Former Congressman Issa Sues California Over Mail-In Ballots
Source: Courthouse News
May 21, 2020 NICK CAHILL
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) - Joining the chorus of Republicans condemning mail balloting ahead of the November election, former Congressman Darrell Issa on Thursday sued to halt California Governor Gavin Newsom's order requiring all registered voters receive absentee ballots.
Issa claims the Democratic governor's Covid-19 safeguard to deter crowding at voting sites exposes local elections -including the congressional district he's hoping to win-to post-election lawsuits. In a federal lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of California, Issa casts the executive order as an unconstitutional maneuver that rips local control from county election officials.
"Governor Newsom's vote-by-mail mandate is unconstitutional and may cause the votes of countless voters to be thrown out or not counted," said Tom Fitton, president of the conservative group Judicial Watch that filed on behalf of Issa. "California law prohibits blindly mailing out ballots to every registered voter in the state. This scheme raises the risk of Election Day chaos as well as voter fraud."
The lawsuit comes two weeks after Newsom issued an emergency declaration and ordered the state's 58 counties to send vote-by-mail ballots to all registered voters for the presidential election.
Read more: https://www.courthousenews.com/former-congressman-issa-sues-california-over-mail-in-ballots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-congressman-issa-sues-california-over-mail-in-ballots
Issa, pretending the Orange Catastrophe is a great comedian. Clearly the guy thinks he's on a roll, and is going in for the kill.
Historic NY
(37,457 posts)that is the goal. Mail in ballots are no different. Now we see Judicial Jackass involved.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)EndlessWire
(6,573 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,477 posts)Plan A is suppress the vote.
Plan B is discredit the process.
Plan C is interfere directly via proxies (call out loonies to guard polls from fraud)
Plan D is when they lose, call on loonies to protect them from a coup, Then directly incite violence and stay in office to restore order.
Grokenstein
(5,729 posts)Still too soon.
calimary
(81,565 posts)Isn't he he running for office again? A VILE human louse.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)is how is Issa , or anyone , for that matter, harmed by absentee balloting?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)aggiesal
(8,943 posts)He'll probably get it.
East San Diego County is heavy with Covidiots.
They voted in Hunter knowing he had already been indicted.
So they will have no problem voting for someone who doesn't
live in that district (can't remember the name for a representative
doing that), as long as they have an (R) next to their name.
diva77
(7,671 posts)I wonder what's going on influence-wise with the overpaid voting machine vendors and lobbyists - wouldn't be surprised if they're somehow tied in behind the scenes with judicial watch and these frivolous lawsuits, along with all the other rethuglicans & oligarchs
SunSeeker
(51,784 posts)padah513
(2,512 posts)No one said a word.
Retrograde
(10,175 posts)sending ballots automatically to all registered voters.
Is Issa's polling that bad? Is he trying to set up excuses for when he loses narrowly?
still_one
(92,492 posts)year.
Issa is an attention getting jerk.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)if a state wants all mail in ballots, it certainly can do that. Takes longer to count
bucolic_frolic
(43,442 posts)to divert ballots, sue to invalidate, force recounts, challenge electors.
This is not about mail-in ballots. This is about keeping up the narrative and the pressure that Trump is about to be kicked out of office which they will attempt to litigate and reverse through the courts. It's like a full-court press in a political election sense.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Did he run out of cars to steal, warehouses to set fire to? What a great republican. Join the other crooks and liars on the way to re-election. Surely there are much better candidates than Issa in Cali??
usaf-vet
(6,232 posts)?list=WL
nykym
(3,063 posts)the GOP and conservatives complain of Votes not being counted or thrown away.
Isn't that their Mode of Operation?
jgmiller
(395 posts)turbinetree
(24,745 posts)maybe Judicial watch should read the process..............here let me give them a clue:
https://www.ocvote.com/uploads/korean/vote/av_voting.pdf
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)The GOP is doing everything they can to reduce voting. Why is that?
The GOP is doing everything they can to to purge voter rolls. Why is that?
The GOP is doing everything they can to challenge YOUR identity, at the polls. Why is that?
The GOP is doing everything they can to reduce the number of voting locations. Why is that?
The GOP is doing everything they can to limit access to voting locations. Why is that?
The GOP is doing everything they can to reduce the hours voters have access to voting. Why is that?
The GOP is doing everything they can to make voting by mail illegal. Why is that?
Republicans DO NOT WANT YOU TO VOTE. When YOU vote, THEY lose.
AllaN01Bear
(18,669 posts)are u going to drive me?
AllaN01Bear
(18,669 posts)blowing up in your face eh?
EndlessWire
(6,573 posts)Let's just go for Impeachment No. 2. We can file lawsuits, too. It's just so aggravating.
Maxheader
(4,374 posts)Stumpy is all over them...its little monkey helpers are everywhere..confusing
the issues..crying from losing control..