Spencer Pratt's LA vote-count meme frames a slowing lead in the mayoral race

LA’s mayoral primary vote-count moved slowly, with Spencer Pratt’s lead over Nithya Raman shrinking from more than 20,000 to about 7,500 as roughly 78% of ballots had been counted; Pratt posted a meme joking about how votes get counted. Federal prosecutors announced election-fraud inquiries related to California’s voting process, adding scrutiny of LA’s ballot operations and the registrar’s office.