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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...

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...

Marc Berman authored the "Deepfake" bill.

Bill To Make Vote-By-Mail Permanent in California Passes Senate

September 3, 2021 2:30 amSeptember 4, 2021 8:09 am

A bill that would require all future statewide California elections to have by-mail ballots go out to all registered voters was passed in the Senate on Thursday. Assembly Bill 37, authored by Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), would make AB...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Ordering All 2021 Elections by Mail – Including Recall

February 22, 2021 8:24 pmFebruary 22, 2021 8:24 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 29 into law over the weekend, formally extending the state requirement for counties to send absentee ballots to all voters until January 2022 – including his own potential recall election. SB 29, authored by...

New Bill To Make Statewide By-Mail Ballots Permanent To Be Introduced This Session

November 12, 2020 2:14 amNovember 11, 2020 8:14 pm

Earlier this week, Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Palo Alto) announced that he will introduce a bill this coming session to require by-mail ballots to go out to voters in every state election. The bill would be a follow up to Governor...

Mail-In Ballot Bill Passes Senate, Governor Signs

June 18, 2020 2:44 pmJune 18, 2020 6:13 pm

UPDATE below: On Thursday, the Assembly approved a bill that would authorize sending a mail-in ballot to every active registered voter in California. AB 860 a Governor’s signature away from becoming law Assembly Bill 860, authored by Assemblyman Marc Berman...

Mail-In Ballot Bill Passes Senate Committee, Moves Up to Appropriations

June 2, 2020 5:29 pmJune 3, 2020 11:49 am

On Tuesday, a bill that would authorize sending a mail-in ballot to every registered voter in California passed the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee by a vote of 4 to 1. One step forward for a second statewide ballot...