California’s slow vote count and Trump’s unfounded fraud claims offer preview of November’s midterms

The state’s mail voting rules and a set of particularly competitive and high-profile primary contests made it a target of allegations from the right.

A perfect storm of conditions in California has led to an increasingly loud chorus of unfounded voter fraud claims over the past week from President Donald Trump and his allies, alarming election experts who warn it could be a preview of what’s to come in this fall’s midterms.

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