Quote:California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed an executive order that will send every registered voter in the state a mail-in ballot for November’s presidential election -- immediately raising concerns from Republicans that it could lead to fraud and abuse.

“Elections and the right to vote are foundational to our democracy,” Newsom said in a statement. “No Californian should be forced to risk their health in order to exercise their right to vote.”

The move is in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has shut down a number of in-person voting opportunities in primaries and local elections out of fear of the virus spreading. California becomes the first state to automatically send voters their ballots ahead of the general election.

Newsom emphasized that Californians will continue to have access to in-person voting sites.

The order by the Democratic governor sparked pushback from Republicans, who have opposed the expansion of mail-in ballots out of fear it would lead to voter fraud -- and raised the prospect of a legal challenge.

The Republican National Committee said it is reviewing its legal options "to ensure the integrity of the election.”

California Republicans have pointed to problems in the state with voter rolls and a “motor voter” program to register new voters that led to hundreds of thousands of discrepancies -- although the errors reviewed did not allow anyone to vote who shouldn’t have been allowed to.

“To mail out millions of ballots to voter rolls have proven to contain alarming errors throughout the state is not a task that these Democrats can adequately manage or safely execute," Jessica Millan Patterson, chairman of the California Republican Party, said in a statement.

President Trump opposes the practice of voting by mail, alleging that it is prone to corruption.

“Mail ballots, they cheat,” Trump said last month. “Mail ballots are very dangerous for this country because of cheaters. They go collect them. They are fraudulent in many cases.”

Newsom on Friday appeared to have some reservations himself about the plan.

“Mail-in ballots aren’t a perfect solution for every person, and I look forward to our public health experts and the Secretary of State’s and the Legislature’s continued partnership to create safer in-person opportunities for Californians who aren’t able to vote by mail,” he said in the statement.

(05-09-2020 12:13 PM)fsquid Wrote:  you are voting for state electors, he probably can. But, that's what you have the courts for.

(05-09-2020 12:34 PM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote:  If they’re so worried about safety at the polls they would obviously have no concern if Trump were to issue an executive order to postpone the federal election.


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(05-09-2020 12:36 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  

(05-09-2020 12:34 PM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote:  If they’re so worried about safety at the polls they would obviously have no concern if Trump were to issue an executive order to postpone the federal election.


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very true. He could just EO it & it'd be a done deal. If you can take every other part of the Constitution away during a 'crisis', why not that part too?

(05-09-2020 01:36 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Wonder how many are being mailed to Mexico?

(05-09-2020 02:17 PM)Kronke Wrote:  Republicans won't do anything but complain online.

Dems lead the race for the House, 55-0.

(05-09-2020 02:20 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(05-09-2020 02:17 PM)Kronke Wrote:  Republicans won't do anything but complain online.

Dems lead the race for the House, 55-0.

source?

oh yeah, when the leader is nothing but 'tits' in leadershite, that would hardly be surprising....

#missTrent

(05-09-2020 02:42 PM)Kronke Wrote:  

(05-09-2020 02:20 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(05-09-2020 02:17 PM)Kronke Wrote:  Republicans won't do anything but complain online.

Dems lead the race for the House, 55-0.

source?

oh yeah, when the leader is nothing but 'tits' in leadershite, that would hardly be surprising....

#missTrent

Source for what? Did you not watch them wipe out every Republican in Orange County in 2018, days and weeks after the polls closed by harvesting mail-in/absentee ballots?

For all you know, they simply threw the GOP votes in the trash. There is zero oversight whatsoever, and we know how batshite crazy the people are out there. They don't see anything wrong with cheating, they think you are a "Nazi" and they are saving the country from "fascism".

One woman that processed mail-in ballots was caught filling them in herself if they didn't vote down the entire ticket.

(05-10-2020 08:38 AM)Claw Wrote:  You guys have missed the big picture.

California is not the issue.

The states awarding their Electoral College according to the popular vote are the issue.

If California adds 10 to 15 million votes to the popular vote, they pick up a lot more states than California.