pic.twitter.com/Uof8QqLOYg“Unofficial, unauthorized ballot drop boxes are not permitted by state law,” Padilla said at a news conference Monday. “We are sending guidance to all political parties reminding them of the rules as it pertains to official ballot drop boxes. GOP officials must also immediately return and surrender to the appropriate county election official any vote-by-mail ballots received through the fake drop boxes. Gavin Newsom (D) and other state officials to ban this practice, which was codified into law in 2016. “If we can’t see our mothers on Mother’s Day, then strangers shouldn’t be visiting our homes to collect ballots,” California Republican Party Chair Jessica Millan Patterson said in April.

Source: Huffington Post October 12, 2020 18:36 UTC