The primary elections for the Governor of California and the Mayor of Los Angeles are still not finished because officials are still counting a large number of mail-in ballots.

由於官員仍在計算大量郵寄選票，加州州長與洛杉磯市長的初選尚未結束。

California uses a 'top-two' primary system, which means the two candidates with the most votes move to the general election, regardless of their political party. In the Los Angeles mayoral race, Karen Bass has already secured a place in the November runoff. However, the competition for the second spot between Nithya Raman and Spencer Pratt is very close. Although Pratt led on election night, Raman has since moved into second place. This change happened because mail-in ballots, which often favor Democratic candidates, are processed later.

加州採用「前兩名」初選制度，這意味著無論政治黨派為何，得票最高的兩位候選人將進入大選。在洛杉磯市長競選中，Karen Bass 已經確保進入 11 月的 runoff 決選。然而，Nithya Raman 與 Spencer Pratt 爭奪第二個名額的競爭非常激烈。雖然 Pratt 在投票當晚領先，但 Raman 隨後升至第二位。這一變化是因為通常對民主黨候選人較為有利的郵寄選票較晚才被處理。

Similarly, the race for governor is still undecided. Xavier Becerra has advanced, while Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Tom Steyer are fighting for the final spot. The counting process is taking a long time because state laws allow ballots to arrive up to seven days after Election Day, provided they were mailed on time. Furthermore, officials must carefully verify every signature. While Governor Newsom has suggested speeding up the process to stop the spread of false information, nonpartisan experts argue that this system is the most secure and fair way to vote.

同樣地，州長競選結果仍未確定。Xavier Becerra 已經晉級，而共和黨的 Steve Hilton 與民主黨的 Tom Steyer 則在爭奪最後一個名額。計票過程耗時較長，是因為州法律允許選票在投票日後七天內送達（前提是按時寄出）。此外，官員必須仔細核對每個簽名。儘管州長 Newsom 建議加快進程以防止假訊息傳播，但非黨派專家認為，此制度是目前最安全且最公平的投票方式。

This delay has caused some people to question the honesty of the election. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have claimed the process is 'rigged,' asserting that Republicans are being treated unfairly. Consequently, the Department of Justice sent a federal prosecutor to monitor the count in Los Angeles, and Bill Essayli started fraud investigations. However, these claims have not been proven. Essayli himself has dismissed several social media rumors, and research from the Brookings Institution shows that voter fraud in the U.S. is extremely rare and does not change election results.

這種延遲導致部分人士質疑選舉的誠信。總統川普與 Elon Musk 聲稱過程被「操縱」，斷言共和黨受到不公平對待。因此，司法部派遣了一名聯邦檢察官監控洛杉磯的計票，而 Bill Essayli 則啟動了舞弊調查。然而，這些指控尚未被證實。Essayli 本人也駁斥了數項社交媒體上的傳言，且布魯金斯研究機構的研究顯示，美國的投票舞弊極其罕見，並不會改變選舉結果。

The final candidates for the runoff will be decided once the remaining ballots are counted, while the state government continues to insist that the process is fair.

一旦完成剩餘選票的計算，決選的最終名單將會確定，而州政府則持續堅持該過程是公平的。