secretary of state

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California’s secretary of state explicitly warned voters that counting would continue after Election Day, and election experts have spent years explaining why results often take days or even weeks to become final.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before election day and received within seven days after the election, as well as any provisional ballots cast, must still be counted, the California secretary of state said.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Steyer, a billionaire former hedge-fund manager who also ran for president in 2020, has spent $216 million of his own money on his run for governor, according to data from California’s secretary of state.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Anyone can drop off your mailed ballot as long as you authorize them to do so and they do not get paid on a per-ballot basis, according to the secretary of state.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

After all,with Washington as president, Jefferson as secretary of state, Edmund Randolph as attorney general—he might have added Madison as dominant presence in the Congress—Virginia's interests were hardly unrepresented in the capital.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis