The nation’s largest state by population has one of the longest vote-counting processes, both because of the sheer number of ballots and efforts to make voting easier.

Early arriving vote-by-mail ballots are typically the first results seen on Election Night, then Election Day polling place ballots, then “late” arriving vote-by-mail and provisional ballots during the official canvass period, the Secretary of State's Office confirmed to KCRA 3.

As ballots continue to be counted, closely watched races continue to flip, including one in Orange County and another in Los Angeles County -- the 45th and 27th Congressional Districts, respectively,

Since Americans around the country exercised their right to vote on Election Day, a couple of ballot processing centers have been forced to evacuate. In both Orange and Riverside counties, bomb threats prompted their registrar of voters to evacuate for a short period as ballot processing was taking place.

A third Southern California ballot processing center has confirmed that they received a bomb threat in the wake of the 2024 election. According to Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan,

The County of San Diego Registrar of Voters received a bomb threat early Friday evening at its office in Kearny Mesa. Sheriff’s deputies conducted an investigation. They determined the threat was not credible,