Oscar Ortiz
Role at the time: Indio City Council member
Condemned
Statement summary
Oscar Ortiz supported the ruling against the seizure as a precedent for resisting manipulation of elections.
“political advantage”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)UCLA Voting Rights Project statements on the Riverside ballot ruling · UCLA Voting Rights ProjectDunn quotation; Clarissa Cervantes quotation; Robinson quotation; Kempe quotation; Ortiz quotation; Becerra quotation
Contains statements by Chad Dunn, Clarissa Cervantes, Becki Robinson, Nathan P. Kempe, Oscar Ortiz, Xavier Becerra about the riverside ballot ruling.
Why we used this label
Oscar Ortiz supports the court's rejection of Bianco's ballot seizure. Ortiz argued that the ruling would help prevent manipulation of elections for political advantage.