With California yet to officially announce its US presidential election results even 19 days after polling, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a swipe at the process by praising India’s electoral system.
“India counted 640 million votes in 1 day. California is still counting votes,” Musk posted on the social media platform X.
India counted 640 million votes in 1 day.California is still counting votes https://t.co/ai8JmWxas6Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2024
He was responding to a post that shared a news article with the Headline “How India Counted 640 Million Votes in a Day". It was captioned “Meanwhile in India, where cheating isn’t the primary goal of their elections".
California is home to nearly 39 million residents and over 16 million of them participated in the November 5 election. However, California is yet to count over 300,000 ballots, according to reports.
The delay is primarily due to its vast size and predominance of mail-in voting.
Elections in California are primarily conducted by mail. As a result, it requires more time and effort to verify mail-in ballots compared to those cast in person. Each ballot must be individually validated and processed. The state also allows until December 1 to “cure” problem ballots from voters who made a mistake, such as forgetting their signature, signing in the wrong place or not enclosing their ballot in the proper envelope.
Donald Trump won the 2024 US election in a historic comeback, defeating Harris. US President-elect Trump has picked Musk for a role in government cost-cutting, as part of his drive to "dismantle" bureaucracy when he returns to the White House next year.
Tech billionaire Musk, who has called for huge spending cuts, has been picked alongside biotech investor Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new "Department of Government Efficiency" (Doge). The acronym is a nod to Musk's favourite cryptocurrency, Dogecoin.
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