Nine states have at least one uncalled House race, some of which are so close they are headed to a recount. Then there’s California. About half of the yet-to-be-decided House races are in the state, which has only counted about three-quarters of its votes statewide.

The nation’s largest state by population has one of the longest vote-counting processes, both because of the sheer number of ballots and efforts to make voting easier.

These differences in how states count — and how long it takes — exist because the Constitution sets out broad principles for electing a national government, but leaves the det

According to the California Secretary of State's office, in the weekend leading up to Nov. 11, there were still roughly 4.9 million ballots in the state to be counted from the 2024 general election.