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Another suspicious wave of late mail-in ballots is reshaping the LA mayoral primary, pushing progressive Councilmember Nithya Raman closer to knocking out Spencer Pratt for the runoff spot against Karen Bass. With hundreds of thousands of votes still trickling in from heavily Democratic areas, the numbers keep shifting in ways that conveniently favor the left.This pattern is all too familiar in California, where mail ballots arrive days or weeks later and often break overwhelmingly one way. It raises serious questions about transparency and whether every vote is legitimate or the result of organized harvesting efforts.Voters deserve elections decided on election night, not through endless drops that erode trust. Californians should demand stricter deadlines, voter ID safeguards, and real-time counting to prevent these last-minute surprises from undermining our democracy.