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California

Weber: the cloud is lifted. California mails the ballot. Trump’s screen is dead.

Every voter in the state gets one. The Secretary of State, after the Court.

The Rocket News · States · SacramentoSeptember 15, 2026 · 4 min read

California Secretary of State Shirley Weber at a microphone, full color. Wire photograph.
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber at a microphone, full color. Wire photograph.

Shirley Weber, California’s secretary of state, put out a statement after the Supreme Court killed Trump’s Postal Service screen. “Now, we can finally move forward and get back to what we do best: conducting our elections without a dark cloud hanging over us — fairly, openly, for the people, by the people.” Every voter in California gets a mail ballot. The States desk files Sacramento, not Washington.

The USPS rule would have made states send lists. Weber’s office would have had to rebuild a system weeks from November. Voting is already underway. The Times/Siena poll this morning has Democrats with House momentum. Newsom’s maps are still the other California fight.

Now, we can finally move forward and get back to what we do best.

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Eight weeks. Diesel is $6.27. The States desk files California as it is: a secretary of state, a tray of envelopes, and a Court that told the White House no.

Wire and further reading: apnews.com

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