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21 MILLION BALLOTS SENT TO CALIFORNIA VOTERS – DID YOU GET YOURS? Terry MILLER
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outhern California voters can cast ballots in-person at county elections offices and other locations ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Voting at county registrarrecorder’s offices started Monday, except in Orange County where pop-up vote centers will open on Oct. 24. Most registered voters should have received their mail-in ballots by now. More than 21 million ballots will be mailed out in California, more than in any state in the nation. Most should arrive this week. State law requires absentee ballots to be mailed no later than Monday Oct 5 which is 29 days before the Nov. 3 election. In Los Angeles County, select vote centers will open for in-person voting on Oct. 24. All county voting locations will be open beginning Oct. 30. The centers will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the early voting period. On Election Day, centers will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Despite the false rumors, if you're not voting for the first time in California, you don't need to show ID to vote. If you are a first-time voter and didn’t provide a driver’s license number, ID number or last four digits of your Social Security number on your voter registration form, then you will need to show an acceptable form of ID. Secure ballot dropbox
locations also will be available. You'll need to check with your county elections office for locations. As a result of recent changes and at the U.S. Postal Service, many voters are concerned about mailing their ballots. According to Spectrum News, “All vote-by-mail
ballot return envelopes have prepaid first-class postage and are identified as election mail. The U.S. Postal Service is required to deliver it within two to five business days of the ballot being put in the mail. For a vote-bymail ballot to count, it needs to be postmarked by
November 3. California has extended the time period that mail-in ballots can be received, and still counted, by elections officials to 17 days after the election, so if it is received by November 20 it will be processed and counted.” SEE BALLOTS PAGE 4
The mail-in ballots can also be dropped off at any of the secure voting boxes in Los Angeles County like this one near Monrovia Library | Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
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Despite the increasing number of cases of coronavirus infections, the president asks the public not to worry. | File photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Outcry as President Downplays the Severity of COVID-19 Terry MILLER
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s the number of deaths from the coronavirus increases in United States, President Donald J. Trump tweeted Monday that Americans should not “be afraid of Covid” or “let it dominate” their lives as he planned to return to the White House. After a weekend of special cocktails administered by a team of medical professionals — to lessen the blow of the virus — the president has once again contradicted every scientific statistic by saying he doesn’t want anyone to worry about COVID19. Although 211,000 families who would, no doubt, disagree. On Monday, Holly Yan wrote for CNN that “While many Americans have struggled to get Covid-19 tests or test results without massive delays, Trump has been ‘the most tested man in America,’ White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said.” Now, McEnany has tested positive as have 27 people from the president’s inner circle. It should also be noted that on Tuesday,
some senior Pentagon leaders were quarantining after exposure to the virus. In the wake of misinformation and outright fact distortion, Facebook has been removing false and disingenuous posts, in particular one where President Trump claimed that influenza is more lethal than COVID-19. However, the president’s base is still supportive. Supporters gathered outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. to show support for the president. One 56-year-old supporter was quoted by The Guardian as saying, “It’s a hoax. There’s no pandemic. As Trump said, how many millions die of flu?” Another supporter can be heard on video saying he would “die for that man, happily.” Quoting a New York Post opinion piece Monday, Trump tweeted Monday: “You see it in enthusiasm for the President outside Walter Reed Hospital. You see it in Registrations, from Florida to Pennsylvania & West Virginia, where Republicans are outstripping Democrats by 2 to 1. If the President bounces back onto the campaign SEE OUTCRY PAGE 4