California enacts November mail-ballot law — with surprising GOP support
The bill would not end in-person voting, which by state law must still be available. A companion measure in the Senate would expand opportunities to physically cast ballots on Election Day and in the preceding days; a Newsom executive order doing the same is tangled up in a court fight.
The Assembly passed the bill on a 63-3 vote Thursday morning and immediately sent it to Newsom. It takes effect immediately as an urgency measure that received two-thirds support from both houses.
Republicans who backed the bill commended language ensuring that ballots will not be mailed to inactive voters who have not participated in recent elections. The Trump administration has seized on a lawsuit finding inactive voters on the rolls to falsely claim California is mailing ballots to ineligible voters.
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/06/18/california-lawmakers-pass-november-mail-ballot-bill-with-surprising-gop-support-1293679