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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Fri May 22, 2020, 01:02 AM May 2020

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.
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Former Congressman Issa Sues California Over Mail-In Ballots (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2020 OP
If they keep up there won't be absentee balloting... Historic NY May 2020 #1
If they keep it up there won't be a GOP. We will go through snow, fire, or COVFEFE-19 to purge them lagomorph777 May 2020 #13
Yes indeedy! n/t EndlessWire May 2020 #25
They know defeat is imminent Miguelito Loveless May 2020 #18
Hadn't heard from the car thief in a while. Grokenstein May 2020 #2
And isn't he trying to get back in? calimary May 2020 #21
What standing does he have to file this suit? (nt) scarletwoman May 2020 #3
A better question Pantagruel May 2020 #4
Republicans are always harmed by voters when voters get a chance to harm them back. lagomorph777 May 2020 #14
He's running to take over that other Repug Duncan Hunter seat ... aggiesal May 2020 #7
Don't these thugs ever come up for air??? diva77 May 2020 #5
Car thief says what? nt SunSeeker May 2020 #6
Cali had a primary. Lots of mail-in voting padah513 May 2020 #8
We're up to, what, 13 counties Retrograde May 2020 #24
We have been doing absentee ballots for quite some time now, and it has been increasing every still_one May 2020 #9
voting criteria is set up by the state and Issa is wating his time and money beachbumbob May 2020 #10
Where they scream 'foul' they see opportunity bucolic_frolic May 2020 #11
What happened to Issa? Scarsdale May 2020 #12
Anything to suppress votes. That is the GOP mantra since late 1980. 40 years of voter suppression. usaf-vet May 2020 #15
I find it ironic that nykym May 2020 #16
He doesn't care if he wins he just wants to cause delays jgmiller May 2020 #17
He's still a POS..................and as for Judicial Watch.............they also are a POS turbinetree May 2020 #19
What a campaign ad! not_the_one May 2020 #20
dear mr . issa. since my poling place is a mile away and i dont drive due to disabilites , AllaN01Bear May 2020 #22
also , these idiots started vote by mail in this state years ago so they could get around dems. AllaN01Bear May 2020 #23
Oh, eff it. EndlessWire May 2020 #26
F!@$*kin wingers.. Maxheader May 2020 #27

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
1. If they keep up there won't be absentee balloting...
Fri May 22, 2020, 01:06 AM
May 2020

that is the goal. Mail in ballots are no different. Now we see Judicial Jackass involved.

Miguelito Loveless

(4,438 posts)
18. They know defeat is imminent
Fri May 22, 2020, 10:57 AM
May 2020

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”.

aggiesal

(8,864 posts)
7. He's running to take over that other Repug Duncan Hunter seat ...
Fri May 22, 2020, 03:18 AM
May 2020

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

(7,604 posts)
5. Don't these thugs ever come up for air???
Fri May 22, 2020, 02:36 AM
May 2020

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

Retrograde

(10,068 posts)
24. We're up to, what, 13 counties
Fri May 22, 2020, 05:27 PM
May 2020

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

(91,945 posts)
9. We have been doing absentee ballots for quite some time now, and it has been increasing every
Fri May 22, 2020, 07:39 AM
May 2020

year.

Issa is an attention getting jerk.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
10. voting criteria is set up by the state and Issa is wating his time and money
Fri May 22, 2020, 08:22 AM
May 2020

if a state wants all mail in ballots, it certainly can do that. Takes longer to count

bucolic_frolic

(42,663 posts)
11. Where they scream 'foul' they see opportunity
Fri May 22, 2020, 09:06 AM
May 2020

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)
12. What happened to Issa?
Fri May 22, 2020, 09:20 AM
May 2020

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

(6,093 posts)
15. Anything to suppress votes. That is the GOP mantra since late 1980. 40 years of voter suppression.
Fri May 22, 2020, 09:49 AM
May 2020
"Now many of our Christians have what I call the goo-goo syndrome — good government. They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down."


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nykym

(3,063 posts)
16. I find it ironic that
Fri May 22, 2020, 10:35 AM
May 2020

the GOP and conservatives complain of Votes not being counted or thrown away.
Isn't that their Mode of Operation?

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
19. He's still a POS..................and as for Judicial Watch.............they also are a POS
Fri May 22, 2020, 11:48 AM
May 2020

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)
20. What a campaign ad!
Fri May 22, 2020, 12:37 PM
May 2020

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

(17,356 posts)
22. dear mr . issa. since my poling place is a mile away and i dont drive due to disabilites ,
Fri May 22, 2020, 01:33 PM
May 2020

are u going to drive me?

AllaN01Bear

(17,356 posts)
23. also , these idiots started vote by mail in this state years ago so they could get around dems.
Fri May 22, 2020, 01:34 PM
May 2020

blowing up in your face eh?

Maxheader

(4,366 posts)
27. F!@$*kin wingers..
Sat May 23, 2020, 08:19 AM
May 2020

Stumpy is all over them...its little monkey helpers are everywhere..confusing

the issues..crying from losing control..

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