The Los Angeles mayoral count did not stop on Election Day, and the late ballot story is now moving straight into election-integrity territory.
The reason is simple: the late and overnight mail-in updates being tracked online are cutting into Spencer Pratt’s lead.
Conservative accounts on X spent the last 24 hours pointing at the same pattern. Nithya Raman is gaining on Pratt in the late count, and people want an explanation.
Here is the cleanest numeric snapshot of what they are reacting to.
🚨 JUST IN: Nithya Raman is STRONGLY GAINING on Spencer Pratt in the late LA mayoral mail-in drops nearly 24 hours after poll close
If this keeps going, it will KEEP GETTING *MUCH* CLOSER.
In one drop, she closed ~3,000 votes, now trailing by 37,000. 322,000 votes remain.… pic.twitter.com/cVf47D8P5C
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 4, 2026
The viral screenshot circulating in those posts showed Karen Ruth Bass at 172,720 votes, Pratt at 151,149, and Raman at 110,848.
Compare that to the current official Los Angeles County readback.
As of the county’s posted timestamp, Bass sits at 183,701, Pratt at 157,116, and Raman at 119,809.
Run the math between those two snapshots and the pattern is plain. Bass added 10,981 votes, Raman added 8,961, and Pratt added 5,967.
So in that window, Raman gained 2,994 votes on Pratt. His lead over her shrank from 40,301 to 37,307.
That is the move that lit up the timeline.
I need someone to explain to me how EVERY SINGLE VOTE that comes in “late” to California…
…nearly 100% of them…
Go to ANYONE but Spencer Pratt.
How the hell does that happen?
Isn’t that LITERALLY impossible?!!!! https://t.co/jf59xcAnxE
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) June 4, 2026
Matt Van Swol said the late breakdown looked “literally impossible,” asking how nearly every late California vote could go to anyone but Pratt.
MAGA Voice put it more bluntly, calling the overnight mail-in gains a steal happening in front of everyone.
🚨 Nithya Raman is magically gaining more votes than Spencer Pratt from overnight mail in ballots
THEY STEAL ELECTIONS IN FRONT OF OUR EYES
STOP THE STEAL pic.twitter.com/w8TfYEe2B0
— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) June 4, 2026
According to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder:
Statewide Direct Primary Election June 02, 2026 Election Statistics Statistic Count Total Registrations 5,891,851 Total Precincts 2,175
Voter Turnout Statistic Count Percent Voted 1,395,987 23.69% Remaining Eligible Voters 4,495,864 76.31%
Ballot Distribution Statistic Count Percent Vote by Mail Ballots 1,003,097 71.86% Vote Center Ballots 392,890 28.14%
Results as of 06/03/2026 16:07:14.
Results are representative of Los Angeles County only.
Remember to refresh this page to ensure that you have the latest results.
Ballots cast in Vote by Mail precincts are counted in the first bulletin. These tallied Vote by Mail precincts are reflected in the “Precincts Reporting” figure.
There are 865 Vote by Mail precincts.
The voter registration figure reflects registrations 29 days before the election. Voters who registered after this date will have their vote counted.
LOS ANGELES CITY PRIMARY NOMINATING ELECTION Mayor Candidate(s) Votes Percent KAREN RUTH BASS (N) 183,701 34.97% SPENCER PRATT (N) 157,116 29.91% NITHYA RAMAN (N) 119,809 22.81% ADAM MILLER (N) 20,593 3.92% RAE CHEN HUANG (N) 14,591 2.78% JUANITA LOPEZ (N) 9,424 1.79%
Two facts stand out in that official text.
Mail ballots make up 71.86% of everything counted so far, and turnout is still only 23.69% of registered voters.
That helps explain why the late-count pattern is drawing so much attention. When mail ballots dominate the count, every new late update can swing the public readback in a big way.
Eric Daugherty estimated 322,000 votes still outstanding, with Raman closing roughly 3,000 in one drop while trailing by about 37,000.
Pratt is still ahead for the second runoff slot. He has not lost it, and nothing in the official county numbers says he has.
What conservatives are flagging is the consistency. When the late-count movement keeps cutting the same way in the snapshots now driving the debate, people start asking the obvious question.
The headline is a question for a reason. The verified math shows Raman gaining and Pratt’s cushion thinning while a large number of ballots remain uncounted.
Pratt’s lead is real today. Whether it survives the rest of California’s mail count is the part everyone is now watching very closely.
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.
