Judicial Watch announced yesterday it filed a lawsuit to stop the
special, statewide vote-by-mail mandate issued by California Governor
Gavin Newsom.

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Dear Judicial Watch Supporter,

I want to personally share with you a press release that was just sent
to members of the media yesterday. As always, Judicial Watch is
fighting on your behalf in Washington D.C. against government
corruption and abuse. Thank you for standing with Judicial Watch--you
don’t want to miss this!

Sincerely,
Amelia Koehn
Public Affairs Coordinator

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: 202-646-5188
May 22, 2020
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JUDICIAL WATCH SUES TO STOP CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S “VOTE BY
MAIL” MANDATE

_Plaintiffs Include Voters and Congressional Candidate Darrell Issa_
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Judicial Watch announced yesterday it filed
a lawsuit
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to
stop the special, statewide vote-by-mail mandate issued by California
Governor Gavin Newsom. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit include former
U.S. Representative Darrell Issa (a candidate in the upcoming November
election) and individual California voters from across the political
spectrum. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in
Sacramento against Gov. Newsom and California Secretary of State Alex
Padilla (_Darrell Issa, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, et al._
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(No.
2:20-cv-01044)).

The Judicial Watch complaint argues that Newsom’s Executive Order
N-64-20
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requiring all California counties to conduct all-mail ballot
elections, violates the U.S. Constitution and California state law.
According to the U.S. Constitution, only state legislatures may
determine the “Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for
Senators and Representatives,” and only state legislatures may
establish the manner in which electors to the Electoral College are
appointed. The lawsuit points out that “[n]either defendant in this
case is a ‘Legislature,’” as required under the Constitution,
and “[t]he California Legislature never delegated to [Newsom] its
authority under the Elections Clause or Electors Clause to regulate
the manner of conducting elections for senators, representatives, or
presidential electors.”

Judicial Watch also contends that Newsom’s mandate violates the
California Voter’s Choice Act of 2016, which grants counties the
option to qualify for and opt in to a system of mail-in voting.
Judicial Watch argues the law reflects the legislature’s deliberate
choice to delegate to each county the decision about whether to
qualify and opt in to the all-mail ballot system. During the March 3,
2020 primary election, only 15 of California’s 58 counties qualified
and opted-in to the all-mail balloting system.

The lawsuit alleges the plaintiffs will be harmed by Newsom’s
mandate for all-mail voting because it imposes an entirely new
election system that ignores the extensive qualifications required by
California law before a county can opt in to all-mail balloting.
Judicial Watch argues its plaintiffs will be at risk of having their
votes thrown out or diluted by invalid votes under Newsom’s illegal
system, and that Mr. Issa will have to expend additional resources to
respond to the illegal mandate during his campaign.

“Governor Newsom’s vote-by-mail mandate is unconstitutional and
may cause the votes of countless voters to be thrown out or not
counted,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “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.”

In 2018, California settled
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a
federal lawsuit with Judicial Watch and began the process of removing
up to 1.6 million inactive names from Los Angeles County’s voter
rolls. Judicial Watch late last year sent notices
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to
11 additional California counties warning them of voting list
maintenance issues. Judicial Watch recently sued North Carolina
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and Pennsylvania
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to
force them to clean up their voter rolls.

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