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After unlikely tie and recount, Low edges Simitian in Congressional race seat

Joe Simitian concedes to Evan Low following recount

Low, as well as former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, will move on to the November general election.

District 16 recount: This county was plagued with voting errors

Santa Clara County, which makes up the majority of District 16 and rescanned 143,726 ballots, saw much more variance between the two counts than San Mateo County.

Two months to count election ballots? California's long tallies turn election day into weeks, months – Metro US

Two months to count election ballots? California's long tallies turn election day into weeks, months

Nearly two months after the election, a recount settled the outcome in a Northern California U.S. House primary contest, breaking a mathematically improbable tie for second place but also spotlighting the lengthy stretch it took count the votes. Most California residents vote by mail, and in the pursuit of accuracy, thoroughness and counting every vote, the nation's most populous state has gained a reputation for tallies that can drag on for weeks — and sometimes longer. At time when many Americans have doubts about election integrity, a two-month stretch to tally votes in one House race “absolutely is a problem from an optics point of view,” said Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation, which seeks to improve the voting process.