Newsom’s Bill to Ban Trump Admin from Seizing Election Ballots is Buffoonery
Democrats and Gov. Newsom are trying to outlaw federal investigators from inspecting California elections the way they are trying to prevent investigative journalists from investigating what the Legislature and Governor are doing
By Katy Grimes, June 11, 2026 7:00 am
After gubernatorial candidate Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized more than 600,000 ballots from his county’s registrar of voters earlier this year, Democrats panicked. They introduced Senate Bill 73, to restrict any and all law enforcement agencies and officers from “interfering in any manner with the administration of any election in this state and in the discharge of duties by the SOS, a county elections official, an election worker, or a volunteer performing required elections-related tasks prescribed by the Elections Code or any other provision of state law, except as necessary to respond to urgent threats to public health and safety.”
The long and short: Law enforcement officers will be banned from “interfering” with California elections under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed just ahead of the June 2 primary election.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli responded directly: “Not to worry. This bill has no effect on federal criminal investigations. We have and will continue to investigate election fraud.”
And he is.
After watching Spencer Pratt lose his Election Day lead for Los Angeles Mayor, as third place candidate Nithya Raman’s vote totals increased by 190% nearly one week later, many Californians took to social media crying foul. And this was after Raman even gave a concession speech election night.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 73 right before the June 2 Primary Election, authored by Sen. Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) with co-author Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Orange County) and Assemblywoman Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz), makes it a felony for law enforcement, including federal agents, to seize ballots, access voter rolls, or interfere with certified voting equipment without a court order or specific authorization tied to a violation of state election law, ostensibly to “strengthen California’s existing election safeguards in response to growing threats of election interference and intimidation, including efforts by allies of President Donald Trump to undermine confidence in elections and disrupt lawful election administration.”
California Democrats say they are trying to “Trump proof” California elections.
“California will not allow our elections to be commandeered by political intimidation, abuse of power, or chaotic interference from extremists chasing conspiracy theories,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom. “This law protects voters, election workers, and the integrity of the democratic process from election-deniers who want to undermine democracy.”
“President Trump and his allies have continuously threatened to prevent free and fair elections in states across the country,” said Dora Rose, Deputy Director of the League of Women Voters of California. “But California is fighting back and protecting our democracy.”
Oh?
“This is just the first of several critical steps needed to secure this year’s elections and ensure our democracy is truly democratic,” she continued. “We cannot rest while threats to our voting rights persist. Every safeguard matters. Every defense counts. We look forward to working with the legislature to protect and strengthen our democracy against all who seek to undermine it.”
Such leftist tactics. Democrats and Gov. Newsom are trying to outlaw federal investigators from looking into California elections the way they are trying to prevent investigative journalists from investigating what the Legislature and Governor are doing.
It won’t work.
President Trump and his allies have not threatened “to prevent free and fair elections in states across the country.” President Trump and Republicans are trying to strengthen the integrity of all elections by making proof of identification a requirement.
I just bought some DayQuill this week, and had to show my ID to make the purchase. It was not an inconvenience or too difficult since my ID is in my wallet next to my cash and debit card.
As for US Attorney Essayli, he made clear that federal criminal authority operates under the Supremacy Clause, and state law cannot fully impede legitimate federal probes into issues like voter fraud, double voting, or non-citizen voting. Protecting the integrity of American elections transcends state boundaries and falls squarely within federal jurisdiction.
This legislation was all for show, and perhaps even acted as a dog whistle for Democrats.
As the California Globe’s Megan Barth said, “Californians deserve transparent, auditable elections, not barriers disguised as protections.”
Barth and I have been writing together for more than 10 years about California’s election “anomalies,” going back to the 2015 Presidential Primary, and 2016 Presidential Election.
“The electronic vote rigging in California appears to have been designed to keep Bernie supporters from electing him in the primary,” we reported. “And if they can steal an election in California, they can steal the Presidential Election.”
Oops. They did.
Here is the back story in California 2016, which schemed to hand Hillary Clinton the state’s electoral votes:
With all of the election fraud reported in California on Primary Election Day June 7th, it is particularly interesting that former President Bill Clinton met with California Governor Jerry Brown behind closed doors in California the week before the Primary. “They discussed foreign and domestic politics, and yes, the presidential campaign,” said Brown’s spokesman Evan Westrup, the Los Angeles Times reported. I’ll just bet they discussed foreign and domestic politics… just the way Attorney General Loretta Lynch said she and Bill Clinton talked only of grandchildren, golf, and their respective travels, in a private jet on a tarmac in Arizona.
Election fraud was widespread during the California Primary election June 7. Thousands upon thousands of California voters showed up at their designated polling stations only to discover that their party registration had been changed, or they were dropped entirely from the rolls. And it was evident this was done from within the state’s electronic voting system.
Harken back to the 2012 Presidential election. There were reports of voting machines automatically defaulting to a vote for Barack Obama… Reports of 120% voter turnout in far too many precincts… Bus loads of strangers showing up at polling stations… And there were precincts showing 100 percent of the vote for one candidate – Obama. “One group from Princeton needed only seven minutes and simple hacking tools to install a computer program on a voting machine that took votes for one candidate and gave them to another,” The Hill reported in November 2014. “More whimsically, two researchers showed they could install Pac-Man onto a touch-screen voting machine, leaving no detectable traces of their presence.”
Federal law is unambiguous and says that only legal citizens may vote in an election for federal office. Immigrants, documented or not, do not have the right to vote in federal elections in the United states, until they obtain citizenship. We supposed that the Clinton campaign thanked California Gov. Jerry Brown for his 2017 New Motor Voter law because The California New Motor Voter Program automatically registers all “eligible” California voters to vote when they first obtain or renew their driver’s licenses at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Which brings us back to 2026.
US Attorney Essayli’s warning that “We have and will continue to investigate election fraud” aligns with federal supremacy under the U.S. Constitution, meaning that states cannot block federal law enforcement from pursuing federal crimes, like election fraud under federal statutes. His office has publicly stated it has multiple ongoing election fraud investigations in California, coordinated with the FBI, and has sent prosecutors to monitor processes like LA County’s ballot handling.
It’s been a long time coming, but things are looking up.
A California native and Navy mom, Katy lives in Sacramento, CA.
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Is this where an AI review of our recent election could
highlight anomalies in the results in a timely matter?
Yeah, why not?
Why not do that as one of many things applied to blow the lid off of this obvious-on-its-face CHEAT?
Yes, and that is why they refuse to provide the un-redacted voter rolls. The advent of AI has blown a big hole in their plans.
Gavin Newsom has flipped his wig into full-on Fantasyland with his last several ultra-embarrassing acts.
He really IS a prick, just like whichever politician said he was some years ago.
It’s the only thing he’s really good at, being a prick.
Sorry to be vulgar, but I’m just quoting, and besides, it’s true.
Everything he has blasted about lately in his adolescent way is so absurd and ridiculous I would not be surprised if most Californians are looking past it thinking none of it is real or just staring at it and not believing it.
Whatever, I just hope Katy Grimes is correct in saying, “It’s been a long time coming, but things are looking up.” Yes, please, let it be. Finally.
Western Journal headline, “Gavin Newsom Claims New Law Could Mean Prison for Trump and Other Americans Questioning California Election Process
‘Trump says voter fraud should land people in prison,’ Newsom wrote on the social media platform X.
‘Agreed,’ the governor added. ‘And let’s start with the politicians spreading election lies with the goal of illegally interfering with counting ballots.'”
Newsom is a rat turd. The Democrat’s vote cheating is starting to unravel, and they are doing everything they can to hide the monetary fraud in this state and vote system corruption.
Have we ever seen this level of corruption in this country? Definitely not in my lifetime. And California is front and center,.
Does he imagine state and local law enforcement officers arresting federal agents? He must be drinking again.
silly hoomans, Cali declared itself a sovereign nation many moons ago and is no longer under the rule of the U.S. government……
When on earth is Gavin NEWSCUM finally going to Prison? He is a TRAITOR who fully serves the GLOBALISTS. He was a member of the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM who allies with the UN, China etc. And yes, all that FAKE ENVIRONMENTALISM and Global Warming, Climate Change, NET ZERO and the UN’s SMART CITIES aka 15-Minute Cities is why the Malibu-Palisades was Deliberately burnt down.. the plan is for HIGH DENSITY which is also why almost nobody got Rebuilding Permits or were very slow to get them. And who could forget Newsom just prancing in with his little giggle and dance and said that area was going to be a SMART CITY and yes, there was a plan called SMARTLA2028. And isn’t that Reservoir Still EMPTY? Karen Bass who was in on all this apparently WANTS this area to Burn Down AGAIN. Instead of running for Mayor and Gavin runs for the USA President, they Both should be IN PRISON. the nerve of these TRAITORS. And again, WHERE are the Republicans? Talk is cheap!
Ok, what was wrong with saying Gavin and Karen Bass should both be in prison and saying that the Palisades and Malibu was deliberately burnt down for the UNs Smart City aka UN 15-minute cities? It’s true. And I also mentioned that the Reservoir is still EMPTY. That indicates to me that Karen wants this to happen again. And neither Karen Bass or Gavin has any business running for Mayor or USA president because of their Crimes against the USA Citizenry. BOTH of them should have in PRISON already. Completely off topic, but watch out for millions of TICS to be released by GOOGLE. Also, there’s a STOP NICK SHIRLEY law either passed or coming up. Again, where’s the REPUBLICANS? If they at least tried to do something, anything at all, I don’t think Gavin and like-minded CRIMINAL CA Politicians would have done so much damage, but unfortunately also, we have the Democrat voters who also seem hell bent to destroy California as well as Cheap Labor addicted greedy business people. Anyway, I would love to start seeing these Politicians in prison where they belong.
I might sound crazy when I talk about the UN and its smart cities aka C40 cities aka 15-minute-cities and the UN with its AGENDA 21, AGENDA 2030, but where else will this happen next? I also highly suspect those huge fires with the Santa Cruz Lightning complex fires and another coastal region of north that was almost unfathomable and I also think that was Deliberate to force Humans out. And there were the Massive Lake County fires and unfortunately S CA does tend to burn a lot anyway. And also the Sierra fires that were allowed to burn completely out of control for months. Look at PARADISE also. The UN does want to REWILD Most of the USA and there will only be small pockets where Humans will be allowed to go hence the SMART CITIES and NO CARS-or other Transport other than trains. The Surviving Humans will be forced into these Smart Cities and we’ll get to Eat Bugs too. The Globalists don’t want us to have Farms. ROSA KOIRE also warned about the UN and its AGENDA 21 aka 2030 and wrote a book about it. I don’t know if she can still be found on You Tube, etc and she was very informative. Also, there’s TOM DEWEESE and Kathleen MARQUARDT who also warns about this. Also, there’s WEATHER TAMPERING going on called GEOENGINEERING. The GLOBALISTS blame us and our cars etc for Global Warming and Climate Change, yet the GLOBALISTS are the ones who are Controlling and WEAPONIZING our WEATHER. DANE WIGINGTON has a great website about this issue. I think things are going to get worse if this is NOT addressed and I wonder also if PRIVATE EQUITY and our SKY HIGH housing Costs might also force us out of our homes and into those Tiny coffin-size apartments in those SMART CITIES. Of course there’s Appreciation and Supply and Demand but there’s also no reason our home prices should have risen that much even with those issues, so we’ll be forced into those Smart City tiny apartments. The Globalists want us to have NO Private Property whatsoever, so I think even with those issues, our homes are being Hyper-Inflated into oblivion. As the WORLD ECONOMIC FOEUM liked to say, we’ll own NOTHING, have No Privacy and We’ve Never been Happier And there’s those COMMUNIST GOALS also saying we plebes must NOT have Private Property. Again, we’re in Big trouble if this isn’t taken seriously and where the Globalists want to take us isn’t pretty. They want MOST humans DEAD and everyone else completely IMPOVERISHED.
Since the passage of Assembly Bill 1921 in 2016, California Elections Code Section 3017 allows any person (not just family members or caregivers) to return a vote-by-mail ballot on behalf of a voter. There is no statutory limit on the number of ballots a single individual can collect and submit.
Compensation Rules: While harvesters can be paid for their time, it is illegal to compensate them based on the number of ballots they return. However, critics argue this is easily circumvented by paying flat fees or hourly wages tied to expected volume.
Lack of Tracking: The law does not require harvesters to identify themselves, log the number of ballots collected, or provide a chain-of-custody record when dropping off ballots. Election officials receive the ballots but have no way of knowing who collected them or how many were in a specific batch unless a violation is reported.
California is a Democrat vote cheaters dream. California dreamin’
Every Bank that I know of uses Automatic Signature Verification (ASV) for checks with a very small rejection rate. Why can’t this be used for “Signature Verification” on Ballots? I think I know why, it would be too fast and accurate. Slow and inaccurate seems to win all of the races in favor of Democrats.
If it is illegal to verify the integrity of Kalifornia elections then the logical move is to reject the election results.