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Will Becerra — a former longtime congressman and former state attorney general who served as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary under former President Joe Biden — follow in Newsom’s footsteps to ensure that the Golden State leads the resistance to Trump’s authoritarianism?
A Trump-appointed federal prosecutor said Friday that his office is pursuing “multiple” election fraud investigations in California, amping up President Donald Trump’s baseless attacks on the state’s still-ongoing primary vote count — even as election officials say the delayed results are a normal part of California’s legally required ballot verification process.
As Republicans eagerly await to see if GOP candidates in closely watched races earned enough votes to advance to the general election, the prolonged process is fueling conspiracy election theories.
Bianco rose to national prominence earlier this year when it was revealed his office seized more than 650,000 ballots in the Golden State’s November redistricting special election.
Despite what the far-right is saying, there’s been no evidence whatsoever of election fraud in California’s elections.
Michael Gates, a former Trump Justice Department official who helped lead the administration’s aggressive crusade for state voter data, advanced to California’s general election for attorney general.
California voters head to the polls Tuesday in primaries that could help determine whether the nation’s largest Democratic state continues serving as a critical counterweight to President Donald Trump’s agenda.
The law makes it a felony for anyone — including law enforcement — to seize ballots from any California county elections office.
If you thought President Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity might be moving GOP voters away from election denialism, this week suggested you should think again.
The memo claimed the department has the legal authority to demand sensitive voter data not because of some federal law, but because the DOJ said so.