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Republican lawmakers in several states are introducing legislation to overhaul voting after the Democrats stole the 2020 election by flooding states with millions of mail-in ballots. The Democrats used Covid as a vehicle to usher in mail-in ballots, implement Zuckerberg ballot drop boxes and extend ballot counting for days and even weeks after Election Day in order to steal the election for Joe Biden. State lawmakers are now working to limit mail-in voting, require photo ID, clean up dirty voter rolls, end same-day voter registration and more.

A Canadian hired by the California Republican Party to do political work on a coveted H-1B visa appears to be in violation of immigration law because he is also earning money from another employer, federal officials said this week. Christopher Matthews, a Canadian citizen, was hired in 2007 as full-time deputy political director, with responsibility for handling campaign operations and information technology for the country's largest state Republican Party operation, U.S. Department of Labor records show. He currently works for the state GOP as a political coordinator, said Hector Barajas, spokesman for the California Republican Party. The state Republican Party...

LOL. There was another article this weekend about big donor GOP liberals worried that the party was too right wing and demanding changes in the structure etc.... This story comes around every so often, usually because someone is trying to benefit financially or politically from the effort. Sometimes both. These articles always make me laugh. Why? Because it is all fantasy. The State GOP central Committee is not controlled by conservatives and hasn't been for the over 15 years I've been an actual member. I should point out I've been a member of the Executive Committee of the CRP for...

The California Republican Party has raised $12.3 million this year, most of it in unlimited donations, according to campaign finance reports reviewed Tuesday. That is nearly twice what the Democratic Party has raised this year, although Democrats still have more in their bank account heading into the November general election. As of June 30, the Republican Party had $3 million cash on hand, while the Democrats had $9 million. That includes money the party raised in previous years. The Democrat's total will rise after a fundraiser scheduled Tuesday night in Beverly Hills with President Bill Clinton. The event is expected...

Gloom, despair, and agony on me Deep dark depression, excessive misery If it weren't for bad luck I'd have not luck at all Gloom, despair, and agony on me" - Hee Haw As you listen to and read all the talk about "unity" at the upcoming state Republican Party convention this weekend, keep in mind that nothing unites people as quickly as a common enemy. But alas, we've no good enemies in plain sight right now other than ourselves. Oh sure, Cindy Sheehan makes a good foil every time she puts on her t-shirt de jour and parades herself in...

Republican activists and elected officials downplayed divisions over Gov. Schwarzenegger at a meeting in Riverside Saturday and predicted that the party would eventually unite behind him. Some conservatives are urging the state GOP to withdraw its endorsement of Schwarzenegger at next month's state party convention in San Jose. Among other things, they are upset with Schwarzenegger's appointment of longtime Democratic activist Susan Kennedy as chief of staff and his proposal for $222 billion in bonds to pay for highways, schools and waterworks. But during a speech to the California Congress of Republicans at the Mission Inn, former U.S. Treasurer Rosario...

At the outset of the campaign season, California Republicans held up the U.S. Senate contest as a marquee race for a newly energized, newly cohesive state GOP. Party leaders promised they would demonstrate that firing the Democratic governor last October was simply the start of an important revival for the long-sagging party. The answer came with a giant thud Tuesday night, in the form of a crushing, 21-point victory for incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer and wins for Democrats in some key legislative and congressional races. Now Democrats and even some moderate Republicans say that the weak challenge against Boxer and...

SAN DIEGO - The California Republican Party wrapped up its three-day state convention Sunday by opposing Proposition 71, the November ballot initiative that would provide $3 billion for embryonic stem-cell research in the state. With a voice vote and little discussion, the party's membership also voted to oppose two gambling-related measures, changes in the state's "three-strikes"law and a tax hike for millionaires that would pay for mental health services. The same vote put the party on record on eight other November ballot measures. Fiona Hutton, Proposition 71 spokeswoman, said she wasn't surprised by opposition from an organization dominated by "ultra-conservative...

SAN DIEGO - The California Republican Party urged those attending this weekend's state convention to don their Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops for a gathering that would be "very fun and casual." But most of the more than 800 activists attending the three-day gathering stuck to more formal attire and exuded a very serious attitude about improving the party's prospects in the state. With public opinion polls showing President Bush and GOP Senate nominee Bill Jones trailing their Democratic opponents in California by double digits, some Republicans who celebrated Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger's election just 10 months ago are dismayed to see...

The state budget impasse has taken a toll on support for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's $103 billion spending plan, with Democrats and Republicans rethinking their approval of his strategy for erasing a $15 billion deficit without raising taxes. After struggling to reach agreements with Democrats, who hold overwhelming majorities in both the Senate and Assembly, the rookie governor now faces a full-blown mutiny from within the ranks of his fellow Republicans as well as opposition among Democrats. "I was prepared to vote for the governor's budget as modified by his May revision," said Sen. Ross Johnson, R-Irvine, vice chairman of the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Republicans say a fundraiser headlined by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger next week may bring in up to $2 million and be one of the state party's biggest paydays since the Ronald Reagan era - if not the biggest ever. Schwarzenegger's election last year marked a turning point for the state party, which for years saw Democrats control the state's top offices. The governor's success has attracted donors who "believe, for the first time in a long time, that the Republican Party can deliver in November," said Karen Hanretty, a spokeswoman for the state party. "People like to...

<p>BURLINGAME – The state Republican Party gave its approval Sunday to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's $15 billion plan to rescue the state budget after a personal appeal from the governor and behind- the-scenes lobbying by supporters.</p> <p>The endorsement, on a voice vote on the final day of a three-day GOP convention, was eagerly sought by Schwarzenegger, who has been selling the plan in a string of TV ads and speeches. To take effect, the twin proposals - Proposition 57 and Proposition 58 - must be approved by voters March 2.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON - The California Republican Party is now fully behind the effort to recall Gov. Gray Davis, the state party chairman said Wednesday, and hopes to narrow the field of GOP candidates to boost the chances of capturing the governor's office.</p>