How the California machine protects itself – until it can’t

How the California machine protects itself – until it can’t

June 12, 2026 · 57 min

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The episode discusses the mechanisms of California's electoral system and the implications of legal ballot harvesting and voting processes.

Unleashed: The Political News Hour with Chris Cordani – Legal ballot harvesting, mass mail voting, and the normalization of post-election counting delays amount to a system of “legal cheating,” a phrase meant not as a technical legal judgment but as a political one. A process can be lawful and still be corrupt in spirit. It can be procedurally accepted and still be designed to widen opportunities...

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