The Californians were sent by mail inaccurate guides of voters about the November special elections, asking them about whether the boundaries of the Congress district were redrawn, according to the office of the State Secretary. The State Agency announced that he would send postcards that correct the information to voters, which will probably cost millions of dollars.
“The accuracy of information about voters is necessary to maintain public confidence in the elections in California,” said Secretary of State Shirley Weber. “We are taking quick, transparent actions to guarantee that voters receive the right information. This error does not affect the proposed areas, ballots or the election process; This is exclusively a marking error. Each suitable California can be completely sure that their vote will be calculated, and their representation is safe. ”
The administration of the voter was sent to California registered voters about sentence 50, electoral measure, defended by Governor Gavin News and other state democrats in order to try to increase the number of democrats in Congress. This proposal was in response to Texas and other states headed by the Republican Party, trying to increase the number of Republicans in the ward on behalf of President Trump, so that he could continue to introduce his agenda during his last two years of being in office.
Special elections will be held on November 4, but voters will begin to receive postal ballots in early October.
On page 11 of the leadership of the voters, the proposed and hotly contested area of the Congress, which includes the strips of the San Fernando valleys and the antelopes and is currently represented by the representative of George Whitea Dulce, was incorrectly marked with 22 districts. However, on more detailed maps in the leadership of voters, the district, which was properly turned to the district 27.
“Unfortunately, this was incorrect on the state’s map in the leadership of voters,” said Paul Mitchell, an expert on the redistribution of the Democrats, who painted new proposed districts of Congress. “But it is important that this is right on the maps of the Los -Angels district in Southern California,” allowing people who live in the region to see their new proposed district of congress.
There are 23 million registered voters in California, but it is not clear whether there will be mail by mail to each registered voter or households of registered voters. The office of the State Secretary did not respond to a request about the commentary on Tuesday evening.
Even if corrective notifications are sent by mail to the household of voters, and not individual voters, only postal expenses will probably amount to millions of dollars, in addition to the cost of printing of the cards. It is expected that the special elections called by the legislative body in August are already expecting taxpayers will cost $ 284 million.
Opponents of the supply 50 captured the error as evidence that the measure was hastily placed in the ballot.
“When politicians force the Secretary of State to rush to rush, mistakes will certainly occur,” said Amy Tom, a representative of one of the campaigns that confront efforts. “Unfortunately, this will cost taxpayers millions of dollars.”
Former Chairman of the State Republican Party Jessica Millan Patterson, who leads another campaign to combat the proposition of 50, supported by the Republicans of Congress, added that such errors were inevitable, given how quickly the electoral measure was written and special elections were caused.
“The implementation of the 50th power was so quickly extended by greedy politicians that obvious mistakes were made, raising serious questions about what was still missing,” she said. “California taxpayers are already on the hook for special elections in the amount of almost 300 million dollars, and now they pay for correcting errors. Californians deserve transparency, not politics in the hall. The secretary Weber must immediately free the cost of this correction. ”
The campaign supporting the electoral measure did not respond to requests about comments.
