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Darwin Rivera Flores and why California’s voting system is a wretched mess

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California has by far the worst election system in the United States. No other state is close. The arrest of Darwin Jonathan Rivera Flores is a rare bright spot in an otherwise festering mess of election administration in California.

Flores isn’t alone. Sanctuary cities have been documented as centers of alien registration and voting.  Flores lives in the San Fernando Valley, and Los Angeles is one the easiest places in the nation for aliens to register and vote.

Los Angeles is a sanctuary city, by law. The Los Angeles City Council passed a law to become lawless. Aliens call it home in numbers you wouldn’t find in red-state cities like Miami and Tampa.

I have reviewed voter registration forms in California where aliens like Flores admit they are not citizens. Some leave the citizenship question blank, but are still registered to vote.

Consider R. Picos from San Diego. He left the citizenship question blank on his registration form. He was registered anyhow. Picos voted illegally in presidential and gubernatorial elections from 1998 to 2008.

Sometimes aliens admit to California election officials they........

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