Three years ago, former California governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, signed a bill allowing anyone to pick up a voter’s absentee mail ballot. Neal Kelley, who's with Orange County’s registrar of voters, said the law dramatically changed the November 2018 election.Source: Mitch McConnell On NC Ballot Harvesting: Why Is It Legal In California?...
The 2018 election left California Republicans in dismal shape, with no statewide officeholders, just seven of 53 U.S. House seats, less than a quarter of all state legislative seats and third-place status in voter registration behind independents and Democrats.Source: California GOP gathers to chart a course after 2018 defeats...
California’s campaign watchdog agency is sounding an alarm that local prosecutors have failed to file charges in dozens of cases where officials have allegedly used public funds for political purposes.Source: California watchdog agency says it needs more power to go after misuse of public funds...
The Ninth Circuit has set out a briefing schedule for Citizens for Fair Representation v Padilla, 18-17458. The organizations and voters challenging the huge population of California legislative districts must file the opening brief by May 8. The state brief is then due June 7.Source: Ninth Circuit Sets Briefing Schedule for Case Challenging Huge Size of California Legislative Districts...
This is the second of two posts raising potential constitutional flaws in California’s recently adopted “Top Two” primary system.Source: Primaries and Parties: Fusion Confusion?...
As California prepared to launch its new Motor Voter program last year, top elections officials say they asked Secretary of State Alex Padilla to hold off on the roll-out.Source: Election officials said DMV wasn’t ready to launch Motor Voter. California went ahead anyway...
To get the districts they wanted, Democrats organized groups that said they represented communities, but really represented the party. This spring, a group of California Democrats gathered at a modern, airy office building just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol.Source: How Democrats Fooled California’s Redistricting Commission...
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it signed a settlement agreement with the State of California and County of Los Angeles under which they will begin the process of removing from their voter registration rolls as many as 1.Source: California and Los Angeles County to Remove 1.5 Million Inactive Voters from Voter Rolls – Settle Judicial Watch Federal...
Bill Gardner, guardian of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, says he won’t set early state’s date until late next year.Source: California’s 2020 shadow sparks New Hampshire fears...
On the morning after Election Day, county registrars across California announced that 100 percent of precincts had reported results. Seeing that, some people assumed it was just a matter of time until candidates with leads were confirmed to be winners.Source: California voting officials need a clearer way of reporting results...
