Strangely Orange County is back in the news this month. This story really should be getting more traffic.
Mission Viejo City Council Extends Their Own Terms as Elected Officials
Mission Viejo City Council members have opted to cancel elections for some of their colleagues, voting this past week to extend three of their members’ terms ahead of the 2020 election, leaving them in their seats for an additional two years without public discussion on the issue.
The council discussed the changes in closed session, and voted unanimously in open session to cancel the 2020 election without any conversation from the council. None of the three council members whose election were being discussed recused themselves from the vote that granted them new terms in office.
City officials also chose to file for a delay in updating their current voting system, which the city has admitted violates the California Voting Rights Act. If the delay is approved by a Superior Court judge, that system won’t be updated until the 2022 election at the earliest.
-https://voiceofoc.org/2020/06/mission-viejo-city-council-extends-their-own-terms-as-elected-officials/
The following are some good comments in Reddit
Ah yes this is exactly how democracy works.
City council: we should cancel elections, any opposition? No? Okay elections canceled!
City officials also chose to file for a delay in updating their current voting system, which the city has admitted violates the California Voting Rights Act.
But nearly two years into the process, Mission Viejo has not made any changes to its voting system.
And the voting system they're trying to change to is cumulative voting that apparently isn't often used in CA cities.
However, Curley received letters from Padilla over a year ago that said cumulative voting would not be an option in the 2020 election.
So the response is "we'll just cancel our elections"!
I really hope this woman stays alive. This is utterly infuriating, how irresponsible people, like that nurse, put others at risk.
