Arthur Schaper - American Thinker
"One should also add that California, yet again, is the biggest loser of them all. If the election turns out as expected, we can expect four to eight more years of performative progressive government, complete with malfeasance, scandal, and incompetence."
"The California Election 2026 primary is over.
"And yet, it’s not over, because the counting continues.
"Democrat leaders will justify the long counting period because they emphasize creating as much ease as possible for everyone to vote. Everyone gets a mail-in ballot, and everyone can vote from wherever they please in the state. A Los Angeles County resident can vote in Orange County or elsewhere in the state, and they can even vote with a provisional ballot if they don’t bring the original ballot with them.
"The state allows ballots to be counted up to seven days after Election Day, provided that the ballots are postmarked on Election Day.
"It’s Election Day, as Justice Alito commented in a recent Supreme Court case, which should very shortly upend this month-and-a-half of counting long after Election Day in wayward states.
"Republicans and anyone with common sense are right to call foul on this inordinate amount of time to collect and count ballots. It’s hard to trust an election system when ballots can keep rolling in day after day, and certain margins start flipping seats here and there. Republicans have benefited from sudden changes in the voting, but Democrats by and large benefit even more. It’s not a sound, integrated system.
"Thankfully, the federal government is investigating the election centers. The California Post exposed the LA County voting center for having only one person manning a desk while all the other desks sat empty, all with a $336 million budget! After the exposé, lots of employees showed up to start counting ballots.
"Let’s set aside the recriminations about voter fraud, and let’s assume the results as they stand statewide will remain relatively stable. Who are the winners and losers on California’s Primary Election Night 2026?
"Let’s start with the biggest winner: Trump."
"He endorsed British Fox News anchor and author Steve Hilton in April (Easter Sunday, in fact), and the momentum just built for him." . . .
