremely important that we have someone representing San Francisco who is for a tax on the ultra-rich, and Connie’s the only candidate right now that supports that,” Chakrabarti said. “And it’s really important that we have someone representing San Francisco who does not take corporate money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti said in addition to the independent expenditure campaign, he is directing the more than 200 paid staff members from his run to pivot their door knocking and other field efforts to support Chan as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He told KQED that he plans to put money into the committee backing Chan “at the same pace” that he was funding his own campaign through at least July 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086008\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086008\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-DISTRICT11CONNIECHAN-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-DISTRICT11CONNIECHAN-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-DISTRICT11CONNIECHAN-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-DISTRICT11CONNIECHAN-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Connie Chan speaks to supporters during an election night party at El Rio in San Francisco on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti ran one of the most expensive self-funded campaigns, pouring $10 million of his own wealth from a former career as a tech engineer into the race. While Chan amassed wide support from labor unions, her campaign raised only a small fraction of the money compared to Chakrabarti.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This campaign has always been about empowering working people — not cozying up to big corporations. I welcome Saikat’s endorsement and will work every day to earn the vote of every person in San Francisco,” Chan said in a statement about the endorsement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candidates are not allowed to directly coordinate with independent expenditures, and Chan did not comment on Chakrabarti’s fundraising.[aside postID=news_12087400 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GETTYIMAGES-2279541285-KQED.jpg']“Together, we can stand up to corporate power and bring the voices of working families to Washington.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti, who previously worked as chief of staff for New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ran as a progressive Democrat focused on changing the Democratic Party and breaking ties with corporate donors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as a political outsider, he had little footprint in San Francisco’s small but mighty political circles and was not shy to criticize Democratic leaders like Pelosi, who has held the seat representing San Francisco for nearly four decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan, also a progressive Democrat who moved to San Francisco from Hong Kong in her youth, has worked for years in City Hall and received the coveted endorsement from Pelosi herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jason McDaniel, a political science professor at San Francisco State University, said Chakrabarti’s move to back Chan could help consolidate more left-leaning voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s sending a signal to a lot of the sort of progressive voters and leaders in the city that there is a sense of unity and solidarity. I do think that one important part of this,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti acknowledged that his campaign likely split some progressive voters and said he was happy to “consolidate the progressive movement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085169\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260515-SF-YOUNG-PROGRESSIVES-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260515-SF-YOUNG-PROGRESSIVES-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260515-SF-YOUNG-PROGRESSIVES-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260515-SF-YOUNG-PROGRESSIVES-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco City Supervisor and Congressional candidate Connie Chan pins a button on a supporter at a get out the vote rally at City Hall in San Francisco on May 15, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Chakrabarti’s endorsement isn’t guaranteed to be a big boost for Chan’s campaign, McDaniel said, noting that Chakrabarti did well among some demographics such as younger tech workers who might peel off and go for Wiener, the more moderate of the three.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people, maybe sort of younger tech type workers, saw Chakrabarti as a change agent,” he said. “Some similar voters see Scott Wiener as the one who also maybe represents change and who’s still relatively progressive and very liberal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener, a productive state lawmaker who also previously served as a local supervisor, received endorsements and hefty campaign contributions from various tech leaders as well as groups like San Francisco YIMBY, the moderate political organization GrowSF and the San Francisco Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Connie Chan has built a career on blocking housing and affordability for young people — the same voters Saikat claimed to speak for,” said Joe Arellano, campaign spokesperson for Wiener. “With this move, it’s clear that Saikat never cared about what’s best for San Francisco. 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"content": "\u003cp>Democratic former venture capitalist Eric Jones is advancing to the November general election against incumbent Rep. Mike Thompson \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/congress-4th-district\">in Congressional District 4\u003c/a>, setting up an intraparty battle for the seat representing Napa Valley, the Sacramento suburbs and the rural North State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After trailing Republican Ray Riehle for more than a week, Jones surged past him in Friday’s vote count update, and at 5:14 p.m., the Associated Press declared Jones the second-place finisher in the top-two primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are finishing in a very strong position,” Jones told KQED after the update.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the results show that voters want change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Americans are suffering, we’ve never seen so much inequality in our country,” he said. “And our government, whether it’s in Sacramento or Washington, D.C., just ain’t focused on the problems that are plaguing everyday Americans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His campaign remained optimistic the whole time, banking on later ballots skewing more progressive. Republicans \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084978/california-democrats-anxious-about-wasted-votes-are-clinging-to-their-ballots\">voted by mail earlier\u003c/a> than Democrats, boosting Riehle in early vote counts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All those late absentee votes typically are younger, much more Democratic and working-class people of color who fit our base much more,” said Brian Parvizshahi, Jones’ campaign manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones was part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086710/how-did-the-generational-change-movement-do-in-californias-election\">a wave of younger Democrats\u003c/a> taking on some of the party’s longest-serving members of Congress. For the most part, incumbents held their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086015\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_163-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_163-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_163-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_163-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abby Delanoy wears an Eric Jones shirt at the Democratic candidate’s watch party at Three Mile Brewing in Davis on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democratic challengers to 81-year-old Rep. John Garamendi in Solano and Contra Costa counties, as well as 71-year-old Rep. Brad Sherman and 87-year-old Rep. Maxine Waters, both in the Los Angeles area, did not make it into the general election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang was the only generational change candidate to outperform the incumbent, Rep. Doris Matsui, in the primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones put up the most serious challenge that Thompson has faced in years, but he remains 19 percentage points behind the incumbent, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">with 98% of ballots counted.\u003c/span> Still, his campaign sees a path to victory in November.[aside label=\"Live 2026 Election Results\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/napa,Napa County: Stay informed with the latest results for elected leaders and measures passed' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2026/05/Aside-Results-2026-Local-Elections-Napa-County-1200x1200@2x.png]“The general electorate is a completely different electorate. It’s much more diverse, it’s much younger, and it’s voters who live with the day-to-day realities of this country … and the hardships that are facing everyone,” Jones said. “That’s dramatically different from the primary voter base. So we feel very good about our message resonating with the general electorate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Thompson, Jones focused his campaign messaging on affordability, but he ran on a progressive platform, calling for universal childcare, a $10,000 working-class tax refund, Medicare for All and expanded coverage for in-home nursing, dental, vision and hearing care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our entire campaign from day one has been about change,” Jones said. “It’s been about fighting for a new order in politics in our country and getting money out of politics and fighting for something better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has also pledged not to accept any corporate PAC money and wants to ban members of Congress from trading stocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The core of my platform is forcing corporations to actually follow the tax code we have on the books, closing corporate loopholes, and using that money to fund a tax cut for the working class in this country,” said Jones, who has the endorsement of Our Revolution, a progressive organization founded by Sen. Bernie Sanders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085544/in-redrawn-napa-valley-house-seat-voters-appear-to-stick-with-incumbent-they-know\">easily cinched the first-place spot\u003c/a> on election night. A Vietnam War veteran, Thompson is a moderate Democrat who has served 14 terms in Congress with broad establishment support, including endorsements from Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Adam Schiff and the state Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson has countered the generational argument of his opponent, noting his endorsements from youth voter groups such as Sacramento County Young Democrats and UC Davis College Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11705041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11705041\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ThompsonPelosi.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. 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Mike Thompson and Nancy Pelosi, pictured in Dec. 2017. \u003ccite>(Zach Gibson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think every generation has something to offer, and there are younger people coming into Congress, but you can’t have an entire Congress of brand new people,” Thompson said. “It’s important to have people who can provide advice and share knowledge with the younger members who are coming in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Thompson’s signature issues is gun reform, and he chairs the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. He’s also championed the wine industry as a vineyard owner and co-chair of the Congressional Wine Caucus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones’ campaign manager Parvizshahi previously ran Rep. Ro Khanna’s 2014 and 2016 campaigns against Rep. Mike Honda. In 2014, Khanna gained 17 points between the primary and general election. He lost, but returned to defeat Honda in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parvizshahi believes Jones could follow a similar trajectory, arguing that in addition to an expanded general electorate, the longer runway to November also offers time to build name recognition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson usually wins close to two-thirds of the vote in the general election, but in this month’s primary he has received only 41% of votes so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s never good for an incumbent to be under 50%,” Parvizshahi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian Grose, a political science professor at the University of Southern California, agreed the results may be a sign of voter dissatisfaction with the incumbent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086017\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086017\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-34-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-34-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-34-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-34-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Jones, Democratic candidate for California’s 4th Congressional District, center, speaks to a supporter at his watch party at Three Mile Brewing in Davis on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Thompson’s not doing that great, right? If that many people have decided to vote against the incumbent. So that’s a weakness potentially,” Grose said. “But also you can’t assume Republicans will vote for the other Democrat if it’s a D versus D race. They might just sit it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Redistricting could work in Jones’ favor. After voters approved Proposition 50 last year, redrawing the state’s congressional maps, 47% of District 4 is new territory — weakening the powerful role of incumbency name recognition for Thompson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the new District 4 map brought in more conservative, rural regions of the state, including all of Colusa, Yuba and Sutter counties and parts of Placer and Sacramento counties, while dropping much of its more Democratic territory in Sonoma and Lake counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether those voters back a progressive like Jones over a moderate Democrat like Thompson is an open question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The general electorate is a completely different electorate. It’s much more diverse, it’s much younger, and it’s voters who live with the day-to-day realities of this country … and the hardships that are facing everyone,” Jones said. “That’s dramatically different from the primary voter base. So we feel very good about our message resonating with the general electorate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Thompson, Jones focused his campaign messaging on affordability, but he ran on a progressive platform, calling for universal childcare, a $10,000 working-class tax refund, Medicare for All and expanded coverage for in-home nursing, dental, vision and hearing care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our entire campaign from day one has been about change,” Jones said. “It’s been about fighting for a new order in politics in our country and getting money out of politics and fighting for something better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has also pledged not to accept any corporate PAC money and wants to ban members of Congress from trading stocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The core of my platform is forcing corporations to actually follow the tax code we have on the books, closing corporate loopholes, and using that money to fund a tax cut for the working class in this country,” said Jones, who has the endorsement of Our Revolution, a progressive organization founded by Sen. Bernie Sanders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085544/in-redrawn-napa-valley-house-seat-voters-appear-to-stick-with-incumbent-they-know\">easily cinched the first-place spot\u003c/a> on election night. A Vietnam War veteran, Thompson is a moderate Democrat who has served 14 terms in Congress with broad establishment support, including endorsements from Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Adam Schiff and the state Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson has countered the generational argument of his opponent, noting his endorsements from youth voter groups such as Sacramento County Young Democrats and UC Davis College Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11705041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11705041\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ThompsonPelosi.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Mike Thompson and Nancy Pelosi, pictured in Dec., 2017.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1259\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ThompsonPelosi.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ThompsonPelosi-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ThompsonPelosi-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ThompsonPelosi-1020x669.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ThompsonPelosi-1200x787.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Mike Thompson and Nancy Pelosi, pictured in Dec. 2017. \u003ccite>(Zach Gibson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think every generation has something to offer, and there are younger people coming into Congress, but you can’t have an entire Congress of brand new people,” Thompson said. “It’s important to have people who can provide advice and share knowledge with the younger members who are coming in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Thompson’s signature issues is gun reform, and he chairs the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. He’s also championed the wine industry as a vineyard owner and co-chair of the Congressional Wine Caucus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones’ campaign manager Parvizshahi previously ran Rep. Ro Khanna’s 2014 and 2016 campaigns against Rep. Mike Honda. In 2014, Khanna gained 17 points between the primary and general election. He lost, but returned to defeat Honda in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parvizshahi believes Jones could follow a similar trajectory, arguing that in addition to an expanded general electorate, the longer runway to November also offers time to build name recognition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson usually wins close to two-thirds of the vote in the general election, but in this month’s primary he has received only 41% of votes so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s never good for an incumbent to be under 50%,” Parvizshahi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian Grose, a political science professor at the University of Southern California, agreed the results may be a sign of voter dissatisfaction with the incumbent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086017\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086017\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-34-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-34-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-34-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-34-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Jones, Democratic candidate for California’s 4th Congressional District, center, speaks to a supporter at his watch party at Three Mile Brewing in Davis on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Thompson’s not doing that great, right? 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That’s huge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Los Angeles County has 9.6 million residents — more than the population of 40 U.S. states.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to verifying mail-in ballots, election officials in California are working to review provisional ballots — those cast when a voter’s eligibility can’t be immediately confirmed — and ballots from members of the military deployed overseas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker said that this year, amid a competitive governor’s race, many Democrats \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084978/california-democrats-anxious-about-wasted-votes-are-clinging-to-their-ballots\">held onto their ballots\u003c/a> until the last minute, delaying the count even further.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are California’s election laws out of step with American tradition?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No, Becker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had mail voting since at least the Civil War, probably before that. We have extensive federal laws that actually accommodate late-arriving ballots for people like military and overseas voters, which is really important,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When we talk about a slow count, are we actually talking about counting ballots or calling races?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Calling races. Becker said that the public doesn’t really care when every single ballot is tallied — they care about knowing the outcome of important races.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The slow count only matters, he said, when there are close races that are difficult to call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085889\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085889\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-20-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-20-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-20-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-20-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voters cast their ballots at UC Davis in Davis on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“On election night in 2024, at 8:01 p.m. Pacific time, they called the presidential race. Is that because they finished counting the presidential ballots? Not even close. But the margins were so big, there was no question who won the presidential race. But in those congressional races that were really close, that were decided by a few-thousand-vote margin, they needed a lot more detail,” he said, adding that “every single state that ran a June 2 primary, not just California, is still counting some ballots.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking with KQED on June 9, Becker said that a week after the election, “most of the major races are pretty clear and have been called by the media” in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What could California do to speed up its vote counts?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Becker said individual voters could speed things along by turning in mail-in ballots earlier, or voting prior to Election Day at early vote centers. In other words: don’t wait until the last minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties and the state could also give \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086735/why-california-takes-forever-to-count-ballots\">election offices more resources \u003c/a>to speed up the count, according to election officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not clear whether barring ballots from arriving after Election Day — the subject of \u003ca href=\"https://bipartisanpolicy.org/article/what-could-the-supreme-courts-decision-in-watson-v-rnc-mean-for-mail-voting/\">a case\u003c/a> now before the U.S. Supreme Court — \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-06-09/californias-slow-vote-count-faces-changes-as-supreme-court-decision-on-late-ballots-looms\">would actually speed things up\u003c/a>, since many of the mail-in ballots counted later are the ones turned in on or just before Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Trump has talked about nationalizing elections — why \u003cem>doesn’t \u003c/em>the federal government control elections?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“If you go back to the founders, they had just fought a war against a monarch,” Becker said. “And if you read the original Constitution, even before the Bill of Rights, there is one thread that is woven throughout the Constitution. And that is the limitations on executive power. They were really careful about this. They wanted power to be retained by the states.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that the elections clause — giving states the power to decide the time, place and manner of elections — “is literally the fourth paragraph in the Constitution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085822\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A polling place at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That dispersal of power is a “security feature,” Becker said, that makes it more difficult for anyone to carry out election fraud on a large scale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t run a national election. We run 10,000 little elections all over the country. We run 58 little elections here in California,” he said, one for each of the state’s 58 counties. “If there were a bad actor, that bad actor could not overturn the will of the people nationally or in a state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Could President Trump put military troops or immigration agents at polling places?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. That’s prohibited by \u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/federal-and-state-election-laws-ban-federal-forces-polling-places\">law\u003c/a>, Becker said. But even the threat of it is troubling, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that there are individuals in the government and in the United States that would like American voters to be scared,” he said. “They would like them to think that voting might be dangerous. Because that actually could depress turnout, but it’s a lot easier to get them to worry about that than it is to actually do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Howcommonaproblemiselectionfraudanddopeoplegetawaywithit\">\u003c/a>How common a problem is election fraud, and do people get away with it?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“It’s extraordinarily rare,” Becker said. But he said that it does occur — among both \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-22/california-woman-registered-dog-to-vote-cast-ballots-for-pooch\">Republicans\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/former-us-congressman-and-philadelphia-political-operative-pleads-guilty-election-fraud\">Democrats\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Becker said offenders are almost always caught.[aside postID=news_12086288 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2277856381.jpg']“It is one of the dumbest crimes someone can commit,” Becker said. He knows from experience: he investigated voter fraud cases as a DOJ attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is one of the easiest crimes to detect. … If you want to spend some time in lodging courtesy of your state or federal government, you should try to commit voter fraud, because you will be caught and you will go to prison. And if you’re a noncitizen, before you get sent to prison, you will be deported. And this is why we know it’s so rare. The incentive structure just isn’t there to cast one ballot in an election, which 150 million are gonna be cast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker also said that despite Trump’s obsession with voter fraud, “this administration has had nearly 18 months [and] the full power of the federal government and the Justice Department. And they’ve been spending a ton of resources looking for fraud. And what have they shown us so far? Nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are the president’s attacks on elections working?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Becker doesn’t think so. He said that despite the drumbeat of fraud allegations, turnout in the last two presidential elections was the highest in modern American history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it’s easier and more secure than it has ever been to vote — and that Americans largely report being happy with their voting experience and with how local officials are running elections. That’s how it should be, Becker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to remember how much elections are a celebration of our democracy, a celebration of our nation, of our citizenry and the joy of voting. We should recapture that,” he said, predicting that this fall will set a record for midterm election turnout nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lies — combined with Trump’s sustained attacks on election security and a number of moves or threats his administration has made to interfere with local election processes — have raised alarms about what could happen in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To set the record straight, KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086764/is-californias-election-system-crooked-an-election-integrity-expert-weighs-in\">Political Breakdown podcast sat down with election security expert David Becker\u003c/a> to discuss California’s voting process, the federal government’s role in elections and the likelihood that the Trump administration could interfere in the midterms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085478\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/ap26090784092005-scaled-e1781134932262.jpeg\" alt=\"President Trump holds his signed executive order that calls for restricting voting by mail in the White House’s Oval Office in March.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Trump holds his signed executive order that calls for restricting voting by mail in the White House’s Oval Office in March. \u003ccite>(Alex Brandon/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Becker is executive director and founder of the nonpartisan, nonprofit Center for Election Innovation & Research, which works with election officials of both parties to ensure voting is secure, including providing pro bono legal assistance to election officials who are threatened with frivolous criminal prosecution, harassment, or physical violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was previously a senior trial attorney at the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, overseeing voting rights enforcement in several states, including California and Georgia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#Howcommonaproblemiselectionfraudanddopeoplegetawaywithit\">How common a problem is election fraud, and do people get away with it?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why does it take so long to count ballots in California?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In short: Because California’s a giant state with 23 million registered voters that has enacted a slew of policies aimed at making voting as easy and accessible as possible. Most notably, the state automatically sends every registered voter a mail-in ballot — and allows those ballots to arrive up to seven days after Election Day, as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Becker said, when people mail in their ballots, it takes longer for county election officials to verify that legitimate voters cast those ballots and ensure that they aren’t fraudulent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And we want that to happen. We want every single one of those ballots to be assessed to make sure the person hasn’t voted in another way,” he said, “and to confirm that the right person is returning it. When you vote in person, that’s done at the polling place, before you ever get a ballot. When you do it by mail, it’s done afterwards, when the election officials get it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085720\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12085720 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/voter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/voter.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/voter-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/voter-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monica Holguin places her ballot at City Hall in San Francisco on May 15, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Becker said that by the end of election night, some 5.1 million ballots were counted around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s more than most states see in a presidential general election,” he said, noting that many counties have been counting at a fast clip since. “Los Angeles County, for instance, is counting about 200,000 mail ballots every single day. That’s huge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Los Angeles County has 9.6 million residents — more than the population of 40 U.S. states.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to verifying mail-in ballots, election officials in California are working to review provisional ballots — those cast when a voter’s eligibility can’t be immediately confirmed — and ballots from members of the military deployed overseas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker said that this year, amid a competitive governor’s race, many Democrats \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084978/california-democrats-anxious-about-wasted-votes-are-clinging-to-their-ballots\">held onto their ballots\u003c/a> until the last minute, delaying the count even further.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are California’s election laws out of step with American tradition?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No, Becker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had mail voting since at least the Civil War, probably before that. We have extensive federal laws that actually accommodate late-arriving ballots for people like military and overseas voters, which is really important,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When we talk about a slow count, are we actually talking about counting ballots or calling races?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Calling races. Becker said that the public doesn’t really care when every single ballot is tallied — they care about knowing the outcome of important races.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The slow count only matters, he said, when there are close races that are difficult to call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085889\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085889\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-20-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-20-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-20-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-20-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voters cast their ballots at UC Davis in Davis on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“On election night in 2024, at 8:01 p.m. Pacific time, they called the presidential race. Is that because they finished counting the presidential ballots? Not even close. But the margins were so big, there was no question who won the presidential race. But in those congressional races that were really close, that were decided by a few-thousand-vote margin, they needed a lot more detail,” he said, adding that “every single state that ran a June 2 primary, not just California, is still counting some ballots.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking with KQED on June 9, Becker said that a week after the election, “most of the major races are pretty clear and have been called by the media” in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What could California do to speed up its vote counts?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Becker said individual voters could speed things along by turning in mail-in ballots earlier, or voting prior to Election Day at early vote centers. In other words: don’t wait until the last minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties and the state could also give \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086735/why-california-takes-forever-to-count-ballots\">election offices more resources \u003c/a>to speed up the count, according to election officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not clear whether barring ballots from arriving after Election Day — the subject of \u003ca href=\"https://bipartisanpolicy.org/article/what-could-the-supreme-courts-decision-in-watson-v-rnc-mean-for-mail-voting/\">a case\u003c/a> now before the U.S. Supreme Court — \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-06-09/californias-slow-vote-count-faces-changes-as-supreme-court-decision-on-late-ballots-looms\">would actually speed things up\u003c/a>, since many of the mail-in ballots counted later are the ones turned in on or just before Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Trump has talked about nationalizing elections — why \u003cem>doesn’t \u003c/em>the federal government control elections?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“If you go back to the founders, they had just fought a war against a monarch,” Becker said. “And if you read the original Constitution, even before the Bill of Rights, there is one thread that is woven throughout the Constitution. And that is the limitations on executive power. They were really careful about this. They wanted power to be retained by the states.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that the elections clause — giving states the power to decide the time, place and manner of elections — “is literally the fourth paragraph in the Constitution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085822\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A polling place at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That dispersal of power is a “security feature,” Becker said, that makes it more difficult for anyone to carry out election fraud on a large scale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t run a national election. We run 10,000 little elections all over the country. We run 58 little elections here in California,” he said, one for each of the state’s 58 counties. “If there were a bad actor, that bad actor could not overturn the will of the people nationally or in a state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Could President Trump put military troops or immigration agents at polling places?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. That’s prohibited by \u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/federal-and-state-election-laws-ban-federal-forces-polling-places\">law\u003c/a>, Becker said. But even the threat of it is troubling, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that there are individuals in the government and in the United States that would like American voters to be scared,” he said. “They would like them to think that voting might be dangerous. Because that actually could depress turnout, but it’s a lot easier to get them to worry about that than it is to actually do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Howcommonaproblemiselectionfraudanddopeoplegetawaywithit\">\u003c/a>How common a problem is election fraud, and do people get away with it?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“It’s extraordinarily rare,” Becker said. But he said that it does occur — among both \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-22/california-woman-registered-dog-to-vote-cast-ballots-for-pooch\">Republicans\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/former-us-congressman-and-philadelphia-political-operative-pleads-guilty-election-fraud\">Democrats\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Becker said offenders are almost always caught.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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