Why is it taking so long for California’s votes to be counted?

Millions of California voters had the same question after the March 3 primary: “What is taking so long?”
Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who has the responsibility for overseeing elections, said it could be weeks before the outcome of some races is known. He called that “a good thing.”
Padilla has been at the forefront of an effort to enact new laws that almost forcibly register people to vote and effectively drag them to the ballot box, or drag the ballot box to them. T