Topline California’s chief elections official has ordered the state’s Republican Party to remove its unofficial ballot drop-off boxes from various public locations while the state’s Attorney General has warned anyone who engages in vote tampering will face prosecution, a day after reports emerged of the GOP setting up such drop-off boxes at various locations in Southern California and advertising their locations via social media posts. Republican Party leaders including President Donald Trump have consistently attacked mail-in voting … [+] claiming, without evidence, that the process is ‘rife with fraud’. Getty Images Key Facts Republican officials in the state however have refused to remove the boxes claiming that they are taking advantage of California’s ballot collection law that allows anyone to collect ballots from voters and deliver them to county election offices, the Associated Press reported. California’s Secretary of State, Alex Padilla said that his chief legal counsel has sent a letter to Republicans on Monday ordering them to remove those boxes by Thursday and provide the state with the names, a… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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