Posted on 02/16/2021 1:29:47 PM PST by Mariner
Claim: Actor Kevin Sorbo on Monday claimed California requires signature verification for petitions to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, but not for mail-in ballots. His tweet implied the state is giving increased scrutiny to the Republican-led effort to oust the Democratic governor.
Sorbo’s tweet was shared more than 25,000 times by Tuesday, with Republicans like former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee spreading the claim.
Rating: False
Details: California election officials verify the signatures on both mail-in ballots and recall petitions.
Sorbo, who is best known for his role as Hercules in the the 1990s television series “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys,” was swiftly rebuked by Democrats and fact-checkers after tweeting the claim on Monday, which implied that California was levying a stricter level of scrutiny for the recall than the 2020 general election, wherein more than 85% of California voters cast ballots through the mail.
According to Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber’s office, California county elections officials verify the signatures on every vote-by-mail ballot, initiative, referendum, or recall petition, and candidate nomination document. State code requires elections officials to compare the signature on a petition or ballot to the one in the voter’s registration record prior to counting it.
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"Manned" by people who hate us.
And it's not just CA, it's nationwide.
Every signature counts!
Count every signature!
Do NOT disenfranchise these people!
Of course they are.
That is why they need a lot more signatures than are actually required.
The recall should be done by mail in ballot with no signature verification, no postmark check, and all of the counting done at 3 am.
Indeed. :-)
What the hell did anyone expect? Fairness?
Heard one of the organizers on newsmax a couple weeks ago mention there is a rule that if any part of the signature touched the box that you have to sign your name it its grounds for disqualification.
If it wasn’t for double standards, the Democrats would have no standards at all...
“”State code requires elections officials to compare the signature on a petition or ballot to the one in the voter’s registration record prior to counting it.””
Well, that sure takes care of that, doesn’t it? STATE CODE REQUIRES:::::::::: Might want to check out what different state constitutions have to say about election requirements while they’re at it.
Democrats are criminals. Expect them to act in that fashion.
Bull***t.
They're not going to allow us to remove a democrat governor. Nor even a democrat dog catcher.
The fix is in.
This Republic is over and dead if we don't fight to restore it.
And don't go on and on ecstatically about starting a new party.
They. Are. Not. Going. To. Permit. It.
Capiche?
Not a dog catcher.
Pardon my disgust.
They may be needed later for fake mail-in ballots.
I like how this leftist “reporter” tries to imply that only Republicans are pis*ed off at Gruesome.
The criteria used in the presidential election was that if a ballot appeared, anywhere, anytime, it was counted without regard to signature, legal registration or any other matter.
The opposite scrutiny will be applied to this recall effort.
The only way to fix such endemic corruption is to hang them all.
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