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California Election Question-Legal Authority

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May 10, 2020, 03:37 PM
Fredward
California Election Question-Legal Authority
Does the governor of California have the legal authority to arbitrarily declare mail-in voting? I always thought voting procedures were established thru the legislature.
May 10, 2020, 04:24 PM
Scott in NCal
The Peoples Republik of California dosen't really have a Governor anymore. Premier Newsom runs the place.
May 10, 2020, 04:28 PM
satch
We have mail in voting in Ohio many years and our last Primary we voted by mail for the first time and Trump won the Primary vote by the usual 3 to 1 and 4 to 1 in our local counties the same as the 2016 election. It’s a very well run system in Ohio, you need a lot of ID to get the ballet.
May 10, 2020, 08:55 PM
Fundman
States are responsible for the administration of state and federal elections.
May 11, 2020, 12:59 AM
berto
CA is a one party state. Whether the governor can decide or the legislature has to do it doesn’t matter because it will be done either way. There is no opposition here.
May 11, 2020, 06:25 AM
kramden
Does it matter in Cal. We know how Cal. , N.Y. and Il. votes. All 3 are lost causes and great places to flee from.