California Secretary of State Shirley Weber is under fire for a 'fundamentally huge blunder' after a ballot error involving Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Christina Pascucci. Pascucci, who filed the correct paperwork to be labeled as 'local television journalist,' will appear with 'no ballot designation' due to a 'clerical error,' with no good excuse provided by the Secretary of State's office. This mistake, which cannot be corrected in the paper ballots, has sparked debate over whether it was mere incompetence or a conspiracy to limit Democratic competition in the Senate race, with some calling the incident 'a HUGE deal!'
"This is a HUGE deal!" @Pascucci2024 filed the correct paperwork to be labeled as "local television journalist" on California's U.S. Senate ballot. But she won't be. She's listed as "no ballot designation." @CASOSVote's office says they made a "clerical error." Via @FOXLA https://t.co/pW9Vhc4lkM
How do you even make up for something like this? When it’s too late to fix the paper ballots? In a statement issued last Friday, the California Secretary of State’s Office acknowledged a mistake that led to Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Christina Pascucci receiving a “No… https://t.co/beJNfK32tp
Incompetence? Or conspiracy to limit the Democrats competing against one another in California’s US Senate campaign? “‘A fundamentally huge blunder.’ California Secretary of State under fire for ballot error” https://t.co/e1WXwJhEKF
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.@saber_news reports on how a mistake by California’s Secretary of State Shirley Weber’s office means @Pascucci2024 will not be listed as “local television journalist” on the ballot. This is simply unfair to Christina and there’s no good excuse. https://t.co/dbzaRzZGqq
‘A fundamentally huge blunder.’ California Secretary of State under fire for ballot error https://t.co/LY6Zuj8o4G