UPDATE June 7th, 2026

Feds Launch Probe Into California’s (Failed) Elections

Publisher’s Note: What did you expect? It’s California’s “election season”. The problem won’t be fixed unless your local representatives at the city councils demand it. Unfortunately for the City of Ridgecrest, the city council is silent while telling you “it’s not within their purview”.

This is the Post from November 18th, 2022, in which we explained how bad it is.

The Kern County Board of Supervisors had the chance to take a stand after the 2020 election, but instead, they voted to continue the charade of the using the machines that seem to break down every election season while counting the votes.

Below is a Post published as a public service announcement. Unfortunately, the only way to fix this problem will be an Act of Congress called the SAVE Act, but the Democrats will have none of it. They have to steal elections in order to keep their power over you.

December 9th, 2025

Public Service Announcement:

Election Integrity Project California (EIPCa) is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) charity. Contributions are tax-deductible. Please see below for more information.

EIPCa Observation Report of California’s Nov 4, 2025 Special Election (Reprise December 9, 2025)  

On November 17, 2025 EIPCa issued a preliminary report, summing up in generalities the most concerning issues noted by our trained Observers.  

The following notations reflect serious concerns with the happenings at the polling locations. Future articles will dissect serious challenges to election integrity at the ballot processing centers, such as the technology in use, ballot handling, the way signatures are “verified,” the processes of ballot duplication and adjudication.  

Our conclusions in the November 17th report were:

• In virtually every one of the 13 counties that had submitted reports, polls were cripplingly understaffed, resulting in long lines and unnecessarily lengthy wait times.
• A few counties, most notably Fresno and Placer, devised quick check-in procedures that alleviated long lines with a little creative thinking.
• One might infer that other counties had little regard for the plight of the voters when wait times might easily have been alleviated.

• Tech issues were widespread.  
• Ballot security and voter privacy sustained consistent breaches. 
• Voter education and voter choice were severely compromised.
• Observer rights were still challenged and sometimes outright denied in many counties.  
• Poll workers were often under-trained or chose to ignore the basics of proper election management.

Since the date of that report, we have received more Observation reports, and Californians need to know the rest of the story.

The Los Angeles County EIPCa observation team reported the presence of observers from Election Protection 866 Our Vote. Their website asserts that they help “ensure eligible voters are able to participate in our democracy while collecting data for meaningful reform so that our elections are free, fair, and accessible.”

EIPCa Observers witnessed highly partisan and inappropriate conversation and actions from some members of the Election Protection 866 Our Vote, certainly not in keeping with their announced purpose, nor the 501(c)3 status of their organization.

EIPCa Observers from Los Angeles, Kern and San Diego Counties reported significant presence of and at times harassment by CADEM (California Democrat Party) observers. Some of their people reportedly harassed poll workers and voters, as well as EIPCa Observers.

California law authorizes all citizens to observe every aspect of the election process.

EIPCa welcomes the presence of any and all individuals and groups whose interest is election integrity exhibited by following CA election observation laws. It is common sense that legitimate observers must know what they are looking for, and what to do if they perceive any irregularities. EIPCa observers receive thorough training in California’s election laws, and in state and county policies and procedures governing elections so that they may be effective allies of county elections officials by serving as extra eyes and ears in the field for quality control.

Unfortunately, both Election Protection 866 Our Vote and CADEM observers were, by their own admission, only minimally trained, and their major purpose was to “keep an eye on” other observers, especially those from EIPCa and DOJ. California law does NOT authorize this sort of observation. EIPCa encourages those and other organizations to refocus their efforts toward ensuring fair, honest and transparent elections, as EIPCa does. It is a goal worthy of all Californians of all political persuasions, and it behooves us all to work in concert rather than in hostility. \

Further additions to the November 17, 2025, report:  

All counties reported very high CVR (Same Day registration) activity, which EIPCa has long argued is an enormous entry point for illegal voting.  

Fresno County, Orange County and Santa Clara County Observers reported significant amount of machine malfunction, both at the ballot processing center and at the polls.

Fresno County generated multiple reports that point to inadequate training of poll workers, resulting in

• inappropriate attitudes,
• carelessness of voter privacy and ballot security acceptance of late ballots,
• blatant electioneering by voters and poll workers,
• voter intimidation through unrequested assistance,
• multiple unacceptable errors
• inappropriate use of phones and consuming of food and drinks by poll worker while in the performance of their duties

Fresno County officially relegated the staffing of their hotline number to the League of Women Voters, an organization which (though officially registered as a 501(c)(3) organization) is generally known to be strongly partisan and left-leaning. Their training and qualification for such a position are questionable.

Suspicious behaviors accompanied the use of the same day registration (CVR) process: excessively high numbers and high percentages of CVRs voters using their phones to look up their addresses, voters leaving the polls with the envelope to confer with others before returning completed envelope to the polls, etc.  

Reports of same day voters not knowing their addresses were excessive in Fresno County. Handling of ballots and signature verification process in Fresno County were reportedly highly careless and perfunctory. Appeals to the ROV went mostly without response.

Solano County generated reports of polls being understaffed, and poll workers neglecting responsibilities to guide voters to their proper precinct, thus requiring them to vote provisionally.  

Ventura County poll workers were seen just “hanging out”, not serving voters when lines were long and workers were available. One poll worker was overheard saying, “I can’t wait to get out of this s**t hole.”  

Los Angeles also racked up multiple reports of poll workers allowing people to vote twice, to vote after providing an improper address, to be in possession of 2 live ballots at the same time   Reports also came in of poll workers:   discussing politics with each other and with voters invading voters’ space and privacy while voting to offer unrequested “assistance” and “I Voted” stickers, or just “hovering”  

Also reported in Los Angeles:   One poll had a total of 60 voters all day, and yet they were so poorly attended that the last voter did not finish casting a vote until 8:50 p.m., CVR and Provisional envelopes were not differentiated, but only designated by a checkmark. During closing procedures, several envelopes were found un-designated and poll workers had to “guess” on a designation.  

Santa Clara, Fresno, Los Angeles and Ventura Counties lodged the most severe reports of Observer obstruction, such as taping square outlines on the floor as designated observer “boxes” – too far away from the “action” to be appropriate – and not admitting observers during vote center setup. The Santa Clara Registrar validated a poll worker’s assertion that observers were not allowed to stay for the poll closing procedures—a clear violation of California law.  

Fresno and Santa Clara Counties considered Observers to be “visitors”, thus being particularly egregious in denial of basic statutory Observer Rights. Most counties reported high numbers of voters reporting they had not received their ballot in the mail.

In Santa Cruz County, 120 such voters passed through a single poll in a one-hour period of time. In Santa Clara, workers emptying a drop box accepted a ballot 30 minutes after 8:00 p.m., a flagrant violation of California law.

All of these reports and so many more validate the assertions EIPCa has been making for 15 years. California’s elections are not “fair, honest and transparent”, but rather chaotic, imprecise and fraught with opportunities for wide-spread manipulation through “entry points” within the system such as inaccurate voter rolls, mail-in ballots, and ballot harvesting.

The voter rolls continue to be unreliable.

California statues not only invite illegal voting but excuse and often reward such activity. California statutes have taken from citizens:

• the confidentiality of their personal choices,
• the opportunity to serve as elections officials at the polls,
• the opportunity to find a polling location within their own neighborhood,
• the security of understanding the process and of knowing their vote matters,
• the opportunity to mark their own ballot without the intervention of confusing and potentially vulnerable technology,
• the ability to comprehend the rapidly changing system,
• the ability to know and process the pros and cons of the ever-increasing “choices” for ballot submission  

• Ballot chain of custody is breached at many levels due to universal voting by mail, drop boxes and rampant ballot harvesting.   80%+ of all ballots are now “verified” by a signature verification procedure of such low and permissive standards as to be virtually useless.
• Tabulation systems have been proven many times over to be hackable by external forces.
• The 11-day voting period mandated by the Voters Choice Act is a spectacular failure in every way.  
• The cons of the electronic poll books far outweigh the pros.
• Same-day registration creates a gigantic hole in the election integrity safety net.
• Ballot marking devices contribute to lack of voter privacy and voter suspicion.

In the new year, EIPCa will be keeping you apprised of the many ways you can be active and effective in urging Congress to pass our Election Integrity Legislation proposal. With your help, we CAN DO IT, and finally bring back fairness, honesty, and transparency to the electoral process in California and across the country. The same egregious laws and policies being used in California have invaded many other states, and continue to do so, threatening them with the same election havoc so evident in California.

California Voters Under the Thumb of a Corrupt System 

With California voters now under the thumb of a corrupt system, there is no way for them to turn the tide at the ballot box. Other states beware: The same is happening to states across the nation as similar laws are adopted. The corruption is national, and it is an existential crisis.  

Congress must enact sweeping election integrity reform to roll back every statue and procedure that has the potential to contribute to weakening or silencing the true voice of the People.  To fail to do so is to allow the Republic to die, and the America of our Founders to disappear.

Linda Paine, President and Co-founder, Election Integrity Project® California

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