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Voting Rights in California

July 10, 2020 11:30 amJuly 10, 2020 11:32 am

California’s Constitution provides a number of voting rights for its residents, which are found in Article II. Article 2 was most recently amended by Proposition 14 on the June 9, 1976 ballot and it includes a number of provisions related...

Senate Passes Amendment Granting Voting Rights to Felons on Parole

June 25, 2020 3:03 pmJune 26, 2020 5:54 am

If voters approve of the amendment this fall, 48,000 people on parole in California would be allowed to vote in the next election. On Wednesday, the Senate passed a constitutional amendment that would allow felons on parole to vote,...

Long Beach Reform Coalition Files Suit Against LA Co. Registrar Dean Logan

May 11, 2020 6:13 pmMay 11, 2020 6:17 pm

The Long Beach Reform Coalition filed a lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the County’s chief election officer, Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan. The lawsuit seeks a writ of mandate and injunctive relief to force Mr. Logan to...

UPDATED: 458,000 Dead Persons Could be Mailed Ballots if CA Goes All-Mail in Nov 2020 Election

May 8, 2020 7:04 amMay 8, 2020 3:03 pm

UPDATED: May 8, 2020, 2:45pm Watchdog group reports more than 458,000 likely dead or relocated persons will be mailed ballots; 24,000 will be mailed two or more ballots. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday requiring every voter in...

California Election Integrity in Jeopardy With Vote-by-Mail Ballots to Every Voter

March 16, 2020 2:31 pmMarch 17, 2020 7:26 am

‘Regular people, regardless of party affiliation, they really do want fair and honest elections.’ The Election Integrity Project California is warning that an all-vote-by-mail ballot election in the state and the state’s largest cities, means hundreds of thousands of...

Mark Meuser and Harmeet Dhillon announcing lawsuit against the California Secretary of State and the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles. (press conference, Facebook)

New Lawsuit Alleges State of California Violated National Voter Registration Act

October 1, 2019 6:00 pmOctober 8, 2019 7:57 am

California is violating federal law by failing to verify citizenship before placing voters on the voter rolls, according to attorneys Harmeet Dhillon and Mark Meuser. They say this compromises the integrity of our election system. Calling this “Judicial Watch 2.0,”...

‘Deepfake’ Audio and Visual Political Ads Faces Ban With Looming Senate Vote

September 10, 2019 1:34 pm

Assembly Bill 730, which would ban ads that have been altered using ‘deepfake technology’ will be decided soon in the statehouse. ‘Deepfake’ technology uses facial scans and new audio to create a fake video using footage from a real video....