Bad move by Ben Allen.

machines, e-poll books and voting centers -- people don't understand that this is NOT in their best interest. I have to wonder what powered Allen's actions.

a bad history and is unaccountable to the voters for his actions.

It's a bad assumption that larger = better. Sometimes having the screw ups arranged so that they may be frequent but cover a smaller area is a good thing. Otherwise, Iowa.

I know you filled out that registration form at the DMV. Well, you know what? I’ll bet you that your name is not going to be there because there’s a 45% chance in California when you sign up to register to vote on a piece of paper, your name is never entered on the voter rolls. Guess what? California has one of the worst voting systems in the entire nation.'>>>

https://www.gregpalast.com/stealing-california-from-bernie-again/

I've been seeing it (on my FB,) wondered what it was about, didn't pay much attention (as I'm in MD,) and then Tuesday happened.

so that is about how messed up the registration process is in that state. Jeeze...the last I read about CA elections, their brand spanking new voting system was going to be the gold standard. Got to go back to the drawing board...and then some.

As it was, early voters for Klobuchar or Buttigieg had their votes not count at all.

We need to have ranked choice voting for primaries, and then people can take advantage of the ability to vote ahead of time.

I'm sure that during the general election, with only one candidate from each party, more people usually vote absentee. I'm a permanent absentee voter in CA myself. I voted about two weeks ahead of time and just assumed that Warren would still be in.

Last-minute voters had a clearer idea of who the contenders are. Many early voters, it turned out, voted for ghosts.

Early voting will make more sense in Oct/Nov when the ballot is stable.

A big salute to all who stood in line for hours. My back would not have allowed me to stand, I would have had to give up.

I didn't see lines in the San Diego area at all.

but we did not eliminate any precinct locations.
The County Commissioner's Court approved the system with all current locations remaining open and no changes in anything until at least Jan 2021 (at which time everything will be reviewed and a decision will be made to either start rearranging locations or to wait another year.)

Travis Co Texas (Austin) was the first county in TX to use voting centers; they began with all precincts open and have not changed anything. The county now has the highest turnout percentages in the state.

We have 235 actual precincts and 198 voting centers. These voting centers have been in the same locations for years. They consist of two or more precincts which were low turnout and were combined. My own precinct's location has been combined with the bordering precinct as long as I have lived in this house.

One of the things our Elections Director has emphasized regarding any changes is to maintain good access for areas with transportation issues, high % of elderly voters. This may mean keeping a low turnout location open which otherwise might have been combined with another one.

I don't understand why folks didn't read the material and go to vote center before the final day. I guess it's easier to complain.

A lot of us fill them out, seal them up and instead of mailing them, we drop them off at a voting center in the month before the election or on election day.

If they didn't expect this they were fools.

Hand marked paper ballots hand counted at the precinct level with public oversight is THE GOLD STANDARD.

And printed poll books NOT e-poll books.