California Republican Party says it will not comply with state's cease and desist order on ballot dr

[Cryptoad]

Source: cnn

(CNN)The California Republican Party said Wednesday it will not comply with the state's cease-and-desist order over unofficial ballot drop boxes placed in at least four counties ahead of the November election.
The unauthorized ballot boxes, which state officials have called illegal, have been found in at least four counties across the state: Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and Fresno.
"Ballot harvesting program will continue," California Republican Party spokesperson Hector Barajas said in a statement to CNN.
The party made their intentions clear in a letter to the California Secretary of State on Wednesday. In the letter, attorneys for the state GOP say all of the ballot boxes deployed by the party are indoors, staffed by volunteers or party officials, secure and not labeled "official."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/california-republicans-ballot-drop-boxes-cease-and-desist/index.html

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If we had done this there would already be some people in jail,,,,

[Laelth]

1. Like their Great Leader, they now consider themselves above the law.

Trump has done enormous damage to the rule of law and the foundational institutions of the United States.

-Laelth

[soothsayer]

2. Yeah but why doesn't the law remind them they're not?

Oh I guess they have until Thursday to comply or something?

[Laelth]

6. I am not sure.

That will be up to local law enforcement in CA.



-Laelth

[AleksS]

3. Lock 'em up.

They want to play games. Fine. Play checkers with your new cell mates.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

4. So wheres the enforcement piece of this? Its like - Pretty please can you not

do illegal things Mr Republican?

Tired of this bs

[DSandra]

11. I don't think there is any other way to deal with bullies and cheaters than aggressively

Democrats need to stop being pacifists, as pacifism is ridiculous when dealing with serious threats.

[Lock him up.]

17. I bet they're not POCs.

[Me.]

5. Call Out THe National Guard & Havr THem Remove The Boxes

then send police to make the arrest. Also, file both civil and criminal cases at the same time. Challenge their freedom and make them pay through the nose.

[Ligyron]

26. THIS

[James48]

7. Isn't that the definition of contempt?

42 U.S. Code § 1995. Criminal contempt proceedings; penalties; trial by jury


Add that to the criminal complaint

[Nexus2]

8. How the Hell is this even taken seriously?

It seems like response should have lead to some immediate arrests.

[relayerbob]

9. They should arrest the head the head of the CA GOP for violating state election laws

That's a felony

[OldBaldy1701E]

25. Bingo!

And then see if this came from higher up. Then, go after the national GOP for starting this. You can be locked up for conspiracy to commit a felony. I agree that this needs a very rigorous response. Probably won't happen, but it really needs one.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Lock them up!!!!!

[George II]

12. Seize the boxes and go underground to find out where the next one will be installed. Be there....

....and arrest those who are doing it.

Deny bail and charge them with voter fraud.

That's all they understand.

[CBHagman]

13. Brazenly lawless...

...just like Donald John Trump.

[caraher]

14. Who are you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?

attorneys for the state GOP say all of the ballot boxes deployed by the party are indoors, staffed by volunteers or party officials, secure and not labeled "official."

If that were true we wouldn't be having this discussion, now would we? Plus there's the little matter of explaining the photos of outdoor unattended boxes labeled "official" posted by the state GOP themselves...

[KS Toronado]

15. Why don't they ballot harvest in Texas, heard there's a greater need there.

And voters can demand a receipt when dropping off. Of course they'll never agree to that, just the old "trust me" slogan.

[W T F]

16. If anyone knows where one of these boxes are, let me know, I'll take a sledgehammer to it.

[Kablooie]

18. Of course not. Republicans aren't constrained by puny laws.

Those are for the rabble.

Silly rabble laws are for kids.

[MustLoveBeagles]

19. Omg!

"Ballot harvesting program will continue," California Republican Party spokesperson Hector Barajas said in a statement to CNN.

Can you imagine the reaction if the Democrats did this? Stop this fucking around. Arrest these assholes and confiscate the phoney drop off boxes now.

[yuiyoshida]

20. THROW HIS FUCKING ASS IN JAIL....

This is a BLUE STATE, and you fuckers, will pay for this!!

[oasis]

21. They're not about to get away with that bullcrap.

[byronius]

22. Guys, this is actually kinda funny.

1) If they don't turn over the ballots or if they open or alter them, they will all go to jail.
2) This makes them look like cartoon villains. Which they are.
3) This is the act of a desperate stub of an almost-extinct party that once ruled California and now languishes unheard and powerless in the increasingly Democratic Supermajority stronghold of California. These tactics are guaranteed to backfire with the public and accelerate the trend. They will never recover.
4) "I'm going to steal ballots -- can we reach some sort of compromise now?" Chortle.

Doom doom doom for them. And the Harbinger of their Future.

[roamer65]

23. Raid their offices and jail them.

[truthisfreedom]

24. Seize the boxes and declare the ballots tainted.

contact all of the voters and tell them they have to vote again.

[Ligyron]

27. What is their purpose and end game in doing this?

One can't tell a GOP marked ballot from a Dem on the exterior so they're not safe destroying them all. They could put them in heavily Dem areas and shit can those I guess but they're still not a guaranteed a net gain plus then they are seriously breaking the law should they be caught and one would hope they would assume they were being monitored for just such a possibility too given their attitude and openness about doing this.

Also, they putting them in Orange County too.

Unless they are opening the ballots to destroy the ones voting Dem but that would take some balls and how could they get them counted if they were opened? There are local and state reps in areas the pukes can win but no way are they going to cause Cali to go for Trump with this tactic.

I don't get this but they do need to be arrested, prosecuted, heavily fined and then sued out of existence in civil like the KKK and other hate groups have been. The GOP has turned into a criminal organization and with a Democratic majority in Congress they might could be ended like the old Mafia was.

[machoneman]

28. 30 days in the hole!

[Maxheader]

29. yeah, guess who's behind that?

Clue:

-Hair the color of week old dog poo.

-putins fav handjob.

- considers itself...genius

....

[Bayard]

30. "Harvesting ballots"

I don't like that term.

The boxes are not marked as rethuglican. They look kind of like trash cans, so I hope they are having to sort through garbage.

There should be no going to court over this. Its a federal crime. Arrest Mr. Barajas. If they get by with this, they'll be going up elsewhere too.

[JaneQPublic]

31. "Law and Order!!!"

[bluestarone]

32. Maybe first step could be a Court INJUNCTION?

BUT we need to keep in mind that hopefully the Cal. Gov. and AG know the legalities in Cal? Waiting for answers is HARD!

[Cryptoad]

33. Nah ,,,,first steps

should be issuing Bench Warrants for Contempt for leaders of CAGOP.

[BlueWavePsych]

34. Don't get mad, get EVEN. GOTV