Former Congressman Issa Sues California Over Mail-In Ballots

[Judi Lynn]

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.

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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.