Rob Bonta
Role at the time: California attorney general
Condemned
Statement summary
Bonta says immediate enforcement would have severely disrupted states reliant on mailed ballots.
“the consequences would have been catastrophic”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Weber, Bonta and Newsom respond to Supreme Court mail-voting decisionPress release 26-116; separately attributed quotation blocks
California officials welcome the stay denial and oppose enforcement before the midterms. The release contains distinct statements from Weber, Bonta and Newsom.
Why we used this label
Condemns the consequences of the proposed November rollout.