Government
Aug. 3, 2020
2020 is a bumper year for ballot language lawsuits in California
Of 12 initiatives on the November ballot, at least six are the subject of ballot language litigation.
It's summer in an election year, and that means Alex Padilla is getting sued -- a lot. California's secretary of state was a named defendant in at least 18 complaints in Sacramento County Superior Court this year, including 11 filed during the last 10 days of July. Padilla is arguably an innocent bystander in many of these cases. Most plaintiffs object to the actions of another man: Attorney General Xavier Becerra, whose office is responsible for writing much of the...
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