A candid moment on CNN’s late-night coverage of the Michigan Democrat Senate primary led to an unfavorable mention of the nation’s worst election system. California caught a stray due to its inability to count votes in a timely manner. Harry Enten. This isn’t great, but is certainly miles better than in California, where it took 40-plus days to count votes in the recent primary election. How embarrassing for the Golden State to have its election system be the subject of mockery on national television.