Raymond From San Diego County

I don’t normally support the idea of recalls. They cost the state money, and changing governors are what we hold normal elections for. But I’m making an exception for Newsom. By executive order he changed California election laws in violation of the state constitution. By mandating that absentee ballots be sent to every registered voter in the state,  having made no effort to update outdated voter registration rolls, this cunning political act flooded the state with unrequested federal election ballots, effectively empowering unscrupulous activists to harvest ballots and easily cast multiple ballots in the name of others. To further break down voting security, Newsom mandated the ballots would be accepted at temporary sites where zippered insecure soft side cases were used, thus avoiding getting a U.S.Postal cancellation stamp showing date of receipt or zip code of origin, and without any identity verification of the person bringing the mail in ballot as would have been done if the ballot were taken to a polling station. The courts ruled Newsom’s executive order exceeded his authority and threw out the change. Unfortunately the state legislature picked up on the idea and carried it forward. This manipulation of election laws, striking at the heart of the 2020 election integrity, sowed the weeds of suspicion that Trump was able to reap with troubling consequences. A democracy without secure elections is a tinder keg of righteous indignation. For leading the way on this terrible partisan scam, Newsom deserves to be recalled.