Democrats are constantly defending democracy from other democracies. This entails giving the highest and most powerful bodies— federal and state — control over elections, which is the antithesis of democracy. However, there are times when destroying democracy is necessary to protect it. Where would democracy be today if we had permitted hand-tracking in elections? It’s a great thing the one-party state of California forbids that. Governor of California Less than a year after the governing board of one northern county decided to break its agreement with Dominion Voting Systems and tabulate results by hand, Gavin Newsom signed legislation into law on Wednesday that will restrict local governments’ ability to individually count ballots.
The law, which is scheduled to take effect right away, is detrimental to Shasta County’s conservative-majority Board of Supervisors after it voted 3 – 2 in January to renege on its agreement with Dominion. In response, state legislators introduced and largely passed AB 969, which permits hand-counting in specific situations, such as during often scheduled elections in areas with fewer than 1, 000 registered voters and in special elections with less than 5,000 voters. Additionally, it will prevent counties from reneging on voting system contracts in the future without a finalized agreement and transition plan. The problem with totalitarians is that they constantly seek out more power, regardless of how far they already possess. In a one-party state like California, elected officials are chosen by ballot-gatherers who work for nonprofit organizations supported by the politicians they choose. Similar to how Vegas slot machines give suckers a break, this system is political. The only meaningful political competition in this version of” stakeholder democracy”— the one that prompted Newsom to choose an Emily’s List and SEIU activist for the Senate who wasn’t a legitimate elected official— is between candidates for support of the organizations that can deploy the ballot harvesters. Shasta County doesn’t pose a serious threat to the one-party state, whose present senators few state residents could yet name, but it still needs to be imposed. ” Not only is it impossible to hand-count, but it also interferes with the election process.” The governor’s communication director, Erin Mellon, stated that it will cost more and drastically slow down our election results. ” Our elections have been undermined by baseless conspiracy theories.” California is committed to ensuring free and fair elections because” the election process is harmful to the electoral process.” To guarantee free and fair elections, you must outlaw hand counting ballots. And by ensuring that they are neither completely nor good, you guarantee them. They will finally declare that getting rid of elections is the only way to protect them. Of course, that is an” baseless conspiracy theory.” And it’s fortunate that California, a one-party state, doesn’t lend credence to conspiracy theories by having an independent agency that looks into and censors them. The California Office of Election Cybersecurity’s flyer reads,” Report misinformation.” Users of social media are urged to inform the Secretary of State’s office of” misleading” materials.
A government office established by California Democrats is keeping an eye on hashtags, categorizing political speech it opposes by” threat level ,” taking screenshots of posts, and therefore permanently storing the data before submitting the offensive speech to social media platforms for censorship.
According to the Office,” Election Security is our top priority.” However, it doesn’t concentrate on stopping voter fraud or election hacking. Otherwise, it is battling” the dissemination of false information.”
To ensure the safety of your vote, we established the CA Office of Election Cybersecurity. The Office is a non-partisan government agency committed to making sure your vote is secure, the secretary of state’s office tweeted inanely. I’m secure. Do you not?
Democrats are always protecting democracy from democracy. That means moving control over elections to the highest and most central possible bodies, federal and statewide, which is the opposite of democracy. But sometimes you have to protect democracy by destroying democracy. Where would democracy be if we had allowed hand-counting of ballots in elections? Good thing California’s one-party state is banning that.California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation into law on Wednesday that will limit the ability of local governments to manually count ballots less than a year after one northern county’s governing board ditched its contract with Dominion Voting Systems and decided to tabulate results by hand.
Set to go into effect immediately, the law deals a blow to Shasta County’s conservative-majority Board of Supervisors, which voted 3-2 in January to cancel its contract with Dominion… In response, state legislators introduced and overwhelmingly passed AB 969 in September, which allows hand-counting under narrow circumstances: during regularly scheduled elections in places with under 1,000 registered voters and special elections with fewer than 5,000 voters. It will also block counties from canceling contracts for voting systems in the future without a transition plan and a finalized agreement for a new state-approved system.The thing about totalitarians is that no matter how much power they have, they always want more.California is a one-party state where elected officials are chosen by ballot harvesters working for community groups funded by the politicians they select. It’s a system that is democratic in the same sense that Vegas slot machines give suckers a break.In this version of ‘stakeholders democracy’, the one that led Newsom to select an Emily’s List and SEIU activist for the Senate who wasn’t an actual elected official, the only meaningful political competition involves politicians competing for the support of the groups who can deploy the ballot harvesters.Shasta County poses no meaningful threat to the one-party state whose current senators few state residents could even name, and yet it must still be stamped on. “It’s not just impractical to hand-count, but it harms the election process. It will cost more and slow down our election results significantly,” Erin Mellon, the governor’s communication director, said. “Unfounded conspiracy theories have undermined our elections. California is focused on ensuring free and fair elections. “The election process harms the election process. You have to ban hand counting ballots to ensure free and fair elections.And you ensure them by making sure that they aren’t free or fair.Eventually, they will announce that the only way to protect elections is to get rid of them. That’s an “unfounded conspiracy theory” of course. And it’s a good thing California’s one party state provides no foundation to conspiracy theories by having a special department that investigates and censors them. “Report misinformation,” a flier from California’s Office of Election Cybersecurity blares. Social media users are urged to report “misleading” materials to the Secretary of State’s office.
A government office created by California Democrats is monitoring hashtags, classifying political speech it opposes by “threat level”, taking screenshots of posts, and then storing the information indefinitely, before reporting the offending speech to social media companies for censorship.
“Election Security is our number one priority,” the Office claims. But its focus isn’t securing elections by fighting hackers or voter fraud. Instead it’s fighting “the spread of mis- and disinformation”.
“We created the CA Office of Election Cybersecurity to keep your vote safe – so you don’t have to worry! The Office is a non-partisan government arm dedicated to ensuring your vote is safe,” Secretary of State’s office unconvincingly tweeted.I feel safe. Don’t you?
