RNC Concedes Suit Is Moot Over California’s Vote-by-Mail Order

The Republican National Committee dropped its challenge to an executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) expanding vote-by-mail access to every voter in the state, conceding in recent federal court filings that a subsequent law has mooted the dispute.

Newsom’s May 8 executive order directed county election officials to send absentee ballots to all voters eligible to cast a ballot in the November 2020 general election due to the coronavirus public health crisis.

The RNC and California Republican Party swiftly sued in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, alleging that Newsom had supplanted the state ...