California Governor’s Mail-In Ballot Plan Put on Hold by Judge

A California state judge has tapped the brakes on Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to send mail-in ballots to all 20 million registered voters in the state.

Acting on the request of a Republican state legislator, Sutter County Superior Court Judge Perry Parker halted the governor’s plan to encourage mail-in voting during the covid pandemic.

In a two-page order, the judge said he was suspending the executive order as “an impermissible use of legislative powers in violation of the California Constitution and laws.” He set a hearing to hear the governor’s justifications for June 26.

By then the issue may ...