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Why Incumbent Congressional Representatives Michelle Steel and John Duarte Should Have Won

January 6, 2025 4:06 pmJanuary 6, 2025 4:13 pm

In 2020, California’s Assembly Bill 860 fundamentally altered state election laws by requiring county elections officials to mail a vote-by-mail ballot to every registered voter for all elections. The bill allowed ballots postmarked on or before Election Day to be...

Over 6 Million By-Mail, Early Voter Ballots Have Been Counted in California

November 1, 2024 7:06 amNovember 1, 2024 7:06 am

According to new figures from the California Secretary of State’s office released Thursday, over 6 million early votes have already been cast, with the number expected to grow to at least 12 million by election day. During the last presidential...

Early In-Person Voting, By-Mail Voting Begins In California

October 7, 2024 5:06 pmOctober 7, 2024 5:06 pm

Both in-person early voting and mail-in voting began in California Monday, becoming one of seven states to have such early voting in the country. While early voting through absentee ballots have been around for well over a century, it wasn’t...

‘Behested’ Bonta Leverages Trump Assassination Attempt to Pass Lawmaker Personal Security Bill

July 16, 2024 4:46 pmJuly 16, 2024 6:39 pm

The attempted assassination on the 45th President and current Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump is being leveraged to resurrect fresh interest in a bill to allow politicians to use unlimited campaign funds for their own security. AB 2041 by Assemblywoman...

Grenell, Essayli and DeMaio Call on Secretary of State Weber to Speed Up Election Results

March 11, 2024 2:55 amMarch 11, 2024 2:56 am

The California 2024 Primary Election was 7 days ago – last Tuesday March 5, 2024. Most states have already posted election results. There are a lot of Californians who remember election results were provided not long after the polls closed...

Campaign Fund Use Expansion Bill Nixed By Governor

October 10, 2023 2:30 amOctober 10, 2023 6:45 am

A bill that would expand the usage of campaign funds to include more security-related expenses was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday because of confusing language over what constitutes “security expenses”. Assembly Bill 37, authored by Assemblywoman Mia Bonta...

Governor Newsom Signs Bill Requiring All Voters to Receive A By-Mail Ballot For All Statewide Elections

September 28, 2021 1:35 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Monday that requires all statewide elections in California to have by-mail ballots go out to all registered voters. Assembly Bill 37, authored by Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), now makes AB...