The key word in the California law allowing people to drop off their ballots at official drop boxes is “OFFICIAL” — not the unofficial (and hence unlawful) ballot boxes placed by the California Republican Party.
California passed and Jerry Brown signed a law providing for official, designated, (ADA) accessible ballot drop boxes. The regs are quite clear. See the sos.ca.gov website: Vote-by-Mail Ballot Drop Boxes and Vote-by-Mail Drop-Off Locations sos.ca.gov/administration…
See “CA Code of Regulations Title 2. Administration Division 7. Secretary of State
Chapter 3. Voting Locations
Article 1. Vote-by-Mail Ballot Drop Boxes and Vote-by-Mail Drop-Off Locations Sec 20132. Drop Box Design and Requirements” sos.ca.gov/administration…
Now as for unofficial ballot harvesting: can I collect your ballot and turn it in for you? YES. Can I set up a random box, call it a ballot drop box with NO Offical County Registrar signoff or chain of custody protections? NO. Because your #vote is sacred and must be safe.
The @gop spent years complaining about lawful ballot harvesting, then put up unofficial drop boxes that don’t comply with the rules & don’t guarantee the ballots will be turned in! Luckily each CA ballot has a barcode that can be tracked like pizza orders. apnews.com/be803bfe99f5eb…
#California voters please #vote with an OFFICIAL ballot drop box with a secure ballot transfer device or #USPS or a trusted ballot collector.
@GOP follow LAW AND ORDER and take down your unofficial illegal ballot boxes!
CA’s @AGBecerra ordered the California Republican Party to remove their unofficial unlawful unaccountable boxes by October 15. Also the Secretary of State Alex Padilla vowed to track and count every vote.
🗳Accept no substitute: OFFICIAL California ballot drop box (labeled by the county registrar not just the word “official” that the California Republican Party fraudulently used) or a trusted ballot collector or in-person #vote or #USPS. TRACK YOUR BALLOT. sos.ca.gov/elections/ball…
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#STIMULUSPACKAGE negotiations update: “Dear Democratic Colleague” letter from @SpeakerPelosi outlines key Trump shortcomings that actively harm the American people; vows to pass relief. 🧵
TRUMP “refuses to put a national testing, tracing and surveillance plan in place ... delays funding to states ... does nothing to address barriers and needs of communities of color that have been disproportionately impacted by #COVID19.” -@FrankPalloneenergycommerce.house.gov/newsroom/press…
Let’s have some real talk about #ReopeningSchools. My view is from being a proud #publicschool mom + class volunteer for art, library, pumpkin fest, school spirit merch sales + field trips over the last 6 years. Cannnot imagine ANY of these activities being coronavirus safe. 1/?
What happens in a k-5 #publicschool classroom? Well you have the day begin with all the kids together on a rug - each criss-cross applesauce on their own designated square. Are YOU going to put 25 kids on a rug together anytime soon? 2/?
Wait you might cram the kids on the rug? OK then - let’s say a couple of them have hair lice. 🐛
The teacher will send them home. To come back, the kids need lice testing, treatment, and a clearance note. The whole class + teacher need testing (+ treatments if infected) 3/?
As a progressive I want people to evolve. To me it’s clear that Bloomberg needs to sit with his supporters and critics, listen to their concerns, and share whether and how he rejects and regrets his past comments and actions. We ask this of every campaign; he is no exception.
As counsel for #WeSaidEnough I hear from supporters and critics when a candidate’s history comes up. Voters must see these issues taken seriously on the highest stage. A candidate being held accountable may not change my mind about them - but it should change them for the better.
That is a key goal of advocacy: state your case and test someone who wants your vote to be accountable to you when they need you (not wait til you need them). Everyone in modern politics is facing a reckoning on race, gender, equality; many are progressing. That’s a good thing!
@blakesmustache@cspan Indeed. Having been a prosecutor dealing with grand and petit (12 person) juries, I’m expecting the Judiciary Committee to collect evidence before listing the charges. OBSTRUCTION EMOLUMENTS
and NATIONAL SECURITY have been topics they investigate and litigate. #FollowTheFacts
@blakesmustache@cspan Anyone who participated in a grand jury or in a felony preliminary hearing presents the facts from an inspector and the live witnesses themselves. Although only an inspector is required in CA (with the case file being hearsay), we used live witnesses to test their credibility....
@blakesmustache@cspan ... and to let defendants know that the witness was going to show up. My cases were domestic violence and sex assault so witness intimidation was REAL and sometimes we added tampering charges against defendants. Here, Mueller was the Inspector not a live witness. We need both!
I am amending Resolution 30 regarding the Democratic Party Platform to add — pursuant to the @DNC Charter Article 2 Section 3 — a series of Platform Debates that encompass the key planks of our 2020 Platform.
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WHEREAS, our responsibility under the Charter Article 2 / Section 3 “the National Convention shall nominate a candidate for the office of President of the United States, nominate a candidate for the office of Vice President of the United States, adopt a platform” and,
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WHEREAS, Democrats can animate and engage our base with a robust series of platform discussions and debates on issues of concern to all Americans; and