Newsom sues own elections chief to be identified as Democrat on recall ballot

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) sued his own elections chief after his party affiliation was not included on the recall ballot beside his name.

Newsom filed a lawsuit in Sacramento County Superior Court against California Secretary of State Shirley Weber because she did not fix a filing mistake that took Newsom's political affiliation off the ballot about 16 months ago, according to Courthouse News.

The lawsuit alleges Weber can change the ballot to identify Newsom as a Democrat since she did not certify the recall and the Lieutenant Governor has not set the election date.

Newsom's Republican challengers will have their party affiliation on the ballot.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/newsom-sues-own-elections-chief-to-be-identified-as-democrat-on-recall-ballot/ar-AALAGy2

[PortTack]

1. Damn straight!

[JohnSJ]

2. really incompetent and inexcusable

[Bev54]

6. That is what I was thinking, whoever this is should be fired or recalled.

[JohnSJ]

7. Yes

[Merlot]

3. WTF? How does an election chief make this kind of mistake?

I'll be out doing everything I can to make sure Democrats get to the polls for this stupid money wasting power grab by the republicans.

[onecaliberal]

5. Same.

[brush]

4. What is she trying to do, sabotage him? It's so obvious that (D)...

in deep blue California should be on the ballot. How could she make such a mistake?

[quaint]

8. She assumed office January 29, 2021. Term ends January 2, 2023.

She replaced Alex Padilla.