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Alex Padilla

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Alex Padilla is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from California since January 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Kamala Harris when she became Vice President. Padilla is the first Latino senator from California and has focused on issues such as immigration reform, climate change, and healthcare access during his tenure. He previously served as the Secretary of State of California from 2015 to 2021, where he worked on expanding voting access and modernizing the state's election system.

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Sep 14, 2020

It's precisely for these reasons that California law says as long as your vote by mail ballot is postmarked on or before Election Day it can arrive up to three days after the election and still be counted.

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Aug 27, 2020

California law requires counties to contact the voter if there is any issue with that signature.

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Aug 27, 2020

The House of Representatives has already taken a significant step in passing the HEROES Act.

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Aug 27, 2020

We are certainly hoping to properly support and fund the U.S. Postal Service so that members of the military... can participate in our democracy and not be disenfranchised.

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Aug 27, 2020

if we are really concerned about, you know, the unfortunate disenfranchisement of so many eligible citizens, then we should fully fund the U.S. Postal Service and we should fully fund elections.

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Aug 27, 2020

There is no reason for no-excuse vote-by-mail to not be in effect nationally when the security measures show that it works.

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Aug 27, 2020

Voters will have those alerts, including confirmation of when their ballot is received and counted.

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Aug 27, 2020

the fundamental right to vote, to making it easier for eligible citizens to register to vote and to stay registered and to cast their ballot, should not be a partisan issue.

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Aug 27, 2020

The California voters will not have to choose between exercising their right to vote and protecting their health.

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Aug 27, 2020

California law empowers voters to decide for themselves who they trust to return their ballot for them.

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Aug 27, 2020

I want to talk about the two greatest threats to a free, fair, and safe election this November: the COVID-19 pandemic and election disinformation.

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Aug 27, 2020

Voter fraud is exceedingly, exceedingly rare, so the current safeguards are working.

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