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BONTA ISSUES ELECTION WARNING
Attorney General Rob Bonta said he “100%” believes the election monitors sent by the federal Department of Justice to monitor the special statewide election Nov. 4 will make false accusations of wrongdoing.
“I think that’s the plan,” he said during a news conference Monday morning.
On Friday, the U.S. DOJ said it would send election monitors to oversee the voting in five California counties. The counties, Kern, Riverside, Fresno, Orange and Los Angeles, were flagged in an Oct. 20 letter sent by Corrin Rankin, chairwoman of the California Republican Party, as places where “irregularities” in previous elections could undermine faith in the process.
“As to this politically charged question, it is imperative to have robust voter participation and public confidence in the results regardless of the outcome,” Rankin’s letter read, referencing Proposition 50. The irregularities she listed included Kern County sending incorrect ballots, Riverside County sending duplicate ballots and questions about voter list maintenance in LA and Orange County.
Bonta said he doesn’t believe the counties need the monitors, and that the state shouldn’t be naive about the federal government’s motivations.
“Can some counties improve their communications? Can some counties improve their practices? Of course, everyone can, and they should,” he said. He added the registrar of voters in each county will be monitoring the DOJ...
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