California GOP refuses to comply with attorney general's order to remove "illegal" ballot drop boxes

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The California Republican Party said it would not comply with state Attorney General Xavier Becerra's order to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes, which officials say are "illegal."

The state GOP admitted that it was responsible for erecting fake "official" drop boxes in front of churches, gun stores and gyms. Secretary of State Alex Padilla said the boxes had been set up in "violation of the law."

Becerra and Padilla on Monday sent cease-and-desist letters to the GOP, which ordered the party to remove the collection boxes in Los Angeles, Orange and Fresno counties.

"Anyone who knowingly engages with the tampering or misuse of the vote is subject to prosecution," Becerra said during a Monday news conference with Padilla, in which he called the boxes "fake."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-gop-refuses-comply-attorney-164005103.html

Lock them the fuck up. They'll change their tune real quick.

[Celerity]

1. agreed, lock these fucking traitors UP, and with extreme quickness

[BigmanPigman]

4. Hear, hear!!!!!

[C_U_L8R]

2. Prosecute now.

Time is essential.

[SheltieLover]

3. Absolutely!

I hope people are tracking ballots!!!

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Throw them in jail.

They are the organized crime party. RICO.

[Thekaspervote]

6. CBS news said 6 boxes were reported to election officials over the weekend, and they were

All removed.

The cheating is beyond the pale. I hope these idiots are ready to go to jail. The article I read made it pretty clear they aren’t having it!

[Me.]

7. Might?

"Becerra and Padilla suggested that the state might take legal action if the GOP does not comply by its Oct. 15 deadline"

[StClone]

8. Why is it Oct.15 why not "As of NOW!"

[Crunchy Frog]

14. Why are they giving them a fucking deadline?

This is why they walk all over us. Because we fucking let them.

[ItsjustMe]

23. This

This Is why I no longer I Identify myself as a Democrat, I always vote Democrat, but I now Identify myself only as a liberal.

The Democratic party needs to grow a pair and fight for us liberals, We are the majority.

[RainCaster]

9. Simple solution: don't count those ballots

Really, they can't be trusted. How can they prove, under auditable conditions, that no ballots were turned away, thrown away or otherwise tampered with?

All ballots that have been collected by any agency other than the state of California must not be counted.

[Lisa0825]

10. Um... isn't that what they want? Voter suppression?

[quickesst]

11. if they are illegal...

... and in order to declare them illegal the state must know where they are located, and if the GOP refuses to dismantle these illegal boxes, why doesn't the Attorney General send in the crews and the appropriate law enforcement to dismantle these boxes themselves? You know...... if they are in "violation of the law" .

[Le Roi de Pot]

12. The state should not count them.

Throw them all away

[Crunchy Frog]

13. Arrest them and charge them with election fraud.

I don't understand what the issue is. Are we simply afraid to do anything about it if a Republican breaks the law?

[TryLogic]

17. Exactly

[moonscape]

15. They get more and more

brazen! Unbelievable. On our local news last night they showed official boxes and said no illegal ones were in our county (on the Central Coast). Yet. We don’t have any races worth their time focusing their efforts on though. Solid blue.

[UCmeNdc]

16. So order the police to remove them and arrest the people putting them up.

Why wait?

[IcyPeas]

18. The GOP think they are above the law... just like trump

[Crunchy Frog]

19. And so far we've been proving them right.

[TeamPooka]

20. Take them

[MagickMuffin]

21. LOCK THEM UP AND SET AN EXAMPLE OF THEM

And the SOS should have employees who can gather these illegal drop boxes.

They are so exhausting. They truly hate democracy.

[onetexan]

22. Dems need to tape these illegal dropoff boxes shut before they're removed!!!

This is a flagrant violation of state laws. Lock the GOP offenders up.