What’s taking California so long to count its ballots from Election Day?

More than 13 days after polls closed around the nation and Donald Trump was declared president-elect of the United States, California is still moving methodically through roughly 796,000 uncounted ballots that are holding up final tallies in several contests.

As of Saturday, Nov. 16, two congressional races — including a local matchup between Republican Michelle Steel and Democrat Derek Tran in the 45th Congressional District, who are separated by just 36 votes — remained too close to call.