Kooky Kalifornia Kasting Ballots

The California primary election is set for Tuesday, June 7. Ballots and the State’s Voter Information Guide are already in homes. There is plenty of time for citizens to research and make their decisions before going to ballot box. But many, if they vote at all, will not bother to do so. That ballot that came in the mail this week can simply be filled out and sent back the same day it arrived. Drop boxes begin service on May 16. In-person voting begins at various locations May 28.

Why people cannot vote on election day, with paper ballots, is beyond me. It used to be that anyone could request a mail-in ballot simply because they were too darn lazy to get their tails to a polling place. Now, everyone in the entire state gets one. And why is it necessary to vote anytime between May 5, and election day, June 7? Should one drop off that ballot in the mailbox at midnight on June 7, fear not. Your vote will be counted even if it arrives on June 14.

I know people who voted early in 2020 with mail-in ballots. This was not because they happened to be out of town on election day. Or too ill to drive to the polling place. They simply did not want to be bothered doing what they had done the majority of their life, going to the polling location on election Tuesday. Later, when they “suddenly” realized Biden had dementia and maybe was compromised by his crack-head son, they were upset that they had not waited until election day to cast their ballot.  (How any of them -- all eligible to vote for at least 50 years, did not know Biden was a demented sleazebag, is for them to explain.) 

We can thank Governor Newsome for the crazier-than-the-Crazy-Cali norm for all things involving voting. California is still in a State of Emergency. The man still has emergency powers that were enacted in March 2020.  

The argument against all these excessive voting days is simple: it makes the election ripe for voter fraud, just as it was in 2020 and most other years.   Nov 2020 post

A brief glance at the voting options available for the citizens, (and possibly non-citizens), of California should alarm all civic minded people. These radical changes were ushered in thanks to the Voter’s Choice Act, which was a response to Covid. Although the ballot harvesting thing, quite legal here, has been around quite a bit longer.

These are the voting provisions currently in effect for the California, June 7 Primary Election.

·       Every registered voter will receive a Vote by Mail ballot in the mail.   State Voter Info

This should set off alarm bells. California voter rolls have not been cleaned up in decades. FIX CA is currently working to rectify the situation, but they are a long way from completing the task. Considering the mass exodus from the State over the past few years, it is easy to assume tens of thousands of invalid ballots may have gone out.

In addition, California enacted the “Voter Moter” plan. Get a driver’s license, and you’re automatically registered to vote. Said person does not even have to be a citizen to get one in the Golden State. In fact, you can be an illegal alien and the state will happily give you a license. 

When you apply for a driver’s license, it registers that person to vote. I still cannot find definitive proof that illegals are not automatically entered into the roll book.

·       In-Person Voting

In the not-so-distant past, there was only one day on which you could vote. Generally, a Tuesday in June or in November. And you went to your neighborhood polling place. Often it was someone’s garage, or a library, a school, or another public venue. Now we have Vote Centers open more than a week before June 7. You can even register to vote on the same day you vote.

·       24-Hour Drop Box, as well as Vote Centers where ballots can be dropped off, available from May 28 – June 7.

·       Advocate on the Go.  This is the really creepy, scary, scam-sounding way to vote.  A “team” will be sent out to assist voters with receiving, marking, and returning the ballot. Allegedly set up to help the hospitalized, voters with disabilities, or those confined to home.

 As I have done since I was 18, I will trudge down to a polling place on June 7. I still have no idea where that might be. We no longer have neighborhood polling stations. I just checked on the county voting site and the information is not yet up. It appears they are not encouraging same-day voting.

I plan to vote for Michael Shellenberger.  He would be fantastic for the State. Although I have lost any hope that California can ever recover from the hellhole it has become – at least in my lifetime, Mr. Shellenberger sees a way to do it. Whatever the outcome, I already know the election will be called before my ballot has reached the county office. That’s just Crazy Cali for you.