LOS ANGELES—Federal authorities on Friday announced they were investigating potential voter fraud in California as key races remained untallied days after the June 2 primary election, sparking questions about the state’s potentially weeks-long process for finalizing the results.
More than three million votes remained uncounted as of Thursday, the latest update available, according to the California Secretary of State, which has until July 10 to verify the election results.
First assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli said on Friday morning in a social media post that the state’s election system has “serious structural vulnerabilities,” including universal vote-by-mail without ID requirements that create “conditions where fraud can go undetected and unpunished, eroding public confidence.”…