India, July 1 -- In a major course correction aimed at silencing national critics, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping $352 billion state spending plan that allocates unprecedented financial resources to drastically accelerate California's sluggish election returns.

The late-night budget agreement designates a combined $39 million specifically tasked with overhauling how the nation's most populous state processes its millions of mail-in ballots.

The aggressive move comes just months before a highly consequential November election where control of the US House of Representatives could run directly through several highly contested California districts.

State Allocates $39 Million to Fight Tally Delays and Conspiracy Theori...