A Los Angeles-based Justice Department official late Friday debunked a baseless claim of a discrepancy in the vote count of the city’s mayoral race that has circulated on social media.

A worker puts ballots in a counting machine at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times) Since election night in California, a single theory of election ...

Tuesday’s D.C. primary was the first time ranked choice voting was used in the District. That means the final vote counts are ...