California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed an executive order to allow every registered voter in the state the ability to vote by mail for the Nov. 3 general election—becoming the first U.S. state to do so—to help ensure voter participation while reducing the spread of the CCP virus.
“I signed an executive order that will allow every registered voter in California to receive a mail-in ballot. That mail-in ballot is important but it’s not an exclusive substitute to physical locations,” Newsom said during his daily news briefing on the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, a novel coronavirus that emerged in China late last year.
