Current Events > California Republicans are allegedly setting up fake 'official' drop-off boxes

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://theweek.com/speedreads/943130/california-republicans-are-allegedly-setting-fake-official-dropoff-boxes-harvest-ballots

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla's office has received complains about what appear to be unauthorized ballot drop boxes in Los Angeles, Orange, and Fresno counties, and it appears from social media posts that California Republicans have set them up to collect ballots, The Orange County Register reported Sunday night. The metal boxes, which purport to be "official," have been reported at local political party offices, churches, and headquarters for GOP candidates.

"Operating unofficial ballot drop boxes especially those misrepresented as official drop boxes is not just misleading to voters, it's a violation of state law," Padilla said, and a felony conviction would land perpetrators in prison for two to four years. County elections officials and registrars are solely empowered to set up and maintain drop boxes in accordance with strict state security rules.

The California Republican Party did not respond to the Register's requests for comments, nor did individual GOP operatives who have implicated themselves on social media. But the state GOP has "been defending the practice in replies on Twitter, alleging the process was made legal under a 2016 law that allows California voters to designate a person to return their ballot for them," the Register reports. "The GOP calls the practice 'ballot harvesting' and blames it for losses to the Democrats in OC and other places in 2018." State officials say unauthorized drop boxes would violate that law since there's no designated person to sign for the ballot, as required.

Slate judiciary staff writer Joseph Stern sees something a little more nefarious than just trying to make it more convenient for Republicans to vote. "California Republicans are allegedly creating fake drop boxes and tricking voters into depositing their ballots in them," he tweeted. "Apparently they're trying to prove voter fraud is real by committing actual election fraud."

Republicans in Texas, Ohio, and other states are currently fighting to limit ballot drop boxes to one per county. Republicans in Southern California are trying to win back a slate of congressional seats they lost in the 2018 midterms. And if they are using fake official drop boxes, they are breaking the law, Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley said Sunday. "It would be like me installing a mailbox out on the corner the post office is the one that installs mailboxes."

---

If you want a vision of the future for the federal GOP, look no further than the California Republican Party

Woefully inept, corrupt, and unwilling to change as they circle the drain of irrelevance while shouting to their ever decreasing yet fanatic group of supporters

---

California will never turn red, doesn't seem like the Republicans did this.

SocksForWokMAX4 posted...

California will never turn red, doesn't seem like the Republicans did this.

wat

---

Republicans committing voter fraud? Imagine my shock.

---

Now, is that good?
---

Doom_Art posted...

wat

It's a new account with only 8 karma. Really not worth anyone's time.

---

"You guys are focusing too much on the bad aspects of America. What about the iPhone and 4K TVs?" - man getting his face eaten by leopards

---

I hope someone gets arrested for this.
---

if being a republican is so great, why do they have to cheat to win?

---

Tmaster148 posted...

and a felony conviction would land perpetrators in prison for two to four years

steal an election and be out before the next one? how the fuck is that an appropriate sentence?

---

In fair elections, Republicans would never win again

Should be repeated everyday. If America isnt great its because of republicans. America is being held back by republicans. Republicans are pieces of shit who dont care about the people of this country, they just care about winning and getting money. This country will be better off when no Republican is in power again.

---

If conservatives become convinced they cannot win democratically, they will not reject conservatism, they will abandon democracy.
---

UnholyMudcrab posted...

If conservatives become convinced they cannot win democratically, they will not reject conservatism, they will abandon democracy.

Let's be realistic here shall we? They already have

---

SomeGuyUO posted...

In fair elections, Republicans would never win again

This is why they cheat so much, especially in swing states. They're a minority party supported by a minority of Americans in every election except 2004 for the last 30 years. Desperately trying to cling onto power through any means necessary.

I still dont understand how Republicans can keep doing all this illegal bullshit voter suppression without any punishment.

---

LightHawKnight posted...

I still dont understand how Republicans can keep doing all this illegal bullshit voter suppression without any punishment.

"we investigated ourselves and found no evidence of wrongdoing"

---

Medussa posted...

"we investigated ourselves and found no evidence of wrongdoing"

You would think people would see such blatant evil and stop voting Republican.

---

LightHawKnight posted...

You would think people would see such blatant evil and stop voting Republican.

some do. not very many each time, but they're pretty clearly losing the war of attrition.

---

LightHawKnight posted...

You would think people would see such blatant evil and stop voting Republican.

"But they're the lesser of two evils. Those dems worship Satan and sacrifice babies to him via planned parenthood. Oh, and Epstein and Hollywood pedophiles!

---

And in Texas they are removing drop off boxes, and only allowing one per county. Their defense that it is not voter suppression is that there are other options to drop off your ballot. A fucking judge agreed to that? These fucks deserve the death penalty.

---

LightHawKnight posted...

Medussa posted...

"we investigated ourselves and found no evidence of wrongdoing"

You would think people would see such blatant evil and stop voting Republican.

The GOP has spent generations cultivating an unthinking, brainwashed voting base.
---

LightHawKnight posted...

You would think people would see such blatant evil and stop voting Republican.

They see that the people these tactics target are mostly minority voters so they are fine with that.

---

NinjaWarrior455 posted...

They see that the people these tactics target are mostly minority voters so they are fine with that.

They are putting these fake boxes up outside churches and gunshops though...

---