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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Sun May 24, 2020, 10:49 PM May 2020

Republicans Sue California Governor Gavin Newsom, Claim Vote-by-Mail Order Is 'Illegal Power Grab'

Source: Newsweek


BY CHRISTINA ZHAO ON 5/24/20 AT 10:39 PM EDT

The Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee and California Republican Party have filed a lawsuit challenging California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom's recent executive order to mail every registered voter an absentee ballot ahead of the November election.

Newsom this month encouraged all voters in the state to cast their ballots by mail to avoid exposure to coronavirus. The move was met with strong opposition by President Donald Trump and members of the GOP. They claim that the order invites fraud and raises concerns that Democrats could use the ballots to swing races to benefit their party.

The lawsuit, filed Sunday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, argues that Newsom "issued an executive order purporting to rewrite the entire election code for the November 2020 election cycle."

"This brazen power grab," the complaint continues, "was not authorized by state law and violates both the Elections Clause and Electors Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-sue-california-governor-gavin-newsom-claim-vote-mail-order-illegal-power-grab-1506282?piano_t=1

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Republicans Sue California Governor Gavin Newsom, Claim Vote-by-Mail Order Is 'Illegal Power Grab' (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2020 OP
Watch repugs LOSE! elleng May 2020 #1
Republicans know all about power grabs. LogicFirst May 2020 #2
Mitch McConnell comes to mind. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2020 #25
Going.... LovingA2andMI May 2020 #3
Yes, making it so people can vote in an election is a power grab because they cstanleytech May 2020 #4
Idiots. Ever California sample ballot has a form on the back asking if you would jls4561 May 2020 #5
And several CA counties Retrograde May 2020 #21
This says a lot about them. Presumably every one will be allowed to vote by mail regardless of Dream Girl May 2020 #6
They don't like the demographics of absentee voters. AtheistCrusader May 2020 #12
Not likely the SC would rule against States' right to run their elections pecosbob May 2020 #7
It IS a power grab. Grokenstein May 2020 #8
They've learned from Trump. Always accuse your opposition of your own crimes. Kablooie May 2020 #9
That's about as valid as someone suing them for SUCKING? Brainfodder May 2020 #10
Republicans are a 3rd party in California tirebiter May 2020 #11
A power grab by voters. Vinca May 2020 #13
Don't Republicans get to vote by mail too? zanana1 May 2020 #14
That's going precisely nowhere. paleotn May 2020 #15
The Republicans know that their best chance of winning is by cheating. Fortinbras Armstrong May 2020 #16
I've been voting by mail in California for years, how is it "illegal"???? W T F May 2020 #17
Trump's insanity claims there are Democrats everywhere stalking mailboxes to steal ballots..... Bengus81 May 2020 #18
If anyone would know about "illegal power grab"s, DeminPennswoods May 2020 #19
Power grab? From who - to whom? BlueIdaho May 2020 #20
When will the media tell these bozos that some states already have vote-by-mail? CrispyQ May 2020 #22
Yeah no shit Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 #23
The only reason that they are against it is because it's going to interfere with their plans to..... W T F May 2020 #24
#GOPCorruptionOverCountry Linda Ed May 2020 #26
25. Mitch McConnell comes to mind.
Mon May 25, 2020, 06:50 PM
May 2020

Denying President Obama his constitutional right to appoint a Supreme Court justice being his most egregious act.

cstanleytech

(26,082 posts)
4. Yes, making it so people can vote in an election is a power grab because they
Sun May 24, 2020, 10:59 PM
May 2020

clearly should not be allowed to exercise their right to have a say in who represents them.

jls4561

(1,241 posts)
5. Idiots. Ever California sample ballot has a form on the back asking if you would
Sun May 24, 2020, 11:52 PM
May 2020

like an absentee ballot. Because I enjoy going to the polls (and for some reason I really like getting that "I Voted" sticker), I have only used this options one in lo, these many year. So we usually have an extra step if we want to vote by mail. So Gavin Newsom decided that he would save Californians an extra three minutes and just send out the absentee ballots. So this is a "brazen power grab" because people are being robbed of the extra three minutes it took to get an absentee ballot before there was a plague?

November is a long time away in this time warp we live in now, but I will probably vote by mail in the fall. I will do what I always do, read the voter guide (it's pretty dense in California), puzzle over the math on the propositions, ask my neighbors with kids what they think about the school board candidates, and mark the ballot. Instead of taking my sample ballot to the polls, I'll stick the ballot in the envelope and mail it in.

I don't understand states that do not have the option of vote by mail. These seem to be the same states that are "consolidating" polling places, but I bet there is no "consolidation" in the (dare I say white) suburban districts. I expect tRump to slip up in some word salad around October and declare "ONLY I CAN RIG IT" in reference to the election.

So, yeah, I am outraged about this lawsuit. I hope that the judge dismisses it as the nuisance suit it clearly is, and that the RNC et al, pays court costs and a big honking fine for annoying us good people of California.

That said, I do hope Devin Nunes shows up to vote in person. I hope that his cow and his mom are in charge of the polls. I hope the polling place is in in a Donald porta-john tRump porta-john, and that there is no hand sanitizer or hand washing facilities available, as there were in my local polling pace in March. But in order to keep Devin safe, I hope he gets a giant dose of hydroxychloroquine and an injection of Clorox as he leaves the polls.

Yes, I am pretty angry - OK, I am very angry. However, I think back to the tRump tweet that just said "OBAMAGATE!" and I think back to the reply from Obama:

"VOTE!"

So I haven't lost hope. And yeah, I'll be there November 3rd, and I sure won't be voting for Donnie Tiny Hands.

Retrograde

(10,073 posts)
21. And several CA counties
Mon May 25, 2020, 12:03 PM
May 2020

already sent out mail-in ballots to all registered voters in the recent primary- including mine, Santa Clara, just shy of 2M people. In fact, California law currently (i.e., before Newsom's declaration) allows each county to opt for all mail elections. Maybe if Issa and Co. were more familiar with state election laws they could save everybody some time and money.

 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
6. This says a lot about them. Presumably every one will be allowed to vote by mail regardless of
Sun May 24, 2020, 11:58 PM
May 2020

Political affiliation. So what’s the problem?

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
12. They don't like the demographics of absentee voters.
Mon May 25, 2020, 07:17 AM
May 2020

Meaning, it tends to help us, not them. Republicans almost always do better when turnout is low, and voting is difficult.

pecosbob

(7,511 posts)
7. Not likely the SC would rule against States' right to run their elections
Mon May 25, 2020, 12:34 AM
May 2020

Not after recently striking down the Voting rights Act and repeatedly allowing states to knock voters off the roles at will.

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
8. It IS a power grab.
Mon May 25, 2020, 01:23 AM
May 2020

...in that it grabs power from the corrupt republicscum and gives it back to the voter. They can't have that!!

Kablooie

(18,572 posts)
9. They've learned from Trump. Always accuse your opposition of your own crimes.
Mon May 25, 2020, 01:42 AM
May 2020

And best if you do it before anyone accuses you.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
10. That's about as valid as someone suing them for SUCKING?
Mon May 25, 2020, 02:31 AM
May 2020

Why the effort to just waste funds?

These jerks are that dense, and will never change?

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
15. That's going precisely nowhere.
Mon May 25, 2020, 08:55 AM
May 2020

5 states conduct voting by mail, including Utah. Republicans are flailing around, impotent to stop what's coming. I suppose their terrified of losing what little power they posses in CA.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
16. The Republicans know that their best chance of winning is by cheating.
Mon May 25, 2020, 09:32 AM
May 2020

They don't want to make it easier for people to vote. So, voter suppression, closing polling places, voter ID, and now this lawsuit.

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
18. Trump's insanity claims there are Democrats everywhere stalking mailboxes to steal ballots.....
Mon May 25, 2020, 11:26 AM
May 2020

Hokay...............

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
20. Power grab? From who - to whom?
Mon May 25, 2020, 12:01 PM
May 2020

This is a nuisance law suit and the GOP should be fined for wasting the courts time. No doubt they will find some crooked Trump appointee judge to bend over and take it in the ass - but in the end this will go nowhere.

W T F

(1,145 posts)
24. The only reason that they are against it is because it's going to interfere with their plans to.....
Mon May 25, 2020, 05:02 PM
May 2020

Steal the 2020 election. I’ve voted by mail in California for years. There’s nothing illegal about it.

Linda Ed

(492 posts)
26. #GOPCorruptionOverCountry
Mon May 25, 2020, 08:03 PM
May 2020

If a party or candidate wants to make it less safe for me to vote and force me to risk my life or the life of others to do so, they aren’t getting my vote and they shouldn’t get yours either. #TrumpDeathToll100K
#GOPCorruptionOverCountry

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