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Certification

The official declaration that the count is complete and the results are final.

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  • California created online voter registration in 2011 (live from 2012).Claim
  • The second cure pathway: a mismatched signature now triggers notice and a chance to fix…Claim
  • Missing the registration deadline stopped being fatal: register late, vote provisionally…Claim
  • AB 827 (2025) — Standardized 22-day cure window and richer cure-status dataLaw
  • For statewide elections the cure window now runs three weeks past Election Day — and these…Claim
  • The certified result: Bass first, Raman second, Pratt third — in an election where four of…Claim

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