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Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Court struck down Fresno election plan for low-voter count years. County to appeal
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors said Tuesday they will appeal a court ruling that elections for top law enforcement leaders must be held during presidential elections, when voter turnout is highest. The county lost the lawsuit last week brought by state Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley Weber, which argued setting the election on gubernatorial cycles was against state law. The supervisors on Tuesday discussed the case in closed session, and released a statement afterward. 'The county respectfully disagrees with the superior court and intends to challenge the ruling in the court of appeal,' the statement read in full. The supervisors came to a consensus and no vote was taken, according to county spokesperson Sonja Dosti. A Fresno County Superior Court judge ruled June 2 to invalidate Fresno County's Measure A. The 2024 ballot initiative that passed and aligned Fresno County District Attorney and Sheriff elections with the off cycle, which has a lower voter turnout than those on the presidential cycle. The measure passed with a 55% vote but was at odds with an earlier law, Assembly Bill 759, that aligned the elections. Gubernatorial races across the state routinely draw lower numbers of voters than presidential. The most recent presidential election in Fresno in 2024 saw an almost 60% turnout, while the off cycle election two years earlier drew 27% of voters.
Epoch Times
30-05-2025
- Politics
- Epoch Times
California Files Appeal After Court Allows Huntington Beach to Require Voter ID in Local Elections
The State of California filed an appeal in its lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach on May 28, asking a state appellate court to reverse a lower court's decision that allowed the city to require photo ID in its municipal elections. In a lawsuit filed last year challenging Measure A, the city's initiative, Attorney General Ron Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley Weber argued that the policy is invalid because state law takes precedence over local law in matters of statewide concern, including the right to vote.
Los Angeles Times
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
LA Times Today: Take it from California's election czar, the SAVE Act is a sham
For much of America's history, the right to vote was reserved for a select few. African Americans, women and other minorities were unable to cast ballots. Last month, the House of Representatives passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility – or SAVE Act. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber wrote an opinion piece for the L.A. Times calling the bill 'Jim Crow 2.0.'
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
California man submits ballot initiative asking voters if state should become its own country
A California man is leading the charge to have the state split from the United States. The office of California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said Marcus Evans can begin collecting signatures to put the questions to voters. "Should California leave the United States and become a free and independent country?" the question reads. La Fires: 'Million Dollar Listing' Stars Raise Alarm About Illegal Price Gouging To qualify for the November 2028 ballot, Evans must collect the signatures of at least 546,651 registered voters by July 22. If approved, the measure wouldn't trigger independence for the Golden State. Instead it would declare a "vote of no confidence in the United States of America" and an "expression of the will of the people of California" to become an independent country without changing the state's government or its relationship with the U.S. Read On The Fox News App In addition, a 20-member commission would be established to study whether California could govern itself and its viability as a nation. Ricki Lake Says Rebuilding After La Fires Destroyed Her Home Is 'Exhausting And Paralyzing' Secession from the U.S. would require a constitutional amendment, which would need approval from two-thirds of states. Despite the proposal, the California constitution notes that the state "is an inseparable part of the United States of America." "The U.S. Constitution includes neither a mechanism for a state to secede from the United States nor a provision for a single state to be an autonomous nation within the United States," the California Legislative Analyst's Office states. Fox News Digital has reached out to article source: California man submits ballot initiative asking voters if state should become its own country
