In a decision that thwarted a priority of President Donald Trump, the U.S. Supreme Court said in a 5-4 ruling that states are allowed to count mail ballots postmarked by Election Day but received ...

Eight days after its primary election, California officials are still counting ballots. That in itself isn’t a big deal — many states give election officials more than a week to tally votes, and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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Other states with vote-by-mail manage to count much more quickly. By Maia Spoto California’s election process is notoriously time-consuming, in part because of the state’s reliance on mail-in voting, ...