When a 14-point Republican lead disappears
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
By Shawn Steel - - Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Young Kim was poised to become the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress.
Her 14-point lead was the lone bright spot on an otherwise dismal night for Orange County Republicans. But, over the past week, Republicans have watched the first-generation immigrant’s lead evaporate. With thousands of provisional ballots left to count, her commanding lead is now underwater. She lost one week after the election.
There’s no evidence of ballot box shenanigans. No need. Democrats know it’s easier to erode voter integrity laws than to stuff ballot boxes.
How does a 14-point Republican lead disappear? Merciless and unsparing, California Democrats have systematically undermined California’s already-weak voter protection laws to guarantee permanent one-party rule.
Non-Citizen Voting: California has expanded voter eligibility — with some communities granting illegal immigrants the right to vote. In 2016, San Francisco approved a measure that allows “people in the country illegally and other noncitizens the right to vote in a local election,” according to the Associated Press. This year, San Francisco spent $310,000 in tax dollars to register 49 non-citizens to vote in a school board election.
Inmate Voting: Not to be outdone, neighboring Alameda County organized taxpayer-funded voter registration drives in county jails to register a record number of inmates. California law allows convicted criminals in county jails, on probation, on mandatory supervision, on post-release community supervision, or on federal supervised release to vote. Just about the only criminals barred from voting in California are felons in prison or on parole.
Felon Voting: Even California felons have been enfranchised, tens of thousands of convicted criminals previously barred from voting while on parole. The state’s prisoner early release program has also expanded the voter rolls. In 2015, 60,000 convicted felons officially regained their voting rights after the state refused to appeal a lower-court decision that would have denied them the right to vote.
Motor Voter Fraud: Every person in California that interacts with the Department of Motor Vehicles is automatically registered to vote. This has predictably led to tens of thousands cases of voter registration problems. The state’s Motor Voter program has come under fire for double registering as many as 77,000 people and registering as many as 1,500 ineligible voters. The state’s bipartisan oversight agency expressed concerns about “serious problems with ensuring that the New Motor Voter Program works as intended and promised.” In October, the Little Hoover Commission called for an independent audit of the program and warned that “voter confidence in a fair and legitimate electoral process will be undermined, if not shattered.”
16-and-17 Year-Old Pre-Registration: This cycle also marked the beginning of California’s pre-voter registration program for 16- and 17-year-olds. Of course, if every voter is automatically registered through the Motor Voter program, why would anyone need to pre-register? Pre-registration is a thinly-veiled effort to capture voters while they’re young and more likely to identify as liberal Democrats. Of the nearly 89,000 minors that participated in the program, only 10 percent registered as Republicans.
Absentee Ballots Automatically Mailed to Every Voter: In 2016, California approved a new law that allows counties to mail every voter an absentee ballot. This election, every voter in Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento and San Mateo counties received an absentee ballot — whether they requested one or not. Beginning in 2020, every county in California except one will be allowed to follow suit. Outrageously, Democrats carved out a special exception for Los Angeles County, where they maintain a significant advantage in voter registration numbers. In just four years, the number of absentee ballots distributed in California has increased by 44 percent. “Nearly 13 million voters have received a ballot in the mail, compared to just 9 million in the last gubernatorial election in 2014,” notes Paul Mitchell, vice president of Political Data Inc.
Ballot Harvesting: Is illegal in most states. But not California. As if it wasn’t enough for every person to be automatically registered to vote and receive a ballot, Democrats have made it easier for their campaign operatives to collect those absentee ballot. Also in 2016, state lawmakers eliminated the ballot protection law that enabled only a trusted family member to return another voter’s ballot. Assembly Bill 1921 now allows anyone to return an absentee ballot. The law has encouraged campaign operatives to engage in coercive tactics. One Democrat voter described coercive intimidation tactics employed by a Democrat campaign in a 2017 special election, leading even the liberal Los Angeles Times editorial board to criticize the law.
Conditional Ballots: California has effectively adopted same-day voter registration with the introduction of “conditional voting.” This election cycle, voters who missed the 15-day voter registration deadline could request to cast a conditional ballot.
Ballots Accepted Up to Week After Election Day: In California, voting doesn’t stop on Election Day. Absentee ballots need only be postmarked by Election Day, with ballots counted that arrive up to three days late. If ballots are sent to the wrong county, the ballot is valid for an additional four days. As Mr. Mitchell points out, “That means you literally have seven days after an election where a county could still be receiving legitimate ballots.”
Second Chance for Rejected Ballots: Just 50 days before the election, Democrats snuck in one more change to the state’s absentee voting laws. In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 759, which requires elections officials to notify every voter whose ballot was rejected due to a mismatched signature.
This election, a 14-point lead wasn’t enough for a Republican victory. By 2020, a 20-point lead on Election Night won’t be safe.
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This is how California's democratic party keeps the state blue. With the passage of Assembly Bill 1921, anyone,'' including campaign operatives, can collect and return an absentee ballot!
Just a thought, Maybe I should go out there and collect ballots.
So... More Californians got to vote. It's amazing what happens when you don't deny your citizens their rights.
Did they? How do you know the ballots didn't get filled out by the person picking them up & bringing them back? How do you know that people weren't given gifts by that same person to vote a certain way? How do you know that all these ballots were given to illegal aliens with drivers licences?
Like offering a foreign leader a 50 million dollar penthouse to win an election?
How do you know that Young Kim didn't lose because she opposes health care? Or that she thinks that trans people shouldn't be allowed to go to the bathroom? Lots of states have mail in ballots. In fact, in some states it's the only way to vote.
Do you really believe that? Why not just admit you hate Trump and want him out?
Because she would have showed some signs of losing before the phony ballots were handed in. Do you believe only the harvested votes were somehow the health care voters?
Or that she thinks that trans people shouldn't be allowed to go to the bathroom?
I think you mean that she would prefer they had their own bathroom.
Lots of states have mail in ballots
We aren't talking about mail in ballots. We are talking about ballots that were brought to voters and then returned by someone.
In fact, in some states it's the only way to vote.
Only if someone was too lazy or lacking knowledge to vote. That person gets to vote from home now. I wonder what the basis of such a vote is?
Lot of typing there but all I read is WAAA!
I really believe it because there is zero evidence to the contrary. And yes, I gladly admit I hate Trump and want him out, any rational patriotic American would.
But that has nothing to do with this ridiculous bullshit conservative rag piece chock full of lies and misleading statements meant to manipulate ignorant conservative minds who will likely never double check these "alternative facts".
" California has expanded voter eligibility — with some communities granting illegal immigrants the right to vote ."
Total misleading statement as this article is about Republicans losing seats in the house, the scary statement of course only applies to school boards and small town local elections.
" Every person in California that interacts with the Department of Motor Vehicles is automatically registered to vote ." LIE
"The California Motor Voter program applies to Californians who are 18 years or older and meet the following criteria:
A United States citizen and a resident of California.
Not currently in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony.
Not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court."
" Pre-registration is a thinly-veiled effort to capture voters while they’re young and more likely to identify as liberal Democrats ."
Oh no! Getting kids interested in voting early? What a tragedy! /s
" In 2016, California approved a new law that allows counties to mail every voter an absentee ballot. "
What? Trying to make it easy for every citizen to vote? An outrage I tell you, it's an outrage! /s
" Assembly Bill 1921 now allows anyone to return an absentee ballot ."
Good. Not everyone has parents and grandparents living with them and there's zero evidence any absentee ballots have been changed or forged no matter who drops off the hand-signed sealed ballots.
" The law has encouraged campaign operatives to engage in coercive tactics. "
Coercion: noun - the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.
Present some actual evidence of anyone going around threatening people with bodily harm if they don't vote, otherwise it's not coercion. Having a group regularly come by some neighborhoods canvasing and reminding people "Hey, you're going to vote, right? We can come by and pick up your ballot anytime so you can save a stamp." isn't coercion.
" In California, voting doesn’t stop on Election Day ." LIE
They prove it's a lie in their very next statement:
" Absentee ballots need only be postmarked by Election Day, with ballots counted that arrive up to three days late. "
So the ballot had to been completed and signed and in the mail by election day, thus voting STOPS that day. Just because we give time for the snail mail to deliver the ballot and process it, even leaving it open for misdirected mail to still be counted is NOT letting people vote after election day.
" Just 50 days before the election, Democrats snuck in one more change to the state’s absentee voting laws. " LIE
There was nothing "sneaky" about Senate Bill 759. Any California that isn't sticking their heads in the sand up in imaginary Jefferson State knew about it and the vast majority of us wanted this sensible law.
" In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 759, which requires elections officials to notify every voter whose ballot was rejected due to a mismatched signature ."
I don't know about you, but I'd rather know if my vote was somehow not counted because my signature has evolved a bit over the years. I know my signature today looks almost nothing like it did when I first started voting. If they compare it now to my original I have no doubt they'd question mine. I'd of course be able to provide all the other necessary ID documents showing the change in my signature since then, but I'd rather get the opportunity to prove my case than to be automatically rejected and disenfranchised simply because my cursive signature has changed in the last 40 years.
So why you would ever accept another word from the lying mouth of the Washingtimes should be the real question.
Thanks for the clarification Patriot. More people in California voting is a good thing. I'm not aware of anybody complaining about not being able to vote because somebody else used their ballot. Voter fraud is, and has never been an issue here in CA.
The only thing this ridiculous seed proves is the complete inability of the rightwing to gather data on one of the largest voting blocks currently in the US, millennials. Blaming their past election results on voter fraud would be easy enough to prove if there was any truth to it, but the simple fact of the matter is those that are most opposed to the conservative dog whistles of xenophobia, anti-choice issues, and nationalism are the same people most adept at protecting their individual privacy, are adverse to having landlines, and usually don't answer their cell phones. That puts a major kink results of most any type of polling accuracy. The 2018 mid-terms were a warning of the dire consequences risked in promoting rightwing candidates that support the messages of exclusion and division.
If that isn't a recipe for fraud, I don't know what is.
You have any evidence of fraud Tacos?
He has as much evidence of what went on as you do
The fact is that even conservative Orange County is turning blue as the stogy old bastards die off and their trophy wives are now allowed to mark their own ballots.
So... None then.
More likely it's the Hispanic servants & gardeners in all those liberal estates getting a chance to vote for their masters
Yup, you got zilch
Liberal estates? Have you been to Orange County?
I'm not alleging a crime. I don't need evidence.
I thought it was Democrats were the sore losers who couldn't get over it...
Ya, they are that too! Basically, they are like petulant children.
Interesting article Vic, even if it does come from a heavily biased source.
I guess I will never understand why the right is afraid of more people voting. Could it be that historically republican's tend to do poorly in elections where voter turnout is high?
While I am certainly no lawyer, is there anything in this list that is illegal with regards to laws in California? The reason I am asking is because in 2016, there were 6 incidences in voter fraud, and as I recall, 4 of those were people voting for trump.
The trump administration created a voter fraud commission, to investigate trumps own claim of 3,000,0000 illegals voting, (the majority of which he said were in California). They found, as far as I know...none, (much less 3 MILLION).
At the end of the day? I have serious doubts that illegals are actually voting, and if they are? I doubt their numbers are so large that it would actually make any difference anyway.
In most states, mine included, in order to register to vote, you have to have;
a) Have a drivers license
b) A state issued ID
c) A Social security number
I have serious doubts that an illegal can get their hands on any of these things.
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I think people are seeing trump for what he is and people don't much care for it, that's why the republicans took such a beating in the mid-terms.
Think about it... Trump could have preached all about the economy for the mid-terms, and he didn't. That was a huge mistake.
Just like I do understand why the left is against voter integrity.
While I am certainly no lawyer, is there anything in this list that is illegal with regards to laws in California?
Nobody can give that answer because CA dosen't let people look at voter rolls or even explain what precautions were taken with something like this. CA is all but promoting voter fraud.
The trump administration created a voter fraud commission, to investigate trumps own claim of 3,000,0000 illegals voting, (the majority of which he said were in California). They found, as far as I know...none, (much less 3 MILLION).
False....They as yet have not been able to look at CA voter rolls.
I have serious doubts that illegals are actually voting,
I would bet my life on it happening in CA
I doubt their numbers are so large that it would actually make any difference anyway.
25% of Californians were born outside the US.
In most states, mine included, in order to register to vote, you have to have;
California is the state in question
I think people are seeing trump for what he is and people don't much care for it, that's why the republicans took such a beating in the mid-terms.
I think massive fraud is taking place in California
Think about it... Trump could have preached all about the economy for the mid-terms, and he didn't.
Contented cows don't go out and vote in midterms.
I would bet my life on it happening in CA
Will you pay up when you lose the bet?
Actually, they did. And for the record? That commission disbanded months ago.
So was the FLOTUS.
Maybe, maybe not. The real question is, "can you prove it"? No, because if you could, it would be national news. So what we are left with is........an excuse as to why republicans lost, and lost big, in California.
Trump is at 60% DISAPPROVAL, not much of a stretch to say that California republicans lost because the majority of the country doesn't like trump. That's what it boils down to. We can spin and dance and talk about "well maybe illegals voted!!!!!!", etc... But at the end of the day, republicans lost because trump is an asshole.
Are you willing to take the bet? Let me know when CA lets us see their voter rolls, but don't hold your breathe
PROVE IT!
So was the FLOTUS.
She isn't 25% of the vote. Why don't you stop the hate?
I have thought about it; Trump failed to do so for several reasons.
• The economy has only benefitted the INVESTOR CLASS and NOT MIDDLE CLASS WORKERS (i. e. most of Trump Base's composition)
• The stock market "rally" was fueled by the so-called "Tax Reform and Jobs Act" -- a FRAUD since the jobs that were supposed to be created never materialized … and why not? Because corporations, instead of using their tax breaks to create jobs, USED THE MONEY TO BUY BACK THEIR OWN STOCKS … CAUSING THE STOCK MARKET RALLY THAT TRUMP CREDITED TO HIMSELF! The reality is that THE MIDDLE CLASS TAX PAYER WILL HAVE SUBSIDIZED THAT "RALLY" with what they will pay in taxes down the road … and, if Trump and McConnell have their way, recipients of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare … will see their benefits cut or nearly eliminated to pay for the trillion dollar deficit created by the tax cuts for corporations and the top 1% of the wealthy who receive 83% of those cuts.
Those are the realities … and too fucking outrageous that Trump butt-kissers believe his bullshit, wallow in their own ignorance, and spread the bullshit in their zeal-without-knowledge way.
You were given the reason.
Drivers licenses:
This doesn't take into account the number of illegal aliens who have stolen DLs and SSNs.
Interesting read ..
So I have read the voter is being denied the right to vote if the State does not offer 'automatic registration' .. 'online voter registration' …….. voting is a right, and an honor .. why is it so inconvenient to take the time and register to vote? My youngest son and his newly turned 18 year old friends all got together and registered to vote and selective service as a group (I thought it was pretty cool)
My buddy loki has a great idea .. remove the (R) and (D) from the ballot … If the election board was to do this ...I could get on board with automatically registering everyone .. send them a ballot and make it so the voter has to vote their conscience regarding the candidate, not a party..... ?
It's inconvenient for some due to the hours of their county's registrar. My local DMV is open on Saturdays. The registrar's office isn't. So the DMV offering the option of registering to vote when getting a license removes an inconvenience faced by many who work Monday through Friday.
Thanks sandy, and I do understand there can be hardships … and have nothing against being able to register to vote through other state offices such as the DMV .. but an automatic registry and a mass mailing of ballots to everyone with a drivers license is a bit disconcerting to me - I take voting very seriously .. learn about the issues and the candidates .. it is disheartening to know that others (like my grandmother RIP) choose to vote a straight party ticket without knowing what a candidate even stands for..
I support same day registration, but not ballot harvesting .. that was on the Montana ballot this past November LR-129 making it unlawful to deliver someone else's ballot .. with exceptions of course.. family, caregivers, postal workers etc .. I find it disturbing when boxes of ballots are found sitting in a corner somewhere .. just seems like there is something wrong when that happens - but it happens often...
And has been happening for decades, in heavily Democrat controlled areas......
Now if this was happening in Republican controlled areas I would say it is a management problem, but we don't hear any reports of magical boxes of ballots showing up after an election is over in any places but Democrat ones.
Also, those boxes of ballots do not effect the local district races, they effect the statewide races, usually the headline race on the ballot, the race for governor. (they also effect the outcome in which slate of electors gets chosen thereby having the potential for effecting a national race)
And there is NO excuse for such..... If the law is followed, then there is no point to the late ballot box, it wouldn't be counted anyway.
California's law changes make the late ballot box, AFTER the voting is over, legal. which means there is no finality of elections.....
The side that controls the ballot box controls the election....
Where have we heard that ideal before.... Where have we seen it in action before....