{"id":2029918,"date":"2023-09-12T21:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T01:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-bill-banning-hand-counting-of-election-ballots-closer-to-become-law\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T21:14:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T01:14:19","slug":"california-bill-banning-hand-counting-of-election-ballots-closer-to-become-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-bill-banning-hand-counting-of-election-ballots-closer-to-become-law\/","title":{"rendered":"California Bill Banning Hand Counting of Election Ballots Nearing Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-bill-banning-hand-counting-of-election-ballots-closer-to-become-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029918&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Bill to Ban Hand Counting\u200c of Ballots in California Moves Forward<\/h2>\n<p>A bill that could have a significant impact on future elections in California is making its way to Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s desk. Assembly Bill 969, authored by Assemblywoman Gail Pellerin, aims to prohibit the hand counting of ballots in most elections in \u200dthe state.<\/p>\n<p>The bill states that any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-flips-state-senate-seat-where-biden-won-by-25\/\" title=\"Republican Flips State Senate Seat Where Biden Won By 25%\">regularly scheduled election<\/a> with \u200bover 1,000 registered voters \u2064or special \u2062elections with over 5,000 registered voters would be required\u200b to use state-approved machines\u200d for vote\u200c counting.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblywoman Pellerin expressed her support for the bill, emphasizing that\u200b it would ensure secure, auditable, and accessible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">voting systems<\/a> for all Californians. She \u200cbelieves that using\u200c voting\u200d machines \u2064is a faster, more\u200c accurate, and reliable \u2064method of counting votes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/political-parties-must-address-election-complaints-by-losing-candidates-georgia-secretary-of-state-5372450\">Political Parties Must Address Election Complaints by Losing Candidates: Georgia \u200bSecretary of State<\/a> (7\/3\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/biological-intelligence-versus-artificial-intelligence-some-ethics-for-playing-with-fire-5484593\">Biological Intelligence Versus Artificial Intelligence: Some Ethics for Playing With\u200d Fire<\/a> (9\/4\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the\u2063 bill does allow for \u2062hand counting in certain situations, such \u200cas during natural disasters or states of emergency\u200d when electronic\u200b voting systems are\u200d impractical.<\/p>\n<p>The bill has received support from\u200b lawmakers along party lines \u2062and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-bill-banning-hand-counting-of-election-ballots-closer-to-become-law\/\" title=\"California Bill Banning Hand Counting of Election Ballots Nearing Approval\">undergone multiple amendments<\/a> before passing in both legislative houses. It is a response to the decision made by\u200d the Shasta County Board of Supervisors to cancel their lease agreement with Dominion Voting\u200c Systems and opt for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-bill-to-mandate-electronic-voting-records-supported-by-soros-backed-secretary-of-state\/\" title=\"Colorado Bill To Mandate Electronic Voting Records Supported By Soros-Backed Secretary of State\">hand-counting ballots<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n<p>If signed into law,\u2063 AB 969 would prevent Shasta County,\u200b as well as other\u200b counties in California, from manually counting votes in\u200c future elections. The League\u2063 of Women Voters of California supports the bill, stating that the actions taken by Shasta County jeopardize election integrity and public trust.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of the bill argue that machine voting has \u200dits flaws and that relying solely on technology may not be reliable. They believe that the Shasta County Board of Supervisors made a responsible decision based on evidence and considerations\u200d specific to their county.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the outcome, the bill has sparked\u200d a debate about\u2062 the future of voting systems \u2062in California and the importance of ensuring secure and accurate elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill prohibiting hand counting of ballots in most future elections in California was approved by the state Assembly on Sept. 8. It now awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s signature to become law. Assemblywoman Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz) authored the bill, which applies to regularly scheduled elections with more than 1,000 registered voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2250,"featured_media":2029919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}