California's 'leisurely' ballot counting faces backlash, Dems ripped for 'defending the indefensible'

California's "leisurely" ballot counting process is facing backlash from The New York Times editorial board, which ripped Democrats for defending the "indefensible" in a piece published Wednesday.

"This slowness is a failure of governance, and it should help inspire the creation of a better system," the editorial board wrote. "There is no good reason that California takes so long to count votes. Most democracies around the world count votes quickly. So do most other large U.S. states, including Texas...