The Supreme Court rejected a case that challenged California’s electoral process by claiming that the state’s “so-called winner-take-all system” dilutes their votes. The lawsuit was filed by comedian Paul Rodriguez, Rocky Chavez, League of United Latin American Citizens, and California League of United Latin American Citizens, and it had asked the Supreme Court to look into whether the aforementioned “winner-take-all” approach to selecting presidential electors was constitutional. Attorneys for Chavez and Rodriguez—who are both reportedly Republicans—argued (pdf) that California’s system “results in the appointment of members of only one political party to the nation’s largest electoral college delegation.” Chavez previously served in the California State Assembly and ran during the 2018 midterm election in California’s 49th Congressional District. They stipulated that such a process “is not within the Constitution” and “is instead a partisan invention by the states that has become the default for the nation,” according to their lawsuit, further asserting that …
Supreme Court Rejects Another Election Lawsuit Targeting California’s Voting Process
June 14, 2021
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