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<v Speaker 1>Breaking news. The California Secretary of State, a Democrat, has

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<v Speaker 1>just ordered all county election officials in California to count

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<v Speaker 1>ballots after election day, even if they don't have a

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<v Speaker 1>postmark on them. This is in direct violation of a

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<v Speaker 1>recent Supreme Court ruling and it only invites fraud. What

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<v Speaker 1>we're doing to fight back, Boloney, this is why people's

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<v Speaker 1>trust and confidence election has waned. This is an outrageous regulation.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Carl Demio, chairman of Reform California and a California

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<v Speaker 1>state representative, and that's right. The California Secretary of State,

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<v Speaker 1>an incompetent extremist Democrat politician named Shirley Weber. She has

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<v Speaker 1>issued regulations that are completely in violation of a recent

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<v Speaker 1>US Supreme Court ruling. She's trying to force county election

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<v Speaker 1>officials because all the counties, the fifty eight counties, actually

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<v Speaker 1>run the elections in each of their counties in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of printing, distributing, and counting ballots. She's ordering all the

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<v Speaker 1>county election officials to count mail in ballots even if

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<v Speaker 1>they're received after election day, which the Supreme Court said

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<v Speaker 1>was okay. Don't like it, but it's okay. But without postmarks.

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<v Speaker 1>This is insane to say, oh, you know, if you

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<v Speaker 1>get a ballot that arrives a couple days after the

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<v Speaker 1>election and there's no postmark on it, you still have

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<v Speaker 1>to count it because the intent of the voter might

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<v Speaker 1>be quite clear. This is in violation of the Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Court ruling. It also is absolutely an invitation for fraud

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<v Speaker 1>in our elections. This is not a practice that should

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<v Speaker 1>be allowed. And that is why this my office, my

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<v Speaker 1>State Assembly office sent Surely Weber a formal demand notice

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<v Speaker 1>requesting that she changed this new regulation and make it

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<v Speaker 1>clear to election officials that they should comply with the

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<v Speaker 1>recent Supreme Court ruling handed down. Let me go through

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<v Speaker 1>the regulation itself in just a moment. You're going to

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<v Speaker 1>see for your own eyes how crazy this is. But

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<v Speaker 1>the fight that we have before us is not just

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<v Speaker 1>to call Shirley Weber out on this insane rule. But

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<v Speaker 1>we can do something to restore public trust and confidence

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<v Speaker 1>in our elections, to improve the integrity in our elections,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is we can pass Proposition thirty nine in

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<v Speaker 1>this November midterm election. Prop thirty nine is the bipartisan

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<v Speaker 1>voter ID initiative to clean up our voter roles and

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure we do citizenship verification that only people

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<v Speaker 1>who are eligible should be receiving battles. More importantly, it

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<v Speaker 1>does require verification of the identity of people whether they're

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<v Speaker 1>voting in person or through mail in ballots. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a balanced approach to voter ID. It is common sense,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is how we can fight back against absurd

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<v Speaker 1>rules like oh, we need to count ballots after election

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<v Speaker 1>day without a postmark. Go to the website voter ide

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<v Speaker 1>Initiative dot com voter ide Initiative dot com learn more

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<v Speaker 1>about what Prop thirty nine does, but also get involved

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<v Speaker 1>in the fight. Get off the couch, get into the street,

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<v Speaker 1>sign up as a volunteer, because we have to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure we overcome a rigged title on the ballot that

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<v Speaker 1>the politicians have put on Prop thirty nine. They say

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<v Speaker 1>it prohibits citizens from voting. Nothing could be further from

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<v Speaker 1>the truth or trying to make sure that every eligible

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<v Speaker 1>voters vote counts and is not canceled out with a

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<v Speaker 1>fraudulent vote. So learn about the initiative, sign up as

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<v Speaker 1>a volunteer to distribute the plain English voter guide so

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<v Speaker 1>people know what they're voting on. That they're not just

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<v Speaker 1>looking at that rig ballot title that the Democrats slapped

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<v Speaker 1>on the initiative. And of course chip in a contribution.

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<v Speaker 1>We are being outspent ten to one. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>David versus Goliath fight. We need your help, So chip

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<v Speaker 1>in a contribution at that website or volunteer at voter

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<v Speaker 1>id Initiative dot com voter ide initiative dot com. So

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<v Speaker 1>here is the actual rule. This is the Secretary of

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<v Speaker 1>State's website standards for valid and invalid vote by Mail ballots,

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<v Speaker 1>and look at number eight Vote by Mail ballot identification.

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<v Speaker 1>She says, you have got to consider the ballot valid.

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<v Speaker 1>A voter's ballot shall be considered valid if any of

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<v Speaker 1>these conditions are met. The regulation she has added is

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<v Speaker 1>number eight vote by Mail identification. Envelope has no dated postmark,

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<v Speaker 1>you still have to count there's no postmark, the postmark

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<v Speaker 1>is not eligible or eligible, or there's no date stamp

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<v Speaker 1>for the receipt. Without any postmark, the ballot must still

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<v Speaker 1>be counted. If the voter wrote a date on the

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<v Speaker 1>ballot or the envelope otherwise indicates what does that mean?

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<v Speaker 1>Otherwise indicates the ballot was executed on or before election day.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you just simply say, oh, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>got this ballot, it's going to arrive in the mail

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<v Speaker 1>after the election. Just going to write down my date

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<v Speaker 1>today's election day. Suddenly a ballot appears. How do you

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<v Speaker 1>know that it's not just slid into your mailbox by someone.

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<v Speaker 1>This is insane. You should not. This is where you

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<v Speaker 1>basically are going to have people questioning whether someone saw

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<v Speaker 1>a close vote count on election night and decided to

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<v Speaker 1>go out and salt additional ballots after the fact. We

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<v Speaker 1>can not allow this lucy goosey approach. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>this is in direct violation of what the Supreme Court

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<v Speaker 1>just ruled in June in the Watson versus Republican National

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<v Speaker 1>Committee case. This was over a Mississippi law that said, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to collect and receive ballots after the election.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course Republicans said, well, we don't think that's

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<v Speaker 1>a good idea. I don't think it's a good idea.

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<v Speaker 1>But the Supreme Court said, well, as long as the

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<v Speaker 1>voter votes and executes their ballot before on or before

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<v Speaker 1>election day, then they should count it. And the Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Court noted that the postmark was the evidence of whether

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<v Speaker 1>the voter voted on or before election day, no matter

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<v Speaker 1>when the ballot is returned or received by the election office.

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<v Speaker 1>The Supreme Court wrote, it is the postmark that is

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<v Speaker 1>the evidence that the voter met the deadline of election day.

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<v Speaker 1>Here it is on page two of the ruling. The

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<v Speaker 1>question before the court is narrow whether counting ballots post

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<v Speaker 1>marked by election day but received up to five days

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<v Speaker 1>later violates federal election day statutes. That is the question.

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<v Speaker 1>The postmark is crucial here because, as the court case

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<v Speaker 1>then opined on, is that an election day is that

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<v Speaker 1>the voter makes their decision before the deadline of eight

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<v Speaker 1>pm on election night, and the ballot can be received

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<v Speaker 1>any time thereafter, like military or oversees ballots. But the

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<v Speaker 1>election day is defined as when the voter casts the ballot,

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<v Speaker 1>and the postmark then becomes the evidence that they met

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<v Speaker 1>the deadline. The Secretary of State in California doesn't care

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<v Speaker 1>about that ruling, doesn't care about common sense or internal

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<v Speaker 1>controls or integrity intras. She just says it if it

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<v Speaker 1>has a little scribble date on it, you gotta count it,

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<v Speaker 1>or otherwise can be interpreted as being done timely, blowney

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<v Speaker 1>This is why people's trust and confidence and election has waned.

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<v Speaker 1>This is an outrageous regulation trying to force county election

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<v Speaker 1>officials to count ballots that have not met the Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Court standard of being timely cast. What are your thoughts?

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<v Speaker 1>Should we count a ballot received after election day with

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<v Speaker 1>no postmark as long as someone wrote a date on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think that this is a big risk factor

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<v Speaker 1>or a small risk factor? Sound off in the comments

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<v Speaker 1>below on this video. I truly want your thoughts on

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<v Speaker 1>this because I think this is a big deal. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why I'm making a big stink about it. And this

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<v Speaker 1>is all the more reason why we need your help

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<v Speaker 1>to pass Prop thirty nine in the November midterm election

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<v Speaker 1>to restore integrity, clean up our voter roles. Do citizenship verification.

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<v Speaker 1>The voter Idea Initiative is the solution. We need your help.

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<v Speaker 1>Go to voter ide Initiative dot com, voter id Initiative

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<v Speaker 1>dot com and join the fight until time. I'm Carl Tomo,

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<v Speaker 1>Chairman of Reform California and California State Representative. Thanks for

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