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Sam Mahood
@Sam_Mahood
Special Projects and Comms for @SenAlexPadilla. Bay Area native. @UCDavis alum. 49ers, A's, Warriors fan adjusting to east coast start times. All views my own.
Feb 16, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD: A lie about signature verification used in California elections went viral today on Twitter. (Fact check here: )

How did we get here? There's certainly evidence this is a result of a game of conspiracy theory telephone. Let's take a look... On February 12, Assemblymember Kiley tweeted an update on signatures collected by the proponents of the recall. (Campaigns often do this, so I do not have an issue with what he tweeted.)
Dec 13, 2019 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
THREAD: Postcards explaining No Party Preference voters' presidential primary options has led to some wild headlines speculating about "DMV glitches" changing voters' political party. The conspiracy left and right are revving up.

Let's take a look at what really happened... Earlier this week Contra Costa elections issued a press release saying that voters' political party preference was overwritten. This misrepresents an initial bug in motor voter that was fixed long ago. But more on that in a second.
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