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Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director at California Common Cause: “Given that the state legislature has passed a law codifying the governor’s executive order and the lawsuits are now obviously moot, plaintiffs are only continuing them to interfere with California’s elections and to sow confusion among our voters. These lawsuits were based on the flimsiest of claims to begin with. Now they have no basis at all.”

In this special report "Coronavirus: Facts not Fear," NBC Palm Springs talks to Jonathan Mehta Stein about vote-by-mail and public health. Hear why Ca Common Cause League of Women Voters of California & Community Coalition are defending Gov Newsom sending mail ballots to all registered Ca voters for the Nov 2020 election.

On Wednesday, when California Common Cause filed a motion to become an intervenor, the group’s executive director said “these lawsuits are filled with baseless claims about vote-by-mail being rife with fraud and California’s elections being poorly run. They are light on facts and heavy on partisan rhetoric.”

“Today’s executive order is a critical first step to ensuring California’s November 2020 election is safe and accessible,” said Jonathan Mehta Stein, Executive Director of California Common Cause. “While other states are fighting for access to vote-by-mail ballots, Governor Newsom has ensured that for California voters and we can now push ahead, together, on the difficult work of ensuring in-person voting sites for voters with language needs, voters with disabilities, voters without reliable access to mail, and other voters who need in-person voting to access their vote.”

“Today’s executive order is a critical first step to ensuring California’s November 2020 election is safe and accessible,” said Jonathan Mehta Stein, Executive Director of California Common Cause.

“Today’s executive order is a critical first step to ensuring California’s November 2020 election is safe and accessible,” said Jonathan Mehta Stein, Executive Director of California Common Cause. “While other states are fighting for access to vote-by-mail ballots, Governor Newsom has ensured that for California voters and we can now push ahead, together, on the difficult work of ensuring in-person voting sites for voters with language needs, voters with disabilities, voters without reliable access to mail, and other voters who need in-person voting to access their vote.”