Democratic sweep in California raises GOP suspicion

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A combination of recent changes in California’s election rules have lengthened the ballot-counting process and, some Republicans believe, disadvantaged their party.
A stunning 5 million ballots — more than 40 percent of the overall total — were counted after Nov. 6. In many places, Democrats got a significantly larger portion of the late votes than those counted on Election Day.
Those later votes helped Democrats capture a string of GOP-held U.S. House