The Republican Party is likely to succeed in their effort to propel Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, but it might be their only big win this fall if President Trump loses re-election to Former Vice President Joe Biden. National polls remain bleak for Trump, and Biden is leading in several vital battleground states. Desperate times call for desperate measures, which is probably one reason why Trump is defending a California Republican group that set up private ballot drop boxes marked “official.” Surprise: It’s fucking illegal.
California’s attorney general and chief elections officer on Monday sent a cease-and-desist letter to Republican Party officials demanding that they immediately stop using private ballot collection containers marked as “official” drop boxes, saying that the do-it-yourself containers that have appeared in several communities across the state are illegal.
Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra and Secretary of State Alex Padilla also demanded that GOP officials provide by Thursday a list of all voters whose ballots have been collected using the boxes to ensure the documents were collected with permission. “Let me be clear, unofficial, unauthorized ballot drop boxes are not permitted by state law,” Padilla said in an online event with reporters. “Political parties and campaigns can engage in get-out-the-vote efforts, but they cannot violate state law.”
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