According to Claude, California doesn’t place many statutory restrictions on “undue influence” during ballot harvesting. (Another loophole.) But the state constitution does guarantee the right to a secret ballot, which the DSA’s guides seem to draw and quarter (much like
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When it says “Your ballot has been reified” then I’ll know the DSA has won.
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PS Of course we don’t know what percentage of DSA/influenced last/minute votes (#1) were “harvested.” Presumably lots were just voted directly by voters. https://t.co/Usc2gr7ThK
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Of course they compute, if you think effective last-minute DSA ballot harvesting did the “rigging.” That happens in LA, not so much statewide. https://t.co/hK3LUl6q0j
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Jun 9, 2026
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UPDATE: Between Jennifer Callahan’s report https://t.co/SvYgjK1RjB and this glimpse at the DSA marching orders, I think we’re getting a clearer picture of what may have happened: DSA “harvested” a lot of mail-in ballots for Nithya using mild, but maybe not legal, pressure https://t.co/lgLdgDG9n8
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Well, stronger DSA presence doing “harvesting” of iffy legality, yes. https://t.co/o03hHlr4RC https://t.co/x8SKzsmGcm
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We now know how the DSA machine collects (“harvests”) votes. You may want to amend and extend your remarks. https://t.co/o03hHlr4RC https://t.co/rqUBe8dd76
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Also, the more bipartisan outrage there is the more likely CA Supreme Court is to uphold any finding of illegality.
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If a judge decides this form of “harvesting” is illegal, can he or she throw out the election results? Getting ahead of things, I know, but this is Twitter. https://t.co/m0ztMDBFuh
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Now they say my ballot is “completed.” They’ve come up with every possible word except “counted.” https://t.co/1fFH6sN9oN
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June 8, 2026 at 11:36PM
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Now we know what the “harvesters” actually do. (“If we fill it out together right now …”) It’s not what we were told they do. https://t.co/Iab0C2GEPV
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“[Raman] has captured the imagination of a younger and more progressive generation of constituents,” Seems a little much. Maybe the way Mumford & Sons captured the imagination of a generation of listeners! She ‘s no Mamdani. Doesn’t mean she won’t win. https://t.co/9RkNGdCAR0
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Jun 9, 2026
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On the other hand, @E_Barcohana says Raman’s pulled off this last minute trick before, when the special circumstances of #3 did not apply: https://t.co/x10uwzSGYA
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Jun 8, 2026
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This means you, @EsotericCD https://t.co/HNf4HahCIb https://t.co/5JUKIDzD8D
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Link for what happens (nothing) when harvesters don’t sign: https://t.co/iG2622Jjwf
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Jun 8, 2026
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I admit that possibility #3 is looking better than I expected … https://t.co/igjDIc6OIV
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For those dismissing the possibility of fraud in CA vote, please remember that key protections we’re told are built into the law turn out to be vaporous in practice:
–‘You need to sign it’ …. A mark or slash will do.
–‘We check those signatures.’ … LA election workers told— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 8, 2026
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Contending explanations for Raman’s post-election surge:
1. Last minute mail-ins by hipsters following DSA guidance (Trujillo)
2. Last minute mail-ins by strategic voters to block out GOPs (Fleischman)
3. Dems vote late because 1) don’t distrust mail 2) were waiting on Governor— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
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Explanations for Raman’s post-election surge:
1. Last minute mail-ins by hipsters following DSA guidance (Trujillo)
2. Last minute mail-ins by strategic voters to block out GOPs (Fleischman)
3. Dems vote late because 1) don’t distrust mail 2) were waiting on Governor polls. But— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 8, 2026
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Pointing out that any last-minute funny business would NOT have come from Team Bass is no longer profound or helpful. Everyone realizes Bass wanted to run against Pratt. The funny business would have had to come from somewhere else (eg DSA). https://t.co/Oz2Q9O3qwN
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Jun 8, 2026
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Banning ballot “harvesting” and universal mail-in voting seem more important (from where I sit in CA) than voter-ID. https://t.co/cpFy5jYSeg
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Jun 8, 2026
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June 8, 2026 at 06:06PM
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“Love him or not, Pratt stood for a part of LA that paid big taxes, but burned because it received poor services in return.”
NEXT UP: A Westside secession movement, which will almost certainly fail. https://t.co/MEEY4SGa5a
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Jun 8, 2026
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So Mumford & Sons music is over? The arc of history is long … https://t.co/uYD0vz2rAn
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Yes–another huge, fine-print loophole– though in this case since it’s been obvious for a while what the close race was, it doesn’t seem clear what anyone would gain by waiting until now to mail in a ballot. https://t.co/ErRHMKD4bc
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Jun 8, 2026
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Hmm: I was wondering how anyone could gather hundreds of homeless ballots without being seen. This suggestion gives a possible answer: The ballots are delivered to the activist organizations, without the need to bother the actual homeless voters. I guess @billessayli could find https://t.co/NRpBuiLHO8
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