California Election Officials Face False Choice: Count Votes Quickly or Count Them Right ^25.3%

KQED - By Maya C. Miller, CalMatters - 4/25/2026, 7:00 PM

Negativity Bias 24.8% - Appeal to Emotion 11.2% - Framing Effect 11%

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Political persecution, threats of violence and the seizure of sensitive documents might sound like a plot line for a heist or thriller movie. For California election officials tasked with enabling participatory democracy, these are now everyday realities —... more