hillary clinton, more than 2 million votes so far. so he s raising suggestions of fraud to muddy the waters. now, jill stein is pledging to request a recount in michigan before the wednesday deadline. and in pennsylvania, all this will be playing out as trump builds his administration. the election may be over, but the chaos of campaign 2016 clearly is not. jeff zeleny, thanks very much. california s top election official is hitting back at trump s claim. alex padilla tweeted this. it appears mr. trump is troubled by the fact that a growing majority of americans did not vote for him. his unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud in california and elsewhere are absurd. his reckless tweets are inappropriate and unbecoming of a president-elect. california secretary of state alex padilla joins us now. thanks so much for being with us, secretary padilla. to your knowledge, is there any evidence whatsoever that points to any kind of significant voter fraud in california? uh, absolutely
vote for him. his unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud in california and elsewhere are absurd. his reckless tweets are inappropriate and unbecoming of a president-elect. california secretary of state alex padilla joins us now. thanks so much for being with us, secretary padilla. to your knowledge, is there any evidence whatsoever that points to any kind of significant voter fraud in california? uh, absolutely not, anderson. and i think that s a big part of the problem here. we ve heard a lot of this accusations about potential rigging and hacking in several weeks leading up to the election. to be honest, my biggest concern was not just the security of our elections, but that it could have the effect of discouraging people from voting, if they thought that maybe their vote wouldn t count or maybe their vote would not be counted. in california, i m proud to say, california saw right through that. we had a record high registration going into november 8th. and it looks like an hist