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“Our state is facing serious threats from the Trump administration, and we will not treat them as idle or hypothetical,” Umberg said in a prepared statement. “California has both the constitutional right and responsibility to run our own safe and secure elections, and we intend to do exactly that.”
If passed by the Democratic-controlled state legislature and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the legislation, coauthored by state Sen. Sabrina Cervantes, would also allow county officials to open vote centers early, increase the amount of ballot drop boxes in the state, and allow them to extend polling place hours if election officials determine that federal immigration officers interfered with voting. Buffer zones around voting centers where political activity is not allowed would be extended to 200 feet, double the current distance.