Alex Padilla was born in California to working class, immigrant parents from Mexico. His father was a short-order cook and his mother was a housekeeper. Padilla rose through the local public school system and eventually went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

He heard his call to action with the passage of Proposition 187 in 1994 — which had sought to kick out undocumented immigrants from all non-emergency public services in California, including access to public schools. "The message was clear: the state of California is struggling and it's the fault of families like yours and people like your parents," Padilla said of what he was hearing from people in power at the time. "I knew right then and there I had to do something to change it." (via Politico).

He got his start in politics by working for U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. By the time he turned 26, Padilla won a seat in the Los Angeles City Council, representing the same district he grew up in (via Cal Matters). In 2006, he was elected to the California State Senate, where he authored a California law mandating that restaurants list calorie information on their menus and menu boards. He was also behind California's first smoke-free housing law. He served in the California State Senate until 2014 and became its Secretary of State in 2015 (via NPR).

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Alex Padilla is behind Californa's successful mail-in voter campaign

Alex Padilla successfully shepherded several progressive initiatives during his time as California's Secretary of State. He's credited as the brains behind a state-wide ban on single-use plastic bags in supermarkets, a move which was even criticized by fellow Democrats who were worried that the ban might hurt a big L.A.-based plastic bag manufacturer. "The sky does not fall and consumers adapt and life goes on," Padilla said of concerns about the statewide ban (via Cal Matters).

Padilla is also credited with pushing changes to the state's voting rules, which resulted in a record number of new voters. Cal Matters notes these changes include adding a mechanism that makes eligible adults registered voters when they apply for a new driver's license, pre-registering 16- and 17-year-olds so they are added to voter rolls when they turn 18, and making it a statewide practice to have ballots sent to active registered voter — whether they signed up to vote by mail or not. But this success had a controversial consequence that haunts the new Senator from California to this day.

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>>17794164

Bought and paid for?

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/prominent-terror-cases-with-ties-to-florida/2282146

Padilla caught flying to Chicago FBI

Broward County → Chicago (Sanctuary city)

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-07-18-0607180025-story.html [Scubbed]

>>17794200

Correction; this is Jose Padilla not Alex Padilla

CA election officials are guarding their voting machines and registration lists against Russian hackers — although no one has spotted any.

“I operate under the assumption that hacking is actually happening and California is a target,” Secretary of State Alex Padilla says.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-california-election-cyberattack-20180813-story.html

Peddled VSAP to CA SoS padilla back in December 2019, laundering $500M in the process

https://votingsystems.cdn.sos.ca.gov/vendors/LAC/vsap2-acc.pdf

https://www.linkedin.com/in/drgiselarsalas

More correspondence between Runbeck and CA SOS Padilla. (2018)

https://votingsystems.cdn.sos.ca.gov/vendors/runbeck/sentio-mods-approval.pdf

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As Runbeck’s Vice President of Field Services, Anthony is accomplished in the election industry and brings 16 years of election expertise. Anthony has been an integral part of the Runbeck team for over 10 years where he has excelled in various leadership positions. Prior to joining Runbeck, Anthony started his election carrier in his hometown of Cheyenne, WY, for Laramie County. In 2006 he moved to Arizona under Diebold Election Systems/Premier Election Solutions and worked exclusively with the great states of Arizona, California, Colorado and Wyoming. He later served as the Election Operations Manager at Adams County, CO. Currently he leads the Field Service division to implement specialized election products that coincide with industry print and mail practices.

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