@Mystical_Ocean@caligirl1879@MarshaBlackburn Says the one defending CA's dead-last election integrity: no ID on 88% mail ballots, ballot harvesting, self-attest citizenship (with documented errors), and weak signature checks.
Wrong. Per California regs (2 CCR § 20991), if a mailed ballot has no postmark or it's illegible, officials still count it if the voter dated the envelope on or before Election Day — and it arrives within 7 days. It relies on the voter's self-reported date instead of an objective USPS postmark."
@Mystical_Ocean@caligirl1879@MarshaBlackburn Low prosecutions ≠ secure elections. CA has no ID for mail ballots (88%+ of votes), ballot harvesting, self-attested citizenship, and weak signature checks—ranking dead last in integrity.
@caligirl1879@MarshaBlackburn Even if every Republican fraud case shown is 100% true, it has zero bearing on California's voting integrity. Pointing to bad actors in other states doesn't prove CA's mail-in system, ballot harvesting, and weak ID rules are secure. That's just deflection.
@Mystical_Ocean@InPortCharles@MarshaBlackburn Drop boxes are collected by Election Day. The problem is mailed ballots arriving late with no/illegible postmark: CA accepts them based solely on the voter's handwritten date. That's self-reported, not independently verified. This invites fraud.
California accepts ballots up to 7 days after Election Day if "postmarked by Election Day"—and if there's no clear postmark, they use whatever date the voter wrote on the envelope. That's not secure; it's an invitation to backdating. Pointing it out isn't lying—it's asking for basic safeguards like same-day receipt deadlines used in most states.
Wrong. CA has no voter ID for mail ballots, self-attestation for citizenship (with documented non-citizen errors), ballot harvesting, and loose signature matching—ranking dead last on integrity. Your GOP screenshots? Isolated procedural cases, not outcome-changing fraud. We demand secure elections everywhere—ID, clean rolls, no harvesting—regardless of party.
@Shicks57910613@MarshaBlackburn This has nothing to do with California's election process. California's issues are about its own rules allowing ballots days after Election Day, weak voter roll maintenance, and signature verification problems. Classic whataboutism.
@Shicks57910613@MarshaBlackburn Dismissing valid concerns about unsecured late ballots in California by pointing at something else doesn’t make the problem disappear. Secure elections require fixing both sides’ issues, not deflecting.
@BadCow1100@MarshaBlackburn It's literally in California's election regs (Sec 20991): no legible postmark? Use the voter's handwritten date on the envelope. That's the policy — not a 'lie.'
No, it's not a lie. California law requires ballots to be postmarked by Election Day (and received within 7 days), but if there's no postmark or it's illegible, officials accept the voter's handwritten date on the envelope instead. That's exactly the issue raised: it relies on self-reported info instead of an objective USPS stamp.
Handwritten dates on envelopes aren't 'math'—they're self-reported claims with zero independent verification. Real elections use objective postmarks, not voter IOUs. Calling it fraud risk isn't confusion; it's basic skepticism. But go on, mock math while defending 'trust us' rules.
California: Self-attest citizenship at DMV (with documented errors registering non-citizens), no photo ID for mail ballots, subjective signature matching, legal ballot harvesting by third parties, and ballots postmarked Election Day accepted up to a week later. CA ranks 50th on election integrity scorecards. Real security needs verifiable ID and clean rolls, not "trust the process."
Drop boxes are legal, but the complaint is about ballots with no verifiable postmark or timely chain of custody being accepted based only on a voter-written date or signature. That removes independent verification and invites abuse—especially with unsecured/ unmonitored boxes and last-minute dumps.
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