In a photo posted to social media last week, a young man wearing a mask with Orange County congressional candidate Michelle Steel’s name on it is holding a mail ballot and giving a thumbs up next to a box about the size of a file cabinet labeled “Official ballot drop off box.”
The post, from Jordan Tygh, a regional field director for the California Republican Party, encouraged people to message him for “convenient locations” to drop their own ballots.
The problem is the drop box in the photo is not official – and it could be against the law.
Yeah these are popping up all over, Republicans setting up fake ballot drop boxes, presumably so they can go through the ballots and toss the ones they don’t like.
“Operating unofficial ballot drop boxes – especially those misrepresented as official drop boxes – is not just misleading to voters, it’s a violation of state law,” Padilla said, with a felony conviction carrying a prison sentence of two to four years.
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Under the principle of law and order, anyone setting up fraudulent ballot drop boxes which interfere with the election process should be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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.WW, PSHS
I’m actually heading to vote early in person today since I have the day off. I have no objection to the absentee ballot voting, and think it is a really good idea this year. My two reasons for doing it this way are:
With some of the games Trump is playing with the election, I don’t want to take any chances on him launching some off the wall lawsuit on GA’s absentee ballots that delays my vote being tabulated.
I live in an area where the crowds aren’t usually very bad for early voting, and will have a ask, so it should be reasonably safe.
Not in favor of it except for deployed military, students and contract workers away from their states of residence, those physically unable to make it to their new normal polling place.
If polling stations are disinfected & spaced apart, there should be no problem showing up in person to vote.
While I personally have no issues with absentee voting, I decided to vote in person early this year. With the shenanigans that Trump is trying to pull with the election, I’m not taking any chances of my vote getting disenfranchised with one of his lawsuits