Gail Pellerin

And, you know, it's, And there's really no effort, really no interest.

Legislators like Chair of the Assembly Elections Committee says, well, and Gail Pellerin, who herself is a former county clerk, says it's not a problem that it takes so long to count votes.

And, you know, if you want to restore confidence in elections, I think you could start with, hey, let's speed up the count.

Let's figure out what needs to be done, whether it's money, manpower, procedures, all of the above, to speed up the count.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1267 into law, repealing provisions that previously allowed minors to marry or enter domestic partnerships with parental consent.

Assemblywoman Gail Pellerin, a Democrat representing Santa Cruz, authored the bill, which was sponsored by Unchained at Last and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.

Before the bill was introduced in February 2025, California was one of three states without a statutory minimum marriage age, and minors could marry with parental consent and court approval.

California is now one of nine states in the country, alongside Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, to set the minimum marriage age at 18.